ActorLife.lua

-- TE4 - T-Engine 4
-- Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicolas Casalini
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-- Nicolas Casalini "DarkGod"
-- darkgod@te4.org

require "engine.class"
local Base = require "engine.interface.ActorLife"

--- Handles actors life and death
module(..., package.seeall, class.inherit(Base))

--- Remove some HP from an actor
-- If HP is reduced to 0 then remove from the level and call the die method.<br/>
-- When an actor dies its dead property is set to true, to wait until garbage collection deletes it
-- @return true/false if the actor died and the actual damage done
function _M:takeHit(value, src, death_note)
	if self.onTakeHit then value = self:onTakeHit(value, src) end
	self.life = self.life - value
	self.changed = true
	if self.life <= self.die_at then
		if self:hasEffect(self.EFF_PRECOGNITION) then
			game.log("%s dies during precognition, ending the effect!", self.name:capitalize())
			self:removeEffect(self.EFF_PRECOGNITION)
			return false, 0
		end

		if self:knowTalent(self.T_CAUTERIZE) and self:triggerTalent(self.T_CAUTERIZE, nil, value) then
			return false, 0
		else
			if src.on_kill and src:on_kill(self) then return false, value end
			return self:die(src, death_note), value
		end
	end
	return false, value
end