experimental strategic missile defense system idea

[Mavr390]

Hello!!!
I've come up with the idea of ​​creating an experimental missile defense system. It will be the only one available for construction (how to do this isn't a problem) and will have a large protection radius. I want its main feature to be 99 percent damage absorption when it's not in fire mode. I know how to do this for it in any state, but I need it to take +300 percent damage when in fire mode. How do I implement this?

[Nomander]

Use Unit:AlterArmor to change the damage amount.
Hook the OnGotTarget, and OnLostTarget functions of the unit weapon to adjust the damage resistance when needed. Janus example

[Mavr390]

@Nomander Thanks, I'll try))

[Mavr390]

Some time ago, I decided to build an experimental defense system for the AEON based on a Colossus magnetic cannon with two barrels (as it later turned out, they interfered with each other), and someone gave me a piece of code that solved this problem. I applied it to my experimental missile defense system. Each barrel is a separate weapon in *script.lua . The missile defense system has 12 barrels, and they can all launch 12 missiles simultaneously with this code. But the problem is that any massive launch of more than four nuclear missiles will empty the silo's entire supply instantly. To test it, I loaded the silo with 24 missiles. Here's the code:

IsTargetAlreadyUsed = function( self, target )
local wep
for i = 1, self.unit:GetWeaponCount() do
    wep = self.unit:GetWeapon( i )
    if ( wep != self ) then
	if self:GetRealTarget( wep:GetCurrentTarget(), wep ) == target then
                 self:ResetTarget()
                 self.AimControl:SetResetPoseTime(2)
	     return true
	end
    end
end
return false
end,

How can I make each barrel use only one missile at one target, taking into account the rate of fire?

[Nomander]

Here's a prototype script for aeon smd I made where each projectile gets assigned to the shooter cap. A weapon won't target something if its shooter cap is reached, but it will shoot continuously once it has targeted. Adding the projectile to the cap instead of the weapon basically keeps track of how many projectiles are in the air instead of how many shooters there are. This works better than normal but it still fails for nukes that take more than 1 shot to kill like Yolona since the projectile is removed as a shooter once it impacts. I suppose you could work around that by spawning dummy entities taking up the shooter cap every time the high HP nuke projectile takes damage. That workaround would also work for non-projectile weapons in general.

---@class UAB4302 : AStructureUnit
UAB4302 = ClassUnit(AStructureUnit) {
    Weapons = {
        ---@class UAB4302_MissileRack : AAMSaintWeapon
        ---@field unit UAB4302
        MissileRack = ClassWeapon(AAMSaintWeapon) {
            ---@param self UAB4302_MissileRack
            ---@param muzzle Bone
            ---@return Projectile
            CreateProjectileAtMuzzle = function(self, muzzle)
                local proj = AAMSaintWeapon.CreateProjectileAtMuzzle(self, muzzle)
                LOG('self target', self:GetCurrentTarget())
                local target = self:GetCurrentTarget()
                if target then
                    target:AddShooter(proj)
                    LOG('target shooters:', target:ReachedMaxShooters())
                end

                return proj
            end,
            RackSalvoFiringState = State(AAMSaintWeapon.RackSalvoFiringState) {
                Main = function(self)
                    local target = self:GetCurrentTarget()
                    if target then
                        target:RemoveShooter(self.unit)
                        LOG('maxed?', target:ReachedMaxShooters())
                        if target:ReachedMaxShooters() then self:ResetTarget() ChangeState(self, self.RackSalvoFireReadyState) return end
                    end

                    AAMSaintWeapon.RackSalvoFiringState.Main(self)
                end
            },
        },
    },
}