How to make one unit stop striking during an attack

[WhiteWolf]

Hi,

Is there any way to tell, which attack is used in an event? For example, in an "attacker hits" event, is there a variable that stores the name of the attack used?
I though of running a loop, which compares all attack damages with $damage_inflicted, but that would be ambiguous - what if there's a unit with two attacks of the same damage?

Also, is there a way to somehow make a unit stop striking during the attack, (but let the opponent continue hitting back), if a certain criteria is met in the attacker hits event? But the unit should fight normally, if he's attacked again.
1.13.x solutions (add an object, then remove it) are not available, I use 1.12

Best regards,
WhiteWolf

[Ravana]

https://wiki.wesnoth.org/SyntaxWML#Auto ... _Variables

[WhiteWolf]

Thanks

Is it somehow possible to make a unit stop fighting, but let the opponent keep fighting?
For example, this is a feature that gives some bonus somewhere, but the cost is, that when a unit attacks, if a certain criteria is met, it will stop trying to hit, but the opponent will finish his attacks as normal.

I tried to zero the attack's number through [modify_unit], or through an object, but the attack went on as normal, the effects only kicked in after the attack. How can it be done, to apply the effects immediately, during the attack?
I suspect I need to use Lua - but I really don't know lua

[ChaosRider]

Thanks

Is it somehow possible to make a unit stop fighting, but let the opponent keep fighting?
For example, this is a feature that gives some bonus somewhere, but the cost is, that when a unit attacks, if a certain criteria is met, it will stop trying to hit, but the opponent will finish his attacks as normal.

I tried to zero the attack's number through [modify_unit], or through an object, but the attack went on as normal, the effects only kicked in after the attack. How can it be done, to apply the effects immediately, during the attack?
I suspect I need to use Lua - but I really don't know lua

Check Critical Strikes mod. Use there weapon special that set strikes to 0 or chance to hit to 0.

[WhiteWolf]

Critical Strikes mod adds the objects in an event=attack. Before the attack, so I guess it works.
I need the unit to be "reloaded" with the mod in an event=attacker/defender hits.
I tried it, it doesn't work. The attack numbers are only set to 0 after the fight took place, not during, right when the event kicks in. I do not really understand this behaviour of objects, why doesn't it kick in right when applied? I guess it's because unit attack values are "loaded" into the fight at the start, and they can't be overriden during the attack?

[mattsc]

I guess it's because unit attack values are "loaded" into the fight at the start, and they can't be overriden during the attack?

I believe that that interpretation is pretty much correct. What you can do to interrupt the fight is to save and kill the unit, and then reload it in an attack_end event. As an example, something along those lines is done here. That doesn't do what you want, but maybe you can use it as a model to get the desired behavior?

[ChaosRider]

I'm looking or interesting skills (weapon specials, abilities) and I've found this (might be helpful for you):

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#define WEAPON_SPECIAL_IE_INTERRUPT
            [knockback]
                id=ie_interrupt
                name= _ "interrupt-day only"
                description=_ "When a unit is hit with an interrupting attack, combat is immediately stopped. Works only during dawn and dusk and during the day, when the sun is in the sky."
            [/knockback]
        [/specials]
    [/attack]
    [event]
        name=defender hits
        first_time_only=no
        [filter_second_attack]
            special=interrupt
        [/filter_second_attack]
        [filter]
            [filter_location]
                time_of_day_id=dawn,morning,afternoon,dusk
            [/filter_location]
        [/filter]
        [if]
	    [then]
		[store_unit]
		    [filter]
			find_in=second_unit
		    [/filter]
		    variable=target
		    kill=yes
		[/store_unit]
            [/then]
        [/if]
    [/event]
    [event]
        name=attack end
        first_time_only=no
	[unstore_unit]
	    variable=target
	    text="interrupt"
	    {COLOR_HEAL}
	[/unstore_unit]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE target}
    [/event]
    [+attack]
        [+specials]
#enddef

[WhiteWolf]

I've kept experimenting with adding an object at the beginning of the attack, that kicks in with a formula for filter_opponent, but I gave up.

However, I found a workaround with interrupting the battle Namely, I start counting the strikes that the opponent has left at the beginning. If the criteria is met, fight is interrupted in way similar to the ones you described, and then the remaining strikes from the opponent are done manually with animate_unit and harm_unit.
Probably not elegant, but it works more or less as I intended
The only compromises are that chance-to-hit is completely lost, I hardwired it for 30%. I can reason for this when introducing the mechanics in the game, so for this context, it's not such a big problem. There is also loss of information on the actual damage to be done, luckily harm_unit can take resistance and time of day into accout (it's not in the code yet, my bad), but extra-extra-custom modifiers are lost.

Here's the about final code if anyone's interested:

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[event] 
	name=attack # $weapon is not available in combat events :( must use double attack
	first_time_only=no
	[filter]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="once"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[or]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="always"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[/or]
	[/filter]

	{VARIABLE wpn_strikes_left $second_weapon.number}
	{VARIABLE wpn_damage $second_weapon.damage}
	{VARIABLE wpn_name $second_weapon.name}
	{VARIABLE wpn_range $second_weapon.range}
[/event]
[event]
	name=attack
	first_time_only=no
	[filter_second]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="once"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[or]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="always"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[/or]
	[/filter_second]

	{VARIABLE wpn_strikes_left $weapon.number}
	{VARIABLE wpn_damage $weapon.damage}
	{VARIABLE wpn_name $weapon.name}
	{VARIABLE wpn_range $weapon.range}
[/event]
	
[event]
	name=combatant strikes
	first_time_only=no
	[filter_second]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="once"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[or]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="always"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[/or]
	[/filter_second]

	{VARIABLE_OP wpn_strikes_left sub 1}
[/event]

[event]
	name=combatant hits
	first_time_only=no
	[filter]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="once"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[or]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="always"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[/or]
	[/filter]

	[if]
		[variable]
			name=second_unit.hitpoints
			less_than_equal_to=$damage_inflicted
		[/variable]
		[then]
			{STORE_UNIT x,y=$x1,$y1 teamkill_unit yes}
			{VARIABLE teamkill_happening yes}
		[/then]
	[/if]
[/event]


[event]
	name=combat end
	first_time_only=no
	[filter_condition] # primary unit is the empty one
		[have_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/have_unit]
	[/filter_condition]
	[filter_condition]
		[variable]
			name=teamkill_happening
			equals=yes
		[/variable]
	[/filter_condition]


	{VARIABLE harmee $teamkill_unit.id}
	[unstore_unit]
		variable=teamkill_unit
	[/unstore_unit]
	[while]
		[variable]
			name=wpn_strikes_left
			greater_than=0
		[/variable]
		[and]
			[have_unit]
				id=$harmee
			[/have_unit]
		[/and]
		[do]
			{DELAY 75}
			{VARIABLE_OP wpn_strikes_left sub 1}
			{RANDOM 1..100}
			[if]
				[variable]
					name=random
					less_than=31
				[/variable]
				[then]
			        [animate_unit]
            			flag=attack
            			[filter]
            			    x,y=$x2,$y2
            			[/filter]
            			[primary_attack]
            			    name=$wpn_name
            			[/primary_attack]
			            [secondary_attack]
            			    range=$wpn_range
            			[/secondary_attack]
            			hits=yes
            			[facing]
            			    [filter]
            			        id=$harmee
            			    [/filter]
            			[/facing]
            			[animate]
            			    flag=defend
            			    [filter]
            			        id=$harmee
            			    [/filter]
            				[primary_attack]
            			    	range=$wpn_range
            				[/primary_attack]
			            	[secondary_attack]
            			   	 	range=$wpn_range
            				[/secondary_attack]
            			    hits=yes
            			    [facing]
            			        [filter]
            			            x,y=$x2,$y2
            			        [/filter]
            			    [/facing]
            			[/animate]
        			[/animate_unit]
					[floating_text]
						[filter]
							id=$harmee
						[/filter]
            			text= _ "<i><span color='red'>$wpn_damage</span></i>"
					[/floating_text]
					[harm_unit]
						[filter]
							id=$harmee
						[/filter]
						[filter_second]
							x,y=$x2,$y2
						[/filter_second]
						amount=$wpn_damage
						kill=yes
						fire_event=yes
						experience=yes
					[/harm_unit]
				[/then]
				[else]
			        [animate_unit]
            			flag=attack
            			[filter]
            			    x,y=$x2,$y2
            			[/filter]
            			[primary_attack]
            			    name=$wpn_name
            			[/primary_attack]
			            [secondary_attack]
            			    range=$wpn_range
            			[/secondary_attack]
			
            			hits=no
            			[facing]
            			    [filter]
            			        id=$harmee
            			    [/filter]
            			[/facing]
            			[animate]
            			    flag=defend
            			    [filter]
            			        id=$harmee
            			    [/filter]
            				[primary_attack]
            			    	range=$wpn_range
            				[/primary_attack]
			            	[secondary_attack]
            			   	 	range=$wpn_range
            				[/secondary_attack]
            			    hits=no
            			    [facing]
            			        [filter]
            			            x,y=$x2,$y2
            			        [/filter]
            			    [/facing]
            			[/animate]
        			[/animate_unit]
				[/else]
			[/if]
		[/do]
	[/while]

	{STORE_UNIT id=$harmee test_once no}
	[if]
		[variable]
			name=test_once.variables.teamkill
			equals="once"
		[/variable]
		[then]
			[remove_unit_overlay]
				id=$harmee
				image=misc/no-kill.png
			[/remove_unit_overlay]
			{MODIFY_UNIT id=$harmee variables.teamkill "no"}
		[/then]
	[/if]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE strikes_left,teamkill_unit,random,harmee,teamkill_happening,test_once}
[/event]

Note: don't mind my combatant... events, they are the same as attack, it's just that the event fires regardless of attacker and defender roles. 'combatant strikes' is a combination of attacker hits/attacker misses/defender hits/defender misses, also, regardless of the roles, what matters is the filter.

Thanks

[Sapient]

You seem to be missing some code, for example, the fire_event. It is possible to pass along weapon data with fire_event, by the way.

I have a suggestion... I am not 100% sure this will work, but have you tried removing all the unit's attacks when the special hits? Worth a try anyway.

[WhiteWolf]

The fire events are in another file. I made a post about the combat events a while ago: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=44574&p=601967&hil ... at#p601967 They come in handy, when it doesn't matter who's the attacker and who's the defender.

OK, here's the full code

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Code for combating events:

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	## NEW COMBATING EVENTS ##

	# Many could argue that the current defender and attacker hits/misses events are awkward. Sometimes they really are.
	# What they are messed up with is that the defender and attacker roles define the primary and secondary filters.
	#
	# These new events DO NOT CARE about who is the attacker and who is the defender.
	# Defined names are:
	# [event] name=combat -> similar to attack
	# [event] name=combat end -> similar to attack end
	# [event] name=combatant hits -> Triggers when the unit in the primary [filter] hits the unit in the [filter_second]. If no [filter_second] is provided, it will fire whenever
	#         the primary unit delivers a hit onto its opponent.
	# [event] name=combatant misses -> Triggers when the unit in the primary [filter] misses its strike at the unit in the [filter_second].
	# since 1.1.0: name=combatant strikes -> Triggers when the unit in the primary [filter] strikes the unit in the [filter_second]. It always fires before any hit/miss event, but after animations.
	# [event] name=any combatant hits -> Triggers when any of the combatants hit the other one. [filter] and [filter_second] are completely commutable.
	#         Normally first_time_only=no should be set to make sense, but it also calls for {TRIGGER_ONLY_ONCE} then.
	# [event] name=any combatant misses -> Triggers when any of the combatants miss. Same behaviour applies as above.
	# Note: [filter_second] is always optional.
	#
	#
	# Note on the behaviour of 'combat', 'combat end', and 'any combatant hits/misses'.
	# If only the primary [filter] is given or is the same as [filter_second], and first_time_only is set to =no, the event is prone to an unexpected feature.
	# Example:
	# [event]
	#     name=combat
	#     first_time_only=no
	#     [filter]
	#         race=undead
	#     [/filter]
	#
	#     <...> # This will be carried out twice, each time an undead engages another undead in a fight.
	# [/event]
	# If two Undead units engage each other, this event will trigger TWICE!	This can be kept if this is your will. If you would like the event to fire only once per combat, 
	# then add {TRIGGER_ONLY_ONCE} somewhere into the event, like this:
	# [event]
	#     name=combat
	#     first_time_only=no
	#     [filter]
	#         race=undead
	#     [/filter]
	#     {TRIGGER_ONLY_ONCE}
	#
	#     <...> # This will be carried out only once, each time an undead engages another undead in a fight.
	# [/event]

## Combating event definitions:


#define TRIGGER_ONLY_ONCE
{VARIABLE combating_event_fired yes}
#enddef

[event]
	name=attack
	id=combat_attack_event_trigger1
	first_time_only=no

	# Handle with UTMOST CARE. If both units meet the filter of combat (f.e. two Undead fighting, primary filter yielding race=undead), the combat event will fire TWICE.
	# if first_time_only is set to no. If you feel it risky, add {VARIABLE combating_event_fired yes} at the bottom of the event, and all will be OK. This is optional.
	[fire_event]
		name=combat
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]

	[if]
		[variable]
			name=combating_event_fired
			equals=yes
		[/variable]
		[else]
			[fire_event]
				name=combat
				[primary_unit]
					x,y=$x2,$y2
				[/primary_unit]
				[secondary_unit]
					x,y=$x1,$y1
				[/secondary_unit]
			[/fire_event]
		[/else]
	[/if]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE combating_event_fired}
[/event]
[event]
	name=attack end
	id=combat_attack_end_event_trigger1
	first_time_only=no

	# Handle with UTMOST CARE. If both units meet the filter of combat (f.e. two Undead fighting, primary filter yielding race=undead), the combat event will fire TWICE
	# if first_time_only is set to no. If you feel it risky, add {VARIABLE combating_event_fired yes} at the bottom of the event, and all will be OK. This is optional.
	[fire_event]
		name=combat end
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]

	[if]
		[variable]
			name=combating_event_fired
			equals=yes
		[/variable]
		[else]
			[fire_event]
				name=combat end
				[primary_unit]
					x,y=$x2,$y2
				[/primary_unit]
				[secondary_unit]
					x,y=$x1,$y1
				[/secondary_unit]
			[/fire_event]
		[/else]
	[/if]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE combating_event_fired}
[/event]

# Hitting
[event]
	name=attacker hits
	id=combat_hit_event_trigger1
	first_time_only=no

	# since 1.1.0
	[fire_event]
		name=combatant strikes
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]


	[fire_event]
		name=combatant hits
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]
[/event]
[event]
	name=defender hits
	id=combat_hit_event_trigger2
	first_time_only=no

	# since 1.1.0
	[fire_event]
		name=combatant strikes
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]


	[fire_event]
		name=combatant hits
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]
[/event]

# Missing
[event]
	name=attacker misses
	id=combat_miss_event_trigger1
	first_time_only=no

	# since 1.1.0
	[fire_event]
		name=combatant strikes
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]

	[fire_event]
		name=combatant misses
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]
[/event]
[event]
	name=defender misses
	id=combat_miss_event_trigger2
	first_time_only=no

	# since 1.1.0
	[fire_event]
		name=combatant strikes
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]

	[fire_event]
		name=combatant misses
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]
[/event]



# ANY Combatant hits/misses
# This will fire if ANY of the combatants hit the other one. 

[event]
	name=attacker hits
	id=any_combat_hit_event_trigger1
	first_time_only=no

	[fire_event]
		name=any combatant hits
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]
	[if]
		[variable]
			name=combating_event_fired
			equals=yes
		[/variable]
		[else]
			[fire_event]
				name=any combatant hits
				[primary_unit]
					x,y=$x2,$y2
				[/primary_unit]
				[secondary_unit]
					x,y=$x1,$y1
				[/secondary_unit]
			[/fire_event]
		[/else]
	[/if]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE combating_event_fired}
[/event]
[event]
	name=defender hits
	id=any_combat_hit_event_trigger2
	first_time_only=no

	[fire_event]
		name=any combatant hits
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]
	[if]
		[variable]
			name=combating_event_fired
			equals=yes
		[/variable]
		[else]
			[fire_event]
				name=any combatant hits
				[primary_unit]
					x,y=$x2,$y2
				[/primary_unit]
				[secondary_unit]
					x,y=$x1,$y1
				[/secondary_unit]
			[/fire_event]
		[/else]
	[/if]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE combating_event_fired}
[/event]

# Any miss


[event]
	name=attacker misses
	id=any_combat_miss_event_trigger1
	first_time_only=no

	[fire_event]
		name=any combatant misses
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]
	[if]
		[variable]
			name=combating_event_fired
			equals=yes
		[/variable]
		[else]
			[fire_event]
				name=any combatant hits
				[primary_unit]
					x,y=$x2,$y2
				[/primary_unit]
				[secondary_unit]
					x,y=$x1,$y1
				[/secondary_unit]
			[/fire_event]
		[/else]
	[/if]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE combating_event_fired}
[/event]
[event]
	name=defender misses
	id=any_combat_miss_event_trigger2
	first_time_only=no

	[fire_event]
		name=any combatant misses
		[primary_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/primary_unit]
		[secondary_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
		[/secondary_unit]
	[/fire_event]
	[if]
		[variable]
			name=combating_event_fired
			equals=yes
		[/variable]
		[else]
			[fire_event]
				name=any combatant misses
				[primary_unit]
					x,y=$x2,$y2
				[/primary_unit]
				[secondary_unit]
					x,y=$x1,$y1
				[/secondary_unit]
			[/fire_event]
		[/else]
	[/if]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE combating_event_fired}
[/event]

Code for Teamkill mode:

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#define ALLOW_TEAMKILL
[set_menu_item]
	id=0_teamkill_mode
	description= _ "Teamkill"
	image=misc/enraged.png
	[show_if]
		[have_unit]
			x,y=$x1,$y1
			side=1
			[not]
				level=0
			[/not]
			[not]
				level=1
			[/not]
			[not]
				level=2
			[/not]
		[/have_unit]
	[/show_if]
	[command]
		[if]
			[variable]
				name=unit.variables.teamkill
				not_equals="once"
			[/variable]
			[and]
				[variable]
					name=unit.variables.teamkill
					not_equals="always"
				[/variable]
			[/and]
			[then]
				[message]
					speaker=unit
					message= _ "I currently kill any unit I can. Should I change my tactics?"
					[option]
						message={MENU_IMG_TXT (icons/kill-mode.png)  _"• No, keep this"}
						[command]
						[/command]
					[/option]
					[option]
						message={MENU_IMG_TXT (icons/no-kill-once.png) _"• Spare the enemy, but only in the next fight"}
						[command]
							[unit_overlay]
								x,y=$x1,$y1
								image=misc/no-kill.png
							[/unit_overlay]
							{MODIFY_UNIT x,y=$x1,$y1 variables.teamkill "once"}
						[/command]
					[/option]
					[option]
						message={MENU_IMG_TXT (icons/no-kill-always.png) _"• Always spare enemies"}
						[command]
							[unit_overlay]
								x,y=$x1,$y1
								image=misc/no-kill.png
							[/unit_overlay]
							{MODIFY_UNIT x,y=$x1,$y1 variables.teamkill "always"}
						[/command]
					[/option]
				[/message]
			[/then]
			[else]
				[if]
					[variable]
						name=unit.variables.teamkill
						equals="once"
					[/variable]
					[then]
						[message]
							speaker=unit
							message= _ "I will spare my next enemy the killing blow, then I'll return to killing. Should I change my tactics?"
							[option]
								message={MENU_IMG_TXT (icons/no-kill-once.png) _"• No, keep this"}
								[command]
								[/command]
							[/option]
							[option]
								message={MENU_IMG_TXT (icons/kill-mode.png) _"• Return to killing enemies"}
								[command]
									[remove_unit_overlay]
										x,y=$x1,$y1
										image=misc/no-kill.png
									[/remove_unit_overlay]
									{MODIFY_UNIT x,y=$x1,$y1 variables.teamkill "no"}
								[/command]
							[/option]
							[option]
								message={MENU_IMG_TXT (icons/no-kill-always.png) _"• Always spare enemies"}
								[command]
									{MODIFY_UNIT x,y=$x1,$y1 variables.teamkill "always"}
								[/command]
							[/option]
						[/message]
					[/then]
					[else] # always
						[message]
							speaker=unit
							message= _ "I will spare all of my enemies the killing blow. Should I change my tactics?"
							[option]
								message={MENU_IMG_TXT (icons/no-kill-always.png) _"• No, keep this"}
								[command]
								[/command]
							[/option]
							[option]
								message={MENU_IMG_TXT (icons/kill-mode.png) _"• Return to killing enemies"}
								[command]
									[remove_unit_overlay]
										x,y=$x1,$y1
										image=misc/no-kill.png
									[/remove_unit_overlay]
									{MODIFY_UNIT x,y=$x1,$y1 variables.teamkill "no"}
								[/command]
							[/option]
							[option]
								message={MENU_IMG_TXT (icons/no-kill-once.png) _"• Spare the enemy, but only in the next fight"}
								[command]
									{MODIFY_UNIT x,y=$x1,$y1 variables.teamkill "once"}
								[/command]
							[/option]
						[/message]
					[/else]
				[/if]
			[/else]
		[/if]
	[/command]
[/set_menu_item]
#enddef



[event] 
	name=attack # $weapon is not available in combat events :( must use double attack
	first_time_only=no
	[filter]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="once"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[or]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="always"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[/or]
	[/filter]

	{VARIABLE wpn_strikes_left $second_weapon.number}
	{VARIABLE wpn_damage $second_weapon.damage}
	{VARIABLE wpn_name $second_weapon.name}
	{VARIABLE wpn_range $second_weapon.range}
	{VARIABLE wpn_type $second_weapon.type}
[/event]
[event]
	name=attack
	first_time_only=no
	[filter_second]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="once"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[or]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="always"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[/or]
	[/filter_second]

	{VARIABLE wpn_strikes_left $weapon.number}
	{VARIABLE wpn_damage $weapon.damage}
	{VARIABLE wpn_name $weapon.name}
	{VARIABLE wpn_range $weapon.range}
	{VARIABLE wpn_type $weapon.type}
[/event]
	
[event]
	name=combatant strikes
	first_time_only=no
	[filter_second]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="once"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[or]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="always"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[/or]
	[/filter_second]

	{VARIABLE_OP wpn_strikes_left sub 1}
[/event]

[event]
	name=combatant hits
	first_time_only=no
	[filter]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="once"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[or]
		[filter_wml]
			[variables]
				teamkill="always"
			[/variables]
		[/filter_wml]
		[/or]
	[/filter]

	[if]
		[variable]
			name=second_unit.hitpoints
			less_than_equal_to=$damage_inflicted
		[/variable]
		[then]
			{STORE_UNIT x,y=$x1,$y1 teamkill_unit yes}
			{VARIABLE teamkill_happening yes}
		[/then]
	[/if]
[/event]


[event]
	name=combat end
	first_time_only=no
	[filter_condition] # primary unit is the empty one
		[have_unit]
			x,y=$x2,$y2
		[/have_unit]
	[/filter_condition]
	[filter_condition]
		[variable]
			name=teamkill_happening
			equals=yes
		[/variable]
	[/filter_condition]


	{VARIABLE harmee $teamkill_unit.id}
	[unstore_unit]
		variable=teamkill_unit
	[/unstore_unit]
	[while]
		[variable]
			name=wpn_strikes_left
			greater_than=0
		[/variable]
		[and]
			[have_unit]
				id=$harmee
			[/have_unit]
		[/and]
		[do]
			{DELAY 75}
			{VARIABLE_OP wpn_strikes_left sub 1}
			{RANDOM 1..100}
			[if]
				[variable]
					name=random
					less_than=31
				[/variable]
				[then]
			        [animate_unit]
            			flag=attack
            			[filter]
            			    x,y=$x2,$y2
            			[/filter]
            			[primary_attack]
            			    name=$wpn_name
            			[/primary_attack]
			            [secondary_attack]
            			    range=$wpn_range
            			[/secondary_attack]
            			hits=yes
            			[facing]
            			    [filter]
            			        id=$harmee
            			    [/filter]
            			[/facing]
            			[animate]
            			    flag=defend
            			    [filter]
            			        id=$harmee
            			    [/filter]
            				[primary_attack]
            			    	range=$wpn_range
            				[/primary_attack]
			            	[secondary_attack]
            			   	 	range=$wpn_range
            				[/secondary_attack]
            			    hits=yes
            			    [facing]
            			        [filter]
            			            x,y=$x2,$y2
            			        [/filter]
            			    [/facing]
            			[/animate]
        			[/animate_unit]
					#[floating_text]
					#	[filter]
					#		id=$harmee
					#	[/filter]
            		#	text= _ "<i><span color='red'>$wpn_damage</span></i>"
					#[/floating_text]
					[harm_unit]
						[filter]
							id=$harmee
						[/filter]
						[filter_second]
							x,y=$x2,$y2
						[/filter_second]
						amount=$wpn_damage
						damage_type=$wpn_type
						alignment=$second_unit.alignment
						kill=yes
						fire_event=yes
						experience=yes
					[/harm_unit]
				[/then]
				[else]
			        [animate_unit]
            			flag=attack
            			[filter]
            			    x,y=$x2,$y2
            			[/filter]
            			[primary_attack]
            			    name=$wpn_name
            			[/primary_attack]
			            [secondary_attack]
            			    range=$wpn_range
            			[/secondary_attack]
			
            			hits=no
            			[facing]
            			    [filter]
            			        id=$harmee
            			    [/filter]
            			[/facing]
            			[animate]
            			    flag=defend
            			    [filter]
            			        id=$harmee
            			    [/filter]
            				[primary_attack]
            			    	range=$wpn_range
            				[/primary_attack]
			            	[secondary_attack]
            			   	 	range=$wpn_range
            				[/secondary_attack]
            			    hits=no
            			    [facing]
            			        [filter]
            			            x,y=$x2,$y2
            			        [/filter]
            			    [/facing]
            			[/animate]
        			[/animate_unit]
				[/else]
			[/if]
		[/do]
	[/while]

	{STORE_UNIT id=$harmee test_once no}
	[if]
		[variable]
			name=test_once.variables.teamkill
			equals="once"
		[/variable]
		[then]
			[remove_unit_overlay]
				id=$harmee
				image=misc/no-kill.png
			[/remove_unit_overlay]
			{MODIFY_UNIT id=$harmee variables.teamkill "no"}
		[/then]
	[/if]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE strikes_left,teamkill_unit,random,harmee,teamkill_happening,test_once}
[/event]

The code still loses the information on weapon specials. I'll hardwire 'magic' and 'marksman', because they are rather frequent, but other chance-to-hit-modifiers will be lost, and the hardwired 30% chance-to-hit for the leftover attacks will be applied.

I tried removing all attacks, but the attack continues as normal, the object that removes the attacks only kicks in after the attack.


Yes, I see now, that primary/secondary attack can be passed along, but how exactly? (no example on the wikipage) Would it be

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[fire_event]
    [primary_attack]
        weapon=$weapon....? sounds dull

Or do I need to declare every attribute I want to pass, like damage=$weapon.damage, type=$weapon.tpye, etc?

[octalot]

The [petrifies] special is handled by the by the engine, and immediately stops the combat. It's also built in to the combat UI, in the pre-combat stats the hp bar will be shown as grey if a unit will get petrified. It seems that nothing in the mainline units or mainline campaigns uses this weapon special.

In Ageless_Era/data/EoMa_data/sculpt.cfg there's events that trigger after the combat, used by the level 3 Medusa Witch. For her, the petrify ability has been reduced to "sculpts", with the victim automatically unpetrified in a later turn by these events.

[Sapient]

I tried removing all attacks, but the attack continues as normal, the object that removes the attacks only kicks in after the attack.

Oh, that's too bad. I have a couple of other ideas. I may experiment with it a bit on my own.

Yes, I see now, that primary/secondary attack can be passed along, but how exactly? (no example on the wikipage) ... do I need to declare every attribute I want to pass, like damage=$weapon.damage, type=$weapon.tpye, etc?

This is where [insert_tag] comes in handy:

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[fire_event]
    [insert_tag]
        name=primary_attack
        variable=weapon

Note: there is currently a proposal to make this the default behavior for fire_event (passing along all the relevant context, unless overridden).

[WhiteWolf]

The [petrifies] special"

OK, petrifying and unpetrifying would have a similar effect, stopping the attack, but the other unit would not continue striking. Petrified units can't be striked at as far as I know So as I understand, it's the same as storing the unit, then unstoring it in an attack end.

I may experiment with it a bit on my own.

Let me know if you find anything

This is where [insert_tag] comes in handy:

That's cool, thanks
Oh, and thanks for renaming the topic - I quite forgot about that

[Celtic_Minstrel]

You should be able to get the proper base chance to hit by using [store_unit_defense], I think?

[WhiteWolf]

Sounds cool, but I use 1.12 for the campaign where I'd like the effect 1.14 should solve it then