Triggering script based on enemy's HP?

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gloomiest666
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Triggering script based on enemy's HP?

Post by gloomiest666 »

I'm trying to make an ACS execute after a certain mob that has a TID of 3 loses 50% of its health points or more (in this case the monster has 100 base HP).

I've tried with:


script 1 OPEN
{
When (GetActorProperty (3, APROP_HEALTH,"monstername") <= 50)
{
Acs_Execute(2,0);
}
}


and also:


script 1 OPEN
{
if (GetActorProperty (3, APROP_HEALTH) <= 50)
Acs_Execute(2,0);
}


Yet none worked. What am I doing wrong?
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KeksDose
 
 
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Re: Triggering script based on enemy's HP?

Post by KeksDose »

It's pretty close. There's no "when", but there's "while" and delays, so you can do this:

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script 1 OPEN
{
   while(50 < GetActorProperty(3, APROP_HEALTH))
   {
      Delay(1);
   }
   Acs_Execute(2, 0);
}
Usually, you'll be writing scripts that wait a lot like that to time your triggers.
gloomiest666
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Re: Triggering script based on enemy's HP?

Post by gloomiest666 »

KeksDose wrote:It's pretty close. There's no "when", but there's "while" and delays, so you can do this:

Code: Select all

script 1 OPEN
{
   while(50 < GetActorProperty(3, APROP_HEALTH))
   {
      Delay(1);
   }
   Acs_Execute(2, 0);
}
Usually, you'll be writing scripts that wait a lot like that to time your triggers.
Thank you very much :)
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