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Health points and damage

Manage health points and damage, including a protective shield and armor.

Authors and contributors to this community extension: 4ian, Mixen, VictrisGames.

Manage health points including a protective shield and armor. Health can be assigned to players, enemies, NPCs, or even inanimate objects such as breaking doors and mining rocks.

Damage calculations are performed in this order:

Incoming Damage -> Is Damage Cooldown active? -> Chance to Dodge -> Flat Damage Reduction -> Percent Damage Reduction -> Damage to Shield -> Damage to Health

How to use:

  • Set desired values in behavior properties
  • To apply damage use “Apply damage to an object”
  • To heal health, use “Heal object” action
  • To activate the shield, use “Activate shield” action
  • Health and shield regeneration will happen automatically based on properties

Tips:

  • While damage cooldown is active, no damage will be applied to health or shield (the object is invincible)
  • Try using the “Blink” extension while damage cooldown is active
  • Use the “Is just damaged” or "Is just healed" conditions to trigger sound and visual effects

Health properties:

  • Starting health points
  • Maximum health points. Use "0" for no maximum
  • Damage cooldown (seconds) Use "0" for no cooldown
  • Rate of health regeneration (points per second)
  • Delay before health regeneration starts after being hit (seconds)
  • Allow heals to increase health above max health (regen will never exceed max health)

Shield properties:

  • Max shield points. Use "0" for no maximum
  • Duration of shield (seconds) Use "0" to make shield permanent
  • Rate of shield regeneration (points per second)
  • Delay before shield regeneration starts after being hit (seconds)
  • Block excess damage when shield is broken (yes/no)

The top-down RPG example uses this extension (open the project online).

Tip

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Health

Manage health (life) points including a protective shield and armor.

Behavior actions

Activate shield
Activate the shield by setting the shield points and renewing the shield duration (optional).

Allow over-healing
Allow heals to increase health above max health. Regeneration will not exceed max health.

Heal object
Heal the object by increasing its health points.

Apply damage to an object
Apply damage to the object. Shield and armor can reduce this damage if enabled.

Renew shield duration
Renew shield duration to it's full value.

Dodge chance
Change the chance to dodge incoming damage (range: 0 to 1).

Damage cooldown
Change the duration of damage cooldown (seconds).

Armor flat damage reduction
Change the flat damage reduction from the armor. Incoming damage is reduced by this value.

Change health points
Change the health points of the object. Will not trigger damage cooldown.

Health regeneration delay
Change the delay before health regeneration starts after last being hit (seconds).

Rate of health regeneration
Change the rate of health regeneration (points per second).

Maximum health points
Change the maximum health points of the object.

Maximum shield points
Change the maximum shield points of the object.

Armor percent damage reduction
Change the percent damage reduction from armor (range: 0 to 1).

Block excess damage when shield breaks
Enable (or disable) blocking excess damage when shield breaks.

Duration of shield
Change the duration of the shield (seconds). A value of "0" means the shield is permanent.

Shield points
Change the current shield points of the object.

Shield regeneration delay
Change the delay before shield regeneration starts after being hit (seconds).

Rate of shield regeneration
Change the rate of shield regeneration (points per second).

Trigger damage cooldown
Trigger damage cooldown.

Behavior conditions

Dodge chance
Compare the chance to dodge incoming damage (range: 0 to 1).

Damage cooldown
Compare the duration of damage cooldown (seconds).

Time remaining in damage cooldown
Compare the time before damage cooldown ends (seconds).

Armor flat damage reduction
Compare the flat damage reduction from the armor. Incoming damage is reduced by this value.

Health points
Compare current health points of the object.

Health regeneration delay
Compare the delay before health regeneration starts after last being hit (seconds).

Rate of health regeneration
Compare the rate of health regeneration (points per second).

Is damage cooldown active
Check if damage cooldown is active. Object and shield cannot be damaged while this is active.

Is dead
Check if the object is considered dead (no health points).

Is health just damaged
Check if health was just damaged previously in the events.

Damage was just dodged
Check if incoming damage was just dodged.

Is just healed
Check if the object was just healed previously in the events.

Is shield active
Check if the shield is active (based on shield points and duration).

Is shield just damaged
Check if the shield was just damaged previously in the events.

Maximum health points
Compare the maximum health points of the object.

Maximum shield points
Compare the maximum shield points of the object.

Armor percent damage reduction
Compare the percent damage reduction from armor (range: 0 to 1).

Health damage taken from most recent hit
Compare the health damage taken from most recent hit.

Shield damage taken from most recent hit
Compare the shield damage taken from most recent hit.

Health points gained from previous heal
Compare the health points gained from previous heal.

Duration of shield
Compare the duration of the shield (seconds). A value of "0" means the shield is permanent.

Shield points
Compare the current shield points of the object.

Shield regeneration delay
Compare the delay before shield regeneration starts after being hit (seconds).

Rate of shield regeneration
Compare the rate of shield regeneration (points per second).

Time before shield duration ends
Compare the time before the shield duration ends (seconds).

Time since last hit
Compare the time since last taken hit (seconds).

Behavior expressions

Expression Description
Object.Health::ChanceToDodge() Return the chance to dodge incoming damage (range: 0 to 1).
Object.Health::DamageCooldownDuration() Return the duration of damage cooldown (seconds).
Object.Health::DamageCooldownRemaining() Return the time before damage cooldown ends (seconds).
Object.Health::FlatDamageReduction() Return the flat damage reduction from the armor. Incoming damage is reduced by this value.
Object.Health::Health() Return current health points of the object.
Object.Health::HealthRegenDelay() Return the delay before health regeneration starts after last being hit (seconds).
Object.Health::HealthRegenRate() Return the rate of health regeneration (points per second).
Object.Health::MaxHealth() Return the maximum health points of the object.
Object.Health::MaxShield() Return the maximum shield points of the object.
Object.Health::PercentDamageReduction() Return the percent damage reduction from armor (range: 0 to 1).
Object.Health::PreviousDamageTaken() Return the health damage taken from most recent hit.
Object.Health::PreviousDamageToShield() Return the shield damage taken from most recent hit.
Object.Health::PreviousHealAmount() Return the health points gained from previous heal.
Object.Health::ShieldDuration() Return the duration of the shield (seconds). A value of "0" means the shield is permanent.
Object.Health::ShieldPoints() Return the current shield points of the object.
Object.Health::ShieldRegenDelay() Return the delay before shield regeneration starts after being hit (seconds).
Object.Health::ShieldRegenRate() Return the rate of shield regeneration (points per second).
Object.Health::ShieldTimeRemaining() Return the time before the shield duration ends (seconds).
Object.Health::TimeSinceLastHit() Return the time since last taken hit (seconds).

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