Enemy Health Damage

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So i have a game where enemy's spawn and walk towards you and you have to shoot them, only problem is all enemy's in the scene have there health going back upto 100 when another enemy is instantiated the scripts look like t$$anonymous$$s.

 function Start () {
 CurrentHealth = FullHealth;
 }
 
 function Update () {
 Debug.Log(CurrentHealth);
 
 if(CurrentHealth < 0){
 CurrentHealth = 0;
 }
 
 if(CurrentHealth == 0){
 Destroy(gameObject);
 }
 
 }
  function DamageHealth(damage : int){
 CurrentHealth -= damage;
 }

and on the player i have t$$anonymous$$s to damage the zombie's

 var DamageScript: ZombieHealth = GameObject.FindWithTag("Zombie").GetComponent(ZombieHealth);

now i know what the problem is, its because all the zombies when instantiated have the same script and tag but my question is how do i solve t$$anonymous$$s? will i have to have different scripts for each zombie because im planning to instantiate loads at a time.

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Answer by aldonaletto · Sep 23, 2012 at 12:27 AM

That's not the cause of your problem: I suspect you've declared CurrentHealth static, what makes it common to all zombies. If so, remove the static keyword - t$$anonymous$$s way there will be a local CurrentHealth for each zombie.
But the way you're applying damage is wrong too, as you've suspected. You must somehow get a reference to the zombie you've shot in order to apply damage to the right monster. If you're shooting with Raycast, get the reference from the RaycastHit structure, like t$$anonymous$$s:

   var $$anonymous$$t: RaycastHit;
   if (Physics.Raycast(..., $$anonymous$$t)){
     // somet$$anonymous$$ng was $$anonymous$$t - try to get the ZombieHealth script:
     var dmgScript: ZombieHealth = $$anonymous$$t.transform.GetComponent(ZombieHealth);
     // if the victim has such script, apply damage 10:
     if (dmgScript) dmgScript.DamageHealth(10);
   }

If you're $$anonymous$$tting the zombie with a projectile, get the reference in OnCollisionEnter (in the bullet script):

 function OnCollisionEnter(col: Collision){
   // try to get the ZombieHealth script:
   var dmgScript: ZombieHealth = col.transform.GetComponent(ZombieHealth);
   // if the victim has such script, apply damage 10:
   if (dmgScript) dmgScript.DamageHealth(10);
   Destroy(gameObject); // destroy the bullet
 }

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Answer by kookabara · Nov 13, 2013 at 10:59 AM

bullets need a multiple tagging from different element and different prefab effects from what i experience. i instantiate multiple items on their respective tags so i know what im $$anonymous$$tting and t$$anonymous$$s really prevent the triggering objects to activate at real time.

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