How do I make it so that, when a core is destroyed by a sniper, it releases a flood of AC?
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As in, it can be destroyed by multiple things but it only releases AC if its destroyed by a sniper or it can only be destroyed by a sniper and will release AC when destroyed?
The second one. The code makes the core targeted by snipers, but if you destroy it another way it still releases AC.
Then Planetfall has your answer. Detecting WHAT a core has been destroyed by is not something supported by the API. A core can't tell what has damaged it, it just has health that can go up or down.
Different weapons do different amounts of damage. It might be possible to rig a core to have more health and play with the numbers, but that's quite a bit of work. An easier approach may be to have multiple linked hidden cores, each one damageable by a different weapon, and syncing their health. Whichever one goes triggers the appropriate effect and removes its siblings.
Quote from: Grayzzur on December 25, 2014, 12:30:12 PMAn easier approach may be to have multiple linked hidden cores, each one damageable by a different weapon, and syncing their health. Whichever one goes triggers the appropriate effect and removes its siblings.
One problem that comes to mind- it's down to execution order which effect plays if the core stack is killed in multiple ways on the same frame. Something to keep in mind if you do that.