Recently,I tried to make a script that the nearer you are with the object,the greater damage you will get.
However,I was stuck on the magnitude part,how can I make the variables become smaller,when the magnitude is larger
Reference:
E.g.
Player1 gets 5 damage when it is far away the object
Player2 gets 90 damage when it is close to the object
Humanoid.Health -= ?
Assuming you already have the code set up for the magnitude, you could do something like this
local distance = --Your magnitude distance code
local damage = 90 - math.round(distance)
local damageCalc = math.max(damage,5)
Humanoid:TakeDamage(damageCalc)
Where 90 is the maximum damage you want it to deal when you’re completely close to it and 5 being the minimum damage. This uses a relatively simple method of doing it where the damage is decreased by 1 per stud away. Should work for what is needed
Yep, also another way to do it with the similar concept is documented in Explosion | Roblox Creator Documentation.
The formula is roughly the same, yet different.
local distanceFactor = distance / explosion.BlastRadius -- get the distance as a value between 0 and 1
distanceFactor = 1 - distanceFactor -- flip the amount, so that lower == closer == more damage
humanoid:TakeDamage(maxDamage * distanceFactor) -- TakeDamage to respect ForceFields
Another method which is more customizable is to use a number sequence where you can adjust it more than just a linear function which I’m using right now. Message me if you are interested in this method, I gotta go to bed.
Edit: nvm here it is lol how my current explosion system works eval NS is the evaluate number sequence function taken from the
NumberSequence | Roblox Creator Documentation documentation.
local explosion: Explosion = explosions[index]
local dropoffNS = explosionNumberSequences[index]
local maxDamage = maxDamages[index]
local maxRange = maxRanges[index]
explosion.Hit:Connect(function(part, distanceAway)
local explosionPosition = explosion.Position
local explosionDirection = part.Position - explosionPosition
--local explosionRayResult = workspace:Raycast(explosionPosition, explosionDirection, explodeParams)
--if explosionRayResult and explosionRayResult.Instance == part then
local decimalPercentAway = distanceAway / maxRange
decimalPercentAway = math.clamp(decimalPercentAway,0,1)
local damagePercentage = evalNS(dropoffNS, decimalPercentAway)
local damageToApply = damagePercentage * maxDamage
ServerWorldModule.damageInstance(part, damageToApply)
--end
end)
Edit 2: if you want to get more math savvy you can use trend fitting to graph the numbers you want to a mathematical equation that describes the relationship like so: