Delayed damage

[Pureon]

A projectile hits the target/ground and only causes damage a few seconds later.

A particle animation should play when the damage is produced.

This functionality can be used for grenades.

[Imarok]

Should just the damage be delayed, or the hit detection too? (For a grenade hit detection needs to be delayed too)

[Mate-86]

Questions:

• Is it enough to add delay to Splash type attack or make it generic (eg. delayed hit of a melee weapon)?
• "A particle animation should play when the damage is produced." => Does it mean that 1911 depends on 1909?

[fatherbushido]

• I would say that an option to spash damage is good / better. Grab perhaps another dev input.
• I don't know. I need to look at it.

[fatherbushido]

Patch at ​https://code.wildfiregames.com/D748

@Mate-86: here was the original forum post of Pureon for the clear design. ​https://wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?/topic/17224-damage-and-projectiles-fao-programmers (so forget some of my past comments).

(It would be nice if you could review the splash bonus cleaning before D792.)

[fatherbushido]

In 20204:

Delayed damage. When a projectile hits the ground, it makes its damage (or its splash damage) a specified time later. It can be use for grenades. Refs #1911.

Patch By: Mate-86
Differential Revision: ​https://code.wildfiregames.com/D748

[fatherbushido]

I let it open, just to refs the other related things:

• one should display an animation, that one could also be used for not delayed damage I think. refs #1909
• one should emit a sound just when the projectile will exploded, finally it's the same at the current attack_impact sound but we should emit it also when there is no damaged units. refs #4779

ping Pureon for inputs, art, sounds and all that.

[Stan]

Those two tickets are now fixed, and I doubt Pureon reads trac often.

[elexis]

Mate-86, emitting a sound if no unit was damaged is still a TODO, no?

[Mate-86]

Replying to elexis:

Mate-86, emitting a sound if no unit was damaged is still a TODO, no? (Can also write a new one if you prefer)

No, it's already implemented. The sound is emitted when the projectile hits the ground (even without damaging any units).