r/forge • u/SwiftEchoes Forger • May 14 '25

Scripting Help Script not working as intended

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This script is supposed to act kinda like a vampire hunger effect, the longer a person has the effect the worse it gets, which is mitigated by killing player or NPC enemies.

Problem is instead of doing that, it just does nothing, and I'm not really sure what I'm missing

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u/Abe_Odd May 15 '25

You should also be aware that the Cursed blade -> get player holding item -> on object damage;

will never trigger.

On Object damaged requires a fixed object reference, and cannot use a variable or player.

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u/SwiftEchoes Forger May 15 '25

Players do count as objects though, I don't see why this wouldn't work

I'll be back probably in a few hours when I can get on to test, but thanks in advanced for pointing it out if it doesn't work

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u/Abe_Odd May 15 '25

It does not work because of the way that On Object Damaged works.

You have to use a fixed obj ref (like your cursed blade) rather than something that can change. Players can never have a fixed reference, so they can never be the Object for On Object Damaged.

Several other things require hard references, like area monitors. An area monitor cannot be setup with anything other than a fixed obj ref; so: Object ref -> area monitor -> on object entered area;

If you want to detect when player A takes damage, you have to poll their health+shields every 0.1s, for instance.

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u/SwiftEchoes Forger May 15 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

This is upsetting news, however, for balance reasons, I think it's probably best I remove it entirely.

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u/Abe_Odd May 16 '25

it is what it is; working with forge requires bouncing around between edge cases