Making an anatomy of an attack (melee combat)

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#1

Hello there!

I am working on a melee combat game similar to For Honor. See

So, I have watched an RDC video about melee combat which is (Roblox Developer Conference 2018 - Melee Combat: Design and Tech - YouTube)

In the video, I found this.
Screenshot 2021-10-23 at 3.13.40 PM

Right now, I plan to use raycastHitBox Module made by Swordphin123 and make the hit detection client sided. The problem is, I cant wrap my head around this.

This is my idea so far:

i) Player 1: Does attack animation, pass remoteEv(Warning) to Server and fire to player 2
ii) Player 2 : receive remoteEv, Updates GUI
iii)Player 1: Attack hit player 2 , fire remoteEv to Server
iv) Server : Check distance between player1 and 2, fire remoteEv(askReaction) to player 2
v) Player 2 : fire remoteEv to server ( I blocked it! )
vi) Server : Receive reaction from Player 2, check if the reaction is valid with sanity checks
vii) Server : Give damage to player 1, Send remoteEv(playStaggerAnim) to player 1,
viii) Player 1 : Plays stagger animation

These are my questions :

  • How do I detect the other players reaction properly? parry, block, dodge
  • How do I make a time window to parry?

I am very sorry if this seems confusing to you,I am trying my best to explain it to you guys. If you need more elaboration, I will gladly try to do so. If you are confused, I am more confused. If you have a better idea, please tell me.

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#2

Sorry for the bump. This is a huge roadblock and a tall hill for me to overcome. Can I please have a little push?

#3

What do you mean by a time window to parry?

#4

In For Honor, you will parry someone if you press heavyAttack right before their sword almost hits you. The window is the time before the sword hits you, it could have a 2 or 3 second window.
So, I want to know how to calculate that window to pass it to the Reaction remoteEv(refer above,step v)

My idea was to make a keyframeReachedSignal event on the attack animation to start the parry time window. But I can’t seem to connect the dots on how to link it to player 2. How do I know if player 2, presses heavyAttack at the right time?

I am sorry if this seems confusing, I might just try what works.