Editing Distinguishing Between Physical and Magickal Hits

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== Question ==

I'd like to script behaviour that occurs when an actor is hit by a weapon, but not by a spell.

I have noticed that "Begin OnHit" triggers if an actor is hit by a melee weapon, projectile weapon, or a spell. Is there any way of determining what the actor was hit by? -- [[User:Diablerie|Diablerie]] 12:28, 15 April 2006 (EDT)

== Discussion ==

--[[User:Mrflippy|Mrflippy]] 12:45, 15 April 2006 (EDT): You might be able to work something up using [[OnMagicEffectHit]].
:Not a bad idea. I managed to get something working:

<pre>
scriptname WeaponHitScript

short bMagicEffect

begin OnMagicEffectHit
    set bMagicEffect to 1
end

begin OnHit Player
    if (bMagicEffect == 0)
        <do stuff...>
    endif
end

begin GameMode
    set bMagicEffect to 0
end
</pre>

From what I saw, if the actor is hit by a spell, it will trigger both [[OnMagicEffectHit]] and [[OnHit]]. I'm not sure if the block ordering in the script makes any difference, but in my experiments, the ''OnHit'' block always saw the ''bMagicEffect'' variable set in the ''OnMagicEffectHit'' block. Hopefully, the ''GameMode'' block won't cause a performance hit.
-- [[User:Diablerie|Diablerie]] 22:11, 15 April 2006 (EDT)

== Solution ==

I think I've found a more elegant solution:

<pre>
scriptname WeaponHitScript

begin OnMagicEffectHit
    return
end

begin OnHit Player
    <do stuff...>
end
</pre>

It looks like the [[Return]] command terminates the entire ''script'', and not just the block that it's called from. This can be used to have one trigger override another if they are triggered at the same time.
-- [[User:Diablerie|Diablerie]] 23:34, 15 April 2006 (EDT)

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