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[Ben_Hurr]

I need some ideas for how to model player attacks against other objects.
The best I've come up with is using an invisible object that causes damage when collided with, or having the attackee scan for an object in the way and directly modify its health.

I'm curious as to what other ITGer's have come up with 

[brog]

What is the player?  What times of attacks does he do?  - ranged or close, instant or delayed, firing bullets or whatever?

[TobiasW]

That sounds more like a technical question?

[The Monster King]

yeah it depends on your game type

in fighting games theres many hitboxes which are all those rectangles, some are for being attacked and some for attacking when appropriate

imo i think you shouldnt modify health directly, tell the other object how much damage you do and let it sort it out
sometimes you want things to behave differently when hit and you dont necessarily want to change your main characters code for that

[moi]

I think I know what he's talking about. He must have designed a basic engine with collisions and projectiles that do damage and stuff, and now he's probably wondering how to do area damage (for example when the player uses his sword) on objects.
If that's the question, the best answer is to scan for objects in a zone.