Event Handler for Handle Damage

[redarmy 419]

Using this in a units init is properly calculating the damage and setting it at the correct value when its concerning small arms fire. But a unit being hit from a  .50 cal still takes the normal amount of damage.

 

Can someone help me understand this by breaking down how it is actually calculating?

 

this addEventHandler [ 
 "HandleDamage",  
 {  
  params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"]; 
 
  private _previousDamage = [_unit getHit _selection, damage _unit] select (_selection isEqualTo "");   
  private _newDamage = _damage - _previousDamage; 
 
  (_previousDamage + _newDamage * 0.1) 
 } 
];

 

[_foley 192]

It is possible that .50 cal causes so much damage that multiplying it by 0.1 doesn't make enough difference. See this post:

You can use something like this to get a better understanding of how it's calculated:

systemChat format [
  "_selection=%1, _previousDamage=%2, _newDamage=%3, return=%4",
  _selection,
  _previousDamage toFixed 4,
  _newDamage toFixed 4,
  (_previousDamage + _newDamage * 0.1) toFixed 4
];

 

[redarmy 419]

23 minutes ago, _foley said:

It is possible that .50 cal causes so much damage that multiplying it by 0.1 doesn't make enough difference. See this post:

You can use something like this to get a better understanding of how it's calculated:

systemChat format [
  "_selection=%1, _previousDamage=%2, _newDamage=%3, return=%4",
  _selection,
  _previousDamage toFixed 4,
  _newDamage toFixed 4,
  (_previousDamage + _newDamage * 0.1) toFixed 4
];

 

Thanks for that. Yeah i was fairly sure that this was the reason,im just not sure how Arma handles damage across different munitions,fall,impacts etc. A quick look and i think what im trying to achieve would be impossible. if i modify the damage reduction to make AI resistant to a few .50 cal rounds,they will end up not taking any damage from small arms.

 

The whole point of this is to try to simulate a well trained force surviving multiple kinds of contact,as it is in Arma,an AI gunner no matter what skill,or health,will accurately one shot a guy a mile away,even with the help of Lambs turrets mod. Been looking to a solution to this for a very long time,it seems one doesnt exist.

 

Oh well