Destroying a core to release AC

[Asbestos]

How do I make it so that, when a core is destroyed by a sniper, it releases a flood of AC?

[planetfall]

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:destroyed
CurrentCoords -1000 AddCreeper

:awake
Self CONST_SNIPERTARGET 1 SetUnitAttribute


[KingGreenYoshi]

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?

[Asbestos]

The second one. The code makes the core targeted by snipers, but if you destroy it another way it still releases AC.

[Grayzzur]

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.

[kwinse]

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.

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.