How to increase the player damage | ARMA | Page 1

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 4:31 AM

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random cairn Sep 28, 2024, 4:33 AM

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Start with looking at the Hit event on the events page, and what parameters it gives you
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Hit

It gives an example of adding it to a unit and using params to take each passed argument and turning it into a variable

frigid karma Sep 28, 2024, 4:34 AM

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[apple, pear, orange] call {
  _this select 0; //apple
  _this select 1; //pear
  _this select 2; //orange
};

[apple, pear, orange] call {
  params ["_apple", "_pear", "_orange"];
  _apple; //apple
  _pear; //pear
  _orange; //orange
};

just showing you what params is actually doing. Its creating private variables of whatever you want to call them inside of the new scope based on what you pass to the scope.

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 4:35 AM

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okay, i see

random cairn Sep 28, 2024, 4:36 AM

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You can also use any array by using it as the left argument, but if none is present it uses _this which is what parameters are stored in

["1", "2", "3"] params ["_one", "_two", "_three"];
_one; // "1"
_two; // "2"
_three; // "3"

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 4:37 AM

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got it

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so i need to point which params i want to use

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and what each one means, depending on what it is calling for?

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so, for example

random cairn Sep 28, 2024, 4:40 AM

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Yes, and the parameter order needs to match, so if you don't need a value, you can just use ""

["1", "2", "3"] params ["_one", "", "_three"];
_one; // "1"
_two; // undefiend
_three; // "3"

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 4:41 AM

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this addEventHandler ["Hit", {
params ["_unit", "_source", "_damage", "_instigator"];
}];

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i would have to change the _unit and etc to the specific objects and number i want?

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 4:42 AM

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random cairn Yes, and the parameter order needs to match, so if you don't need a value, you c...

i see, it reads from left to right

random cairn Sep 28, 2024, 4:42 AM

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No, _unit is the unit that is receiving the damage, and _damage is how much damage the unit just recieved

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If you want to change what unit gets the event handler, you want to add it to that unit

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 4:43 AM

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and if i don't want to specify?

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i leave it blank?

random cairn Sep 28, 2024, 4:43 AM

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Say you have a unit placed in the editor that's called target. If you want to deal more damage to it, you would add the event handler to target.

target addEventHandler ["Hit", {
    // ... 
}];

random cairn Sep 28, 2024, 4:44 AM

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cerulean laurel and if i don't want to specify?

Can you clarify that?
What do you mean by "don't want to specify"

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 4:44 AM

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random cairn Can you clarify that? What do you mean by "don't want to specify"

the target

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like, i want to increase the damage dealt by my player to soldiers, but not to structures or vehicles

random cairn Sep 28, 2024, 4:45 AM

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You can only add event handlers to a specific object

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If you're using CBA, there is a function that lets you add an event handler to a specific class, or classes that inherit from the class you specify

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 4:46 AM

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random cairn If you're using CBA, there is a function that lets you add an event handler to a...

yes, i do have that installed

random cairn Sep 28, 2024, 4:48 AM

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In that case, you could do:

["CAManBase", "hit", {
    params ["_unit", "_source", "_damage", "_instigator"];
}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

Which would add a hit event handler to everything that inherits from CAManBase (i.e. units)

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hit should work, although I can't test it myself currently

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You could add that code and then just add a systemChat str _this to the event handler code to test it

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 4:49 AM

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sure, i have the game ready here

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let me set the code and test it out

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should i change the _unit, _source, _damage, _instigator to test it out?

random cairn Sep 28, 2024, 4:51 AM

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It doesn't change anything

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 4:56 AM

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like this?

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systemChat str _this ["CAManBase", "hit", {
params ["_unit", "_source", "_damage", "_instigator"];
}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

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says it's missing something

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its missing a ;

frigid karma Sep 28, 2024, 5:35 AM

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["CAManBase", "hit", {
    params ["_unit", "_source", "_damage", "_instigator"];

    systemChat format["Unit [%1] hit by: %2", _unit, _instigator];
}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

random cairn Sep 28, 2024, 5:52 AM

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cerulean laurel systemChat str _this ["CAManBase", "hit", { params ["_unit", "_source", "_da...

You're running that systemChat line before you add the event handler.

You'd want to put it in the braces in the function call

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Like how Hypoxic did it, and also added some nicer formatting

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 6:47 PM

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okay, im gonna try it now

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to test it i need to shoot someone?

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okay, tested it, it showed me the units being hit by "commander" which is my player current slot position

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 7:21 PM

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how should i proceed now?

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 8:17 PM

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now i only need to fix the destination of the damage and such

cerulean laurel Sep 28, 2024, 8:34 PM

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what is my next step to dealing more damage to the ai's?

cerulean laurel Sep 29, 2024, 2:53 AM

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@random cairn got a minute?

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i was thinking about what you showed me yesterday with Hypoxic

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so in my thought

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following the logic to the exemple on params

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["CAManBase", "hit", {
["target", "", "_damage", "localplayer"] params ["_unit", "_source", "_damage", "_instigator"];

}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

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would this be correct?

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or at least close to it?

frigid karma Sep 30, 2024, 6:12 PM

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Nope, the array before params doesn't make sense

cerulean laurel Sep 30, 2024, 6:26 PM

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Then i have zero idea how to make this work

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Lol

cerulean laurel Sep 30, 2024, 9:26 PM

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Also, i tried using the script for no reload inf ammo

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Seems it only affects the secondary weapon

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Aka pistols

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So i changed mine a bit

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Made it only add another mag once the last shot of the gun is fired

frigid karma Oct 1, 2024, 1:56 AM

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you can't use CBA_addClassEventHandler with it, but you use HandleDamage

_unit addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
    params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint", "_directHit", "_context"];

    if (isPlayer _unit) exitWith {_damage};

    private _multiplier = 2.0; // double damage to AI
    private _damageModified = _damage * _multiplier;

    diag_log format["---------- Damage Handle ----------", _unit];
    diag_log format["Unit: %1", _unit];
    diag_log format["Original Damage: %1", _damage];
    diag_log format["Modified Damage: %1", _damageModified];
    diag_log "-----------------------------------";

    _damageModified
}];

cerulean laurel Oct 1, 2024, 2:53 AM

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Oooh i see

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Thanks, I’ll test it out later

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Thanks a lot

cerulean laurel Oct 1, 2024, 5:42 PM

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frigid karma you can't use CBA_addClassEventHandler with it, but you use `HandleDamage` ```s...

question, it'll affect only my player unit?

frigid karma Oct 1, 2024, 6:49 PM

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cerulean laurel question, it'll affect only my player unit?

It effects whatever unit you put it on. Will not effect players.

cerulean laurel Oct 1, 2024, 6:50 PM

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so i should just change "_unit" to "player"?

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right at the start of the script?

frigid karma Oct 1, 2024, 6:50 PM

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This is modifying damage received, not given. Think about it differently.

cerulean laurel Oct 1, 2024, 6:50 PM

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oooh

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i thought it would be damage given

frigid karma Oct 1, 2024, 6:51 PM

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Handle damage fires when a unit is damaged.

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By anything

cerulean laurel Oct 1, 2024, 6:51 PM

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so i don't need to change anything?

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on the script

frigid karma Oct 1, 2024, 6:51 PM

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Now you can add filters so that it only makes it so that damage taken from players is changed, etc

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You need to add that handler to every non player unit.

cerulean laurel Oct 1, 2024, 6:52 PM

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okay, i'll do it then

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thanks for the help man

cerulean laurel Oct 1, 2024, 11:07 PM

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@frigid karma found this one as well

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[] spawn {
while {true} do {
{
_x setVariable ["HAF_spawned",true];
_x addEventHandler ["handleDamage", {1}]
} forEach (allUnits select {isNil {_x getVariable "HAF_spawned"} && side _x == EAST});
uiSleep 2;
};
};

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but depending on the map and mod map

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it doesn't work

#How to increase the player damage