Solved Possible to set a damage cause?

[pepper82]

I use "damage player by X" in several scripts. The damage cause is always "UNKNOWN" of course. SO I wonder if there is a way to set the damage cause?

Example:
damage player by 5
set damage cause to "MyCustomDamageCause"

on damage:
if damage cause is "MyCustomDamageCause" ....

 

[ShaneBee]

Maybe damage cause is unchangeable.... ;(

 

[ShaneBee]

I don't think you can change it. What you could do though is set a variable beforehand. Just remember to not use any waits or you could have problems.

        ...
        set metadata value "damagesource" of player to "A Trap"
        damage player by 5
       
on damage:
    set {_source} to metadata value "damagesource" of attacked
    delete metadata value "damagesource" of attacked
    if {_source} is "A Trap":
        apply wither 1 to the attacked for 5 seconds

 

[ShaneBee]

Good idea! Metadata is reset on server restart, right?

 

[ShaneBee]

Good idea! Metadata is reset on server restart, right?

Yes. I use it instead of variables when in cases like these.