Stun
Lesson 12 of 20 in Coddy's Roblox Game: Battlegrounds course.
A combo's lunge stuns: its target stands frozen for Settings.StunTime. A Humanoid with a WalkSpeed of 0 cannot walk; the stun remembers the speed it had and gives it back.
A Stunned attribute marks the stunned one. The bots in chapter 4 read it to stop attacking, and it stops a second stun from saving 0 as the speed to go back to:
if character:GetAttribute("Stunned") then
return
endChallenge
MediumWrite stun(humanoid) above swing: return if its character is already Stunned; otherwise mark it, keep its WalkSpeed, set 0, and after Settings.StunTime give the speed back and clear the mark (if the character is still there). Stun the target of the combo's third hit.
Press Play, then Check.
Try it yourself
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local Settings = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Settings)
local remotes = game.ReplicatedStorage.Remotes
local lastSwing = {} -- player -> when they last swung
local combo = {} -- player -> { hits in a row, when the last one landed }
-- Roblox's own sword animations
local slash = Instance.new("Animation")
slash.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://522635514"
local lunge = Instance.new("Animation")
lunge.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://522638767"
print("Swords deal " .. Settings.SwordDamage .. " damage")
-- Every hit in the game goes through here
local function hurt(humanoid, amount)
if humanoid.Health <= 0 then
return
end
local character = humanoid.Parent
-- a block takes most of the hit
if character:GetAttribute("Blocking") then
amount *= Settings.BlockMultiplier
end
humanoid:TakeDamage(amount)
end
-- A swing: the animation, then everyone in the box in front of you is hit
local function swing(player)
local character = player.Character
local root = character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
if not root or character.Humanoid.Health <= 0 then
return
end
local now = time()
if lastSwing[player] and now - lastSwing[player] < Settings.SwingCooldown then
return
end
lastSwing[player] = now
-- three swings in a row make a combo; the third is a lunge
local c = combo[player]
if c and now - c.last <= Settings.ComboWindow then
c.count = c.count % 3 + 1
else
c = { count = 1 }
combo[player] = c
end
c.last = now
local finisher = c.count == 3
character.Humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(finisher and lunge or slash):Play()
-- the box in front of you, never your own body
local params = OverlapParams.new()
params.FilterDescendantsInstances = { character }
local box = root.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, 0, -3)
local hit = {} -- each humanoid once per swing
for _, part in workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(box, Settings.HitboxSize, params) do
local humanoid = part.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
if humanoid and not hit[humanoid] then
hit[humanoid] = true
hurt(humanoid, Settings.ComboDamage[c.count])
end
end
end
-- The abilities, by name: what each one does
local abilities = {}
function abilities.Dash(player, character, root)
root.AssemblyLinearVelocity = root.CFrame.LookVector * Settings.DashSpeed + Vector3.new(0, 15, 0)
end
-- everyone around you is hit and thrown away from you
function abilities.Slam(player, character, root)
local params = OverlapParams.new()
params.FilterDescendantsInstances = { character }
local hit = {}
for _, part in workspace:GetPartBoundsInRadius(root.Position, Settings.SlamRadius, params) do
local humanoid = part.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
local theirRoot = part.Parent:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
if humanoid and theirRoot and not hit[humanoid] then
hit[humanoid] = true
hurt(humanoid, Settings.SlamDamage)
local away = (theirRoot.Position - root.Position) * Vector3.new(1, 0, 1)
if away.Magnitude > 0 then
away = away.Unit
end
theirRoot:ApplyImpulse((away * Settings.SlamKnockback + Vector3.new(0, 40, 0)) * theirRoot.AssemblyMass)
end
end
end
function abilities.Block(player, character)
character:SetAttribute("Blocking", true)
task.delay(Settings.BlockTime, function()
if character.Parent then
character:SetAttribute("Blocking", nil)
end
end)
end
-- The client asks for an ability by name. The server checks it: a real
-- ability, a living player, and its cooldown over. When it is ready again
-- is an attribute of the player, so their screen can show it.
remotes.Ability.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, name)
if typeof(name) ~= "string" or not abilities[name] then
return
end
local character = player.Character
local root = character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
if not root or character.Humanoid.Health <= 0 then
return
end
local now = workspace:GetServerTimeNow()
if now < (player:GetAttribute(name .. "ReadyAt") or 0) then
return
end
player:SetAttribute(name .. "ReadyAt", now + Settings.Cooldowns[name])
abilities[name](player, character, root)
end)
-- Every player gets Kills on the leaderboard, and a sword every life
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
leaderstats.Parent = player
local kills = Instance.new("IntValue")
kills.Name = "Kills"
kills.Parent = leaderstats
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
local sword = ServerStorage.Sword:Clone()
sword.Parent = player.Backpack
sword.Activated:Connect(function()
swing(player)
end)
end)
end)
-- The training dummy: its health bar follows its health, and a beaten
-- dummy comes back after a moment, a fresh copy in the same place
local function setupDummy(dummy)
local humanoid = dummy.Humanoid
humanoid.HealthChanged:Connect(function(health)
dummy.HealthBar.Back.Fill.Size = UDim2.fromScale(health / humanoid.MaxHealth, 1)
end)
humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
local spot = dummy:GetPivot()
task.wait(0.5)
dummy:Destroy()
task.wait(Settings.DummyRespawn)
local fresh = ServerStorage.Dummy:Clone()
fresh:PivotTo(spot)
fresh.Parent = workspace
setupDummy(fresh)
end)
end
setupDummy(workspace.Dummy)
This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.