how do I detect when a player is killed with a certain gun

[hollow vessel]

Title ^

All I know is it has something to do with putting a tag on the gun

[wide wing]

If it is a custom gun, tag the projectile gadget, if it is an RRO gun, get first tag and filter from there via the Projectile hit player circuit

[hollow vessel]

what do you mean by filter? do i just look for the tag on the projectile hit player circuit

and thats just if it hits them i want it so it sends a signel when someone is killed

[slender eagle]

Projectile hit event does not output a projectile launcher, but instead a "Projectile Source" rec room object IIRC

This means you can find if its the specific object, even if its an RRO gun, with a tag

(If its outputting a Projectile Launcher and not Rec Room Object, you can use From Rec Room Object if you need but I dont think it will make any huge differences)

[wide wing]

I don’t even use from rec room object, getting its first tag works fine

[hollow vessel]

i am using a trigger handle and projectile launcher

[wide wing]

Tag the projectile launcher then

[hollow vessel]

ok

[slender eagle]

Sending a signal when someone is killed is by a specfic gun is different

First, you need to find if they are killed, if you have looked at any of my combat help threads, you will know how to do this

But, aswell as sending through the events the Attacker, Defender, and Damage, you will also have to send the Projectile Source through, this way you know who attacked, whos getting attacked, how much damage the defender is taking, and the weapon they are attacked with

[hollow vessel]

so how would i do that

[slender eagle]

First, you need to find if they are killed, if you have looked at any of my combat help threads, you will know how to do this

i really wonder

[wide wing]

I looked at none and I got it, am I pro yet

[hollow vessel]

yeah cool i know how to know if someones dead but how would i know what gun killed them

thats all i need

[slender eagle]

But, aswell as sending through the events the Attacker, Defender, and Damage, you will also have to send the Projectile Source through, this way you know who attacked, whos getting attacked, how much damage the defender is taking, and the weapon they are attacked with

I really wonder

[hollow vessel]

yeah that explains nothing

[slender eagle]

Read any of the times I have helped someone with combat

You have the damage event, Damage Player
It should always contain an Attacker and Defender, and anything else optionally (Like a damage input to choose damage), and in your case, a Projectile Source input from the Projectile Hit Player event

When the event Damage Player is received, do the yada yada whatever with that event, I explained more about in my combat threads, but basically if your health goes equal to or below 0 from this event, you're killed

When the local player is killed, send the event Player Killed to all, containing ofcourse, the Attacker, and you, the defender, aswell as the Projectile Source

tah-dah, you can see when a player was killed and by what

[hollow vessel]

ok thanks

[rose portal]

You can get that data from rro weapons?

[slender eagle]

Projectile Hit Player outputs projectile source

[rose portal]

is it bta?

[slender eagle]

No, its inside the Player Definition Board

[hollow vessel]

i dont see a projectile hit player event or cricket

[slender eagle]

Projectile Hit Player is found inside the player definition board

[hollow vessel]

ohhhhh im stupid sorry thanks again

is it in the configure menu for it

nvm i found it

[hollow vessel]

But now I have to figure out how to connect that to the projectile launchers and then after send the signal

[slender eagle]

wdym?

[hollow vessel]

How do I know what weapon shot the bullet

Don’t I need to connect it to the tag on the projectile launcher

I explained that poorly one sec

wait nvm its a yellow pin

[hollow vessel]

just how do i make it send a show notification when i kill someone only with a spasific custom gun becouse what you have told me is just how to know who and what did it but not how to send a signal when something is killed with the gun

thats what im trying to do

i might be missunderstanding though

[slender eagle]

The "How" in this situation is the gun they were killed with

If you know what object they were killed with, you can filter that out using Has Tag, something that will output True if an object has a specific tag
You can configure your object to add this tag, and then make the Has Tag filter for that

(Btw, tags do nothing important to objects, you can delete them if you want, but they can be useful since circuits can detect them)

[hollow vessel]

OHHHHHH im really dumb ok i get it now

fr this time

[hollow vessel]

final question is there anyway to like move the signal out of the definition board or no

[slender eagle]

place the event definitions for the events Damage Player and Played Killed outside of the player definition board

Huge mega tip that is litterally always true no matter what you think to anyone of any skill level including me I cannot stress this enough:
NEVER PUT ANYTHING THAT IS NOT AN EVENT SENDER, EVENT RECEIVEE, OR "SELF" CHIP INSIDE THE PLAYER DEFINITION BOARD

saying that in a "trust me I've made this mistake before" way, not a "your stupid for doing this" way

[hollow vessel]

thank you i just put the whole show notification thing inside the player definition board

i am now moving all of it

[slender eagle]

The player definition board will be useful in the future, but as of now, its a waste of CPU

The only thing special about it right now is its events, for example, Projectile Hit Player

Projectile Hit Player will fire for the local player in the PDB of the player who gets hit by a projectile when their computer sees the player get hit
"Sight" = "Did the computer register as a hit?"

This event is commonly desynced between players, which is why I always recommend registering it as a hit if the attacker is the one who sees it hit (On receive, if local player is attacker, send event "Damage Player" to everyone with the attacker is local, and the defender as "Self"

[hollow vessel]

wait but then how do i get all of the stuff from the projectile hit player out of the player definition board so i can hook it up to the "has tag" chip

[slender eagle]

configure event definitions to add datatypes to them

Damage Player should have 2 player types, Attacker and Defender, aswell as a Rec Room Object Type as Projectile Source

Played Killed should have the same

[hollow vessel]

are the data types the "add new property" thing or no

[slender eagle]

yes

[hollow vessel]

so i just make them all the player type

[slender eagle]

You need 2 player types and 1 rec room object type

[hollow vessel]

ok

[hollow vessel]

so i should call the 2 player types "attacker" and "defender" and the the object type "projectile source"

[hollow vessel]

and also what do i do with player killed

[slender eagle]

yes

[slender eagle]

wdym?

What do you do with the event itself, or what do you do to the event definition?

[hollow vessel]

well for the event definition i do the same thing as the damage player but what do i do with the event it self

[slender eagle]

Same inputs as damage player

When the event Damage Player is received, check if the defender is local
If the defender is local, take damage

If the damage you take kills you (Health drops equal to or below 0), send the event Player Killed
The attacker is the person who attacked you, the defender is yourself (local player), and the projectile source is the projectile source that shot you (Its the output on the Player Damage event)

[hollow vessel]

ok how do i get the health of the defender

[slender eagle]

A local variable, Health

The reason I never specified a health variable, or damage type, is because what "Health" is is purely up to you

If you want RecRoom style health, you use an Int Variable

[hollow vessel]

ok

and how would i make that the health of the player

[hollow vessel]

do i have to make another event definition

[slender eagle]

Health would be an Int Variable

[hollow vessel]

but like how would i set the health to the int variable

[slender eagle]

Subtract

The user takes 10 damage? set Health to Health - 10

[hollow vessel]

no like how do i make the ink variable and the health the same