Damaging the Player

[kingsal]

Hey All,

 

Is there a way to damage the player when they get within a certain proximity of an object? Without using a trigger_hurt brush.

 

I tried doing it with an S/R attached to an AI:

"sr_class_7" "R"
"sr_type_7" "STIM_PLAYER"
"sr_state_7" "1"
"sr_effect_7_1" "effect_damage"
"sr_effect_7_1_arg1" "player"
"sr_effect_7_1_arg2" "damage_generic"
"sr_class_8" "S"
"sr_type_8" "STIM_PLAYER"
"sr_state_8" "1"
"sr_radius_8" "200"
} 

I'm not sure if its possible to damage the player from an S/R or even what to call the player here, "idPlayer" or just "player". Neither seem to work. Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

 

[Obsttorte]

It's "player1".

[grayman]

If I'm reading this correctly, the AI is going to both issue the stim and respond to it.

 

The player doesn't stand a chance.

 

Don't you want the response on the player?

[kingsal]

Obs - Ahh thanks! that seems to work.

 

I'm getting some weird results with this; player gets killed with any damage type other than atmd:damage:low and the distance check doesn't seem to work properly.

 

Grayman- Do I add the response to the info_player_start? I've never tried adding S/Rs directly to the player.

The idea is to have an AI that damages the player when they come within 3 meters or so of it.

[grayman]

Try this:

 

Remove the S stim from your AI.

 

The player already fires a STIM_PLAYER of radius 350 every 1.5 seconds.

 

Since you've given your AI a response to that stim, the player will be damaged when the stim is processed.

[grayman]

Alternate method:

 

Place a source STIM_HEALING stim on the AI with a negative healing amount.

 

Whereas all actors (player, AI) respond to STIM_DAMAGE, only the player responds to STIM_HEALING.

 

I don't know if negative values work, but it's worth trying.

[kingsal]

Hey Grayman,

 

Your first method works. I placed a response on the AI that looks like this:

"sr_class_6" "R"
"sr_type_6" "STIM_PLAYER"
"sr_state_6" "1"
"sr_effect_6_1" "effect_damage"
"sr_effect_6_1_arg1" "player1"
"sr_effect_6_1_arg2" "atdm:damage_low"

When the player gets within the 350 radius, they take damage.

I wasn't able to get the reverse healing method to work.

 

350 is a pretty large radius. Is there any way to add a custom stim to the player with a smaller radius.

Something like:

"STIM_TYPE"         "STIM_PLAYER_150"
"SR_RADIUS"         "150"

Thanks for the help!