L187. Not using Super:: in TakeDamage()?

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Why aren’t we using Super:: in Tank.cpp when we’re overriding the TakeDamage() function?

float ATank::TakeDamage(float DamageAmount, struct FDamageEvent const& DamageEvent, class AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
	int32 DamagePoints = FPlatformMath::RoundToInt(DamageAmount);
	int32 DamageToApply = FMath::Clamp(DamagePoints, 0, CurrentHealth);
	CurrentHealth -= DamageToApply;
	if (CurrentHealth <= 0)
	{ OnDeath.Broadcast(); }
	return DamageToApply;
}
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Because we want to completely override the function, not extend it by calling the parent class’ function.

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But aren’t we interested in the original functionality of TakeDamage? We want the damage to go through, and then to do all our custom stuff.

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For the purpose of this section that is our code. So we’re completely overriding it.

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Is this why, wherever the tank is relative to the Radius of the projectile the DamageAmount is always 20 ?

I thought that the farther the tank is from the projectile when it hit , the less Damage amount it take.
So i guess this mechanism is actif when we use super::TakeDamage ( i haven’t tied that yet).

And if DamageAmount is always 20, why do we use RoundsToInt instead of a simple ToInt ?

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You might want to look into the “Apply Radial Damage with Falloff” function :slight_smile: