Invalid component property: rangedattack.pierce

[David Ward]

The following code works:

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			class = "RangedAttack",
			attackPower = 16,
			pierce = 10,
			accuracy = 10,
			cooldown = 7,
			attackSound = "swipe_bow",
			ammo = "arrow",

...except that the "pierce = 10" component shows up as an invalid component property when the game starts.

Is there a way to have a RangedAttack have a "pierce" component, or is there something I'm missing here with the use of ammo (i.e. the arrow is what needs to have the pierce component, not say the bow that has the RangedAttack class)?

[Dr.Disaster]

Is there a way to have a RangedAttack have a "pierce" component, or is there something I'm missing here with the use of ammo (i.e. the arrow is what needs to have the pierce component, not say the bow that has the RangedAttack class)?

I think you are on the right track. Looking at ItemActionComponent it seems the "pierce" component needs to be on the ammo.

[David Ward]

Hey Dr. Disaster. Maybe you can help me with this, please.

In FirearmAttackComponent, there is a FirearmAttackComponent:setPierce(number), but I'm not sure how to implement that for a ranged weapon...not for a firearm, but for a bow.

We were on track to put pierce in the ammo's definition, but I couldn't figure out how to do that either. For example, this did not work:

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		{
			class = "AmmoItem",
			ammoType = "arrow",
			Pierce = 30,
		},

How can FirearmAttackComponent:setPierce(number) be implemented?

[minmay]

There does not exist a single component with a "Pierce" field. There are some components with a "pierce" field:
FirearmAttackComponent
MeleeAttackComponent
MonsterAttackComponent
MonsterMoveAttackComponent
ThrowAttackComponent

I don't know of any other components with it.

[David Ward]

How does "FirearmAttackComponent:setPierce(number)" work then? I just saw it on the scripting reference page, was all.

[minmay]

It works by changing the FirearmComponent's pierce field to the number that you pass to it. There's no way to get pierce on RangedAttackComponent attacks (or anything similar) as far as I know, except with the piercing_arrows character trait which is just a hardcoded 20 pierce.

[David Ward]

That's unfortunate. So....other than using "piercing_arrows" trait, there is no way to set an armor pierce rating for a "Ranged Attack"? Pierce works for "MeleeAttack" only?

[minmay]

For the third time: pierce works for melee attacks, firearm attacks, throwing attacks, monster attacks, and monster move attacks. It does not work for missile attacks.

[David Ward]

Well that's silly. Was there a particular reason why ranged attacks don't allow for that? They allow for "accuracy", but not "pierce"?

[minmay]

I assume it wasn't needed for the main game and didn't have enough apparent modding potential to be worth adding.