Help - Detecting Kill Assist

[GaryTheNoTrashCougar 0]

Is it possible to detect if a player has damaged a unit but another unit has killed that unit (kill assist)?

I am using a Killed event handler for the unit that is killed & trying to combine that with a HitPart event handler but I can't get my head around the logic.

 

in HitPart EH:

playerShooting = (player isEqualTo _shooter);

unitShot = _target;

 

in Killed EH:

if (playerShooting) //Obviously player is not the shooter when the unit is killed
then
{
	if ((_killed isEqualTo unitShot) && !(vehicle player isEqualTo _killer))
	then
	{....blah blah Kill Assist};
};
			

also tried to use ((damage _target) < 1), but this is not true when _target is killed.  Is there a way to check if the player dealt the damage?

[pierremgi 4906]

You can ind all sources that damaged (hurt) the unit:
unitShot  setVariable ["killerFeed",[]];
unitShot  addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
  params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];
  (_unit getVariable "killerFeed") pushBackUnique _source;
  _damage

}];

 

Not tested. Try also with _instigator

[Tory Xiao 5]

17 hours ago, pierremgi said:

You can ind all sources that damaged (hurt) the unit:
unitShot  setVariable ["killerFeed",[]];
unitShot  addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
  params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];
  (_unit getVariable "killerFeed") pushBackUnique _source;
  _damage

}];

 

Not tested. Try also with _instigator

How do I use this script?

[GaryTheNoTrashCougar 0]

Thank you for replying.

If I understand correctly, this should index (using pushBackUnique) the units that damage another unit into an array so I can check that array to see if a unit is in it? e.g. if (player in killerFeed).

For some reason I'm getting an error "Invalid number in expression" which points to '_source'.  I have tried '_instigator' as you suggested but as they are the same thing, no joy.  Am I right to be running this inside my HitPart EH? Trying to pass '_target' variable through scripts as a global variable is proving difficult, assuming because there is no value until the HitPart EH has fired.

 

 

[pierremgi 4906]

That works for me.

Tested with a group in SP preview. Just run this code in debug console (or a trigger set to true as condition):

{
  _x  setVariable ["killerFeed",[]];
  _x  addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
    params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];
    (_unit getVariable "killerFeed") pushBackUnique _instigator;
    _damage
  }]
} forEach allUnits;

Then, shoot at any unit's legs. Then, point at this unit and in watch lines of debug console test: cursorObject getVariable "killerfeed"  : the result is an array is the name of the player inside.

 

So, if you want to use this array, you JUST need to check the variable on corpse (when unit die)

example:

addMissionEventHandler ["entityKilled", {
  params ["_killed", "_killer", "_instigator"];
  if (isNull _instigator) then {_instigator = UAVControl vehicle _killer select 0};
  if (isNull _instigator) then {_instigator = _killer};
  private _helpers = (_killed getVariable ["killerFeed",[]]) - [_instigator,objNull];
  _helpers = if (_helpers isEqualTo []) then [{""},{format ["helpers: %1", _helpers apply {name _x}] }];
  private _txt = formatText ["Killed By %1%2%3", name _instigator,lineBreak,_helpers];
  hint _txt
}];

 

[GaryTheNoTrashCougar 0]

That's awesome, thank you again.