trigger_hurt

[virus7072]

Hey guys,

Making a script that runs a command when a player gets hurt by a trigger_hurt function in a map.

I've tried using GM:PlayerShouldTakeDamage and GM:ScalePlayerDamage, then doing a if attacker = "trigger_hurt" then execute command, and it doesn't work.

I'm assuming the reason why it isn't working, is because there is a special way to target entity attackers than a normal player.

Anyone want to throw in their two cents?

Thanks!

[yumi_cheese]

I'm pretty new, so I'll just say make sure you are doing ==

I'd try

[lua]
function owies(victim, attacker, health, damage)
  if victim:IsPlayer() and attacker:GetName() == "trigger_hurt" then
    --enter code here
  end
end

hook.add("PlayerHurt", "TriggerHurtStuff", owies)
[/lua]

edit: oops forgot correct lua tags :P

[Monomiro]

I'm not a lua coder but I know a fair deal about level design and trigger_hurt is a class, not the entity's name, I hope that helps.

[Drew P. Richard]

Try hooking to EntityTakeDamage, check if attacker:GetClass() == "trigger_hurt".

[virus7072]

[QUOTE=yumi_cheese;28269164]I'm pretty new, so I'll just say make sure you are doing ==

I'd try

[lua]
function owies(victim, attacker, health, damage)
  if victim:IsPlayer() and attacker:GetName() == "trigger_hurt" then
    --enter code here
  end
end

hook.add("PlayerHurt", "TriggerHurtStuff", owies)
[/lua]

edit: oops forgot correct lua tags :P[/QUOTE]

That is actually what I was originally doing and it wasn't working, since technically the attacker isn't a player I assume, but thanks.

[QUOTE=Monomiro;28269657]I'm not a lua coder but I know a fair deal about level design and trigger_hurt is a class, not the entity's name, I hope that helps.[/QUOTE]

That was actually very beneficial to finding this out, so thank you.

[QUOTE=Drew P. Richard;28270323]Try hooking to EntityTakeDamage, check if attacker:GetClass() == "trigger_hurt".[/QUOTE]

Thanks, you actually got my on the right track with the hook. However, that didn't work, assuming again no attacker since it is the map.

Combining both Monomiro's and Drew's responses, I came up with the idea of using dmginfo:GetInflictor():GetClass() and that will equal trigger hurt.

Thanks all for your responses, I really appreciate it.

[Drew P. Richard]

So, does trying to get the class of the inflictor work?

[virus7072]

[QUOTE=Drew P. Richard;28270503]So, does trying to get the class of the inflictor work?[/QUOTE]

It does, dmginfo:GetInflictor():GetClass() will get trigger_hurt. Sorry if I was not clear.

Thanks again for the help.

[Drew P. Richard]

Awesome, by helping you I learned something too.

[Fantym420]

If it's a map you are making, add a lua_run entity [url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Lua_run_(entity)[/url] to the map and give it a name, then on the trigger_hurt set the output for StartTouch to activated the lua_run RunPassedCode input and set the value to
[lua]
if ACTIVATOR:IsPlayer() then TriggerHurtPlayer( ACTIVATOR ) end
[/lua]
which will run the function
[lua]
function TiggerHurtPlayer( ply )
--Code here to do stuff to player
end
[/lua]

When a player enters the trigger hurt. You can also use the other outputs on the trigger_hurt [url] http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Trigger_hurt [/url] to do other stuff the same way.