setDamage

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Description

Description:
Damage / repair object. Damage 0 means fully functional, damage 1 means completely destroyed / dead. (This function is an alias of setDammage and was introduced to fix the obvious spelling error in the original function name)

Since Arma 3 v1.67 there is an alternative syntax to this command allowing to switch off destruction effects.
Groups:
Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:
object setDamage damage
Parameters:
object: Object
damage: Number
Return Value:
Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:
object setDamage [damage, useEffects]        Since Arma 3 v1.67
Parameters:
object: Object
[damage, useEffects]: Array
damage: Number
useEffects: Boolean - false to skip destruction effects. Default: true
Return Value:
Nothing

Examples

Example 1:
_soldier1 setDamage 1;
Example 2:
_house1 setDamage [1, false];

Additional Information

See also:
setDammagesetVehicleArmordamagegetDammagesetHitgetHitgetHitIndexsetHitIndexgetHitPointDamagesetHitPointDamage

Notes

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Notes

Ceeeb
In OFP, setting a unit's damage to a negative value will set it's health to full, but impair their aim.

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Posted on May 29, 2015 - 11:23 (UTC)
KamikazeXeX
Using this possible overrides individual hit damages such as setHitPointDamage ["HitHead", _value]; if you're having issues try setting hitdamage after setdamage