Help with detecing a shot

[1para{god-father} 105]

I need some help please, I am trying to create an assassination mission, but when the target has been shot I need to be able to detect this so I trigger men in the area ,

however I do not want the target to be killed just injured and go prone.

Any idea how I can do this ?

[-)rStrangelove 0]

You need an eventhandler.

Read the introduction here (http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA_2:_Event_Handlers) and then jump down to the eventhandler 'Handle damage'. Should be what you need. :)

[1para{god-father} 105]

Hi,

I have tried setting this in his init

this addEventHandler ["hit", "hint format['Hit by %1',_this select 1]"]

Which works , but as I do not want him to be killed I have set him with allowDamage false and then it does not work when i put that in as well , nor does HandleDamage.

I presume I pop this in his init ?

[RazorX 10]

So you're doing something wrong. Check everything. AllowDamage or HandleDamage must work when used properly

[celery 8]

this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage",{_attacker=_this select 3;_damage=_this select 2;if (_damage>0.9) then {_damage=0.9};_damage}]

_attacker is the one who damages the unit, so you can make it execute a script or whatever as long as ;_damage is the last thing within the code (otherwise the damage part doesn't work). Giving a maximum damage of 0.9 will prevent the unit from dying.