Make scripted entity have health and break

[Pugsworth]

I realized that I don't actually know how to do this without manually doing it.

Is there a way?

[Acecool]

Hook into EntityTakeDamage

[lua]DONT_TAKE_DAMAGE = { "prop_vehicle_jeep", "prop_vehicle_airboat" }

hook.Add( "EntityTakeDamage", "EntitiesCanHurtToo", function( ent, dmginfo )
if ( !IsValid( ent ) ) then return; end
if ( table.HasValue( DONT_TAKE_DAMAGE, ent:GetClass( ) ) ) then return; end

if ( SERVER ) then
if ( !ent._InternalHealth ) then ent._InternalHealth = 100; end // Ensure that we have a health var set, otherwise set up default

local _dmg = dmginfo:GetDamage( );
ent._InternalHealth = ent._InternalHealth - _dmg;

print( ent )
print( _dmg )
print( ent._InternalHealth )

if ( ent._InternalHealth <= 0 ) then
// Make an explosion or something
-- util.Effect...

// Make it play a broken sound
-- ent.EmitSound( )

// Maybe spawn junk or salvage in its place
-- local _junk = ents.Create( ... )
-- _junk:SetPos( ent:GetPos( ) )
-- _junk:SetAngles( ent:GetAngles( ) )
-- _junk:Spawn( )
-- _junk:Activate( )
-- _junk:SetColor( Color( 50, 50, 50, 255 ) )

//Remove it
ent:Remove( )
end
end
end )[/lua]

Untested, but it should work. Do may want to do stuff with damage type, and scaling of damage depending on the prop/entity type.

Edit: Corrected using .Health, a function value. Tested and working.

[Pugsworth]

Yeah, that's the manual way I was referring to.

I was hoping I didn't have to do something like that.

[JetBoom]

You literally can't.

On a side note, ENT:OnTakeDamage would be more elegant than using a hook.

[Rubat]

Why are you saving health as _InternalHealth? Just do self:SetHealth(999) in ENT:Initialize and in ENT:OnTakeDamage subtract from it. If it's <= 0, call self:ExplodeNShit().