How do I make explosion damage for a tower?

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#1

So I have a rocketeer tower in my tower defense game, but, It attacks like a normal tower. What could I add to my tower handler script to make explosion damage?

		if newTower.Name == "Rocketeer" then
--do stuff
        end
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#2

You can do this to create an explosion to damage players

local playersHit = {} -- detect if player has already been hit
local Explosion = Instance.new("Explosion")
Explosion.BlastRadius = 4 -- change this for range
Explosion.ExplosionType = Enum.ExplosionType.NoCraters
Explosion.BlastPressure = 0 -- flinging value
Explosion.Position = newTower.Position -- change this if you want a projectile to explode
Explosion.DestroyJointRadiusPercent = 0 -- change to 1 if it kills players instantly

Explosion.Hit:Connect(function(hit) -- detect parts hit by explosion
local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
if player and not table.find(playersHit, player) then
player.Character.Humanoid:TakeDamage(10) -- change damage
table.insert(playersHit, player)
end
end)
Explosion.Parent = newTower -- or workspace or projectile
#3

would it work on npcs?

limit

#4

i dont think you need playersHit variable cuz hes doing an tower deffense game wont really matter if npc got hitten or no

#5

Do this instead

local charactersHit = {}

local Explosion = Instance.new("Explosion")
Explosion.BlastRadius = 4 -- change this for range
Explosion.ExplosionType = Enum.ExplosionType.NoCraters
Explosion.BlastPressure = 0 -- flinging value
Explosion.Position = newTower.Position -- change this if you want a projectile to explode
Explosion.DestroyJointRadiusPercent = 0 -- change to 1 if it kills players instantly

Explosion.Hit:Connect(function(hit) -- detect parts hit by explosion
local character = hit.Parent
if character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid") and not table.find(charactersHit, character) then
character.Humanoid:TakeDamage(10) -- change damage
table.insert(charactersHit, character)
end
end)
Explosion.Parent = newTower -- or workspace or projectile
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#6

It will account for every single body base part in the character hit by the explosion, thus dealing damage multiple times

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#7

then you gotta remove the player from the table after a slightly seconds cuz an tower is obv shooting more than 1 time so the second time it wont damage

#8

You can just put it in seperate functions or scripts, if it’s not possible then use table.clear(charactersHit)

#9

how would i make it to the target position? it seems to be saying attempt to index nil with 'Position' whenever i try.

#10

The tower seems to be a model, you can use Explosion.Position = newTower:GetPivot().Position (won’t work if tower isn’t a model or a BasePart)

Also use the code with charactersHit if you want the code to detect NPCs as well

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#11

it works now! just needs alittle more configuring im sure i can solve.

#12

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