[FlaminSarge]

It does work. Why it doesn't use it, I don't know. It might have something to do with other things modding max health.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by FlaminSarge It does work. Why it doesn't use it, I don't know. It might have something to do with other things modding max health.

I'm tempted to petition for this to be changed, at least in FF2... it's not like you can't still track the boss health via the m_iHealth property.

Eliminating the overheal thing would be a great boon to my boss, whose rage makes her and her weapons 50% transparent for 20 seconds (these amounts to be adjusted through testing). However, the overheal marks are quite obvious on the Female Spy model.

[FlaminSarge]

There was the issue with Hale stealing all the health packs, since he could pick 'em up if we did that.

Also you can probably just add it to your custom boss's weapon...

[nergal]

Originally Posted by Powerlord Hey, I was wondering... did anyone ever try using attributes 26 or 140 on the boss's main weapon to set their health, rather than doing it entirely through code? I was wondering if TF2 would bomb if it went too high. Unless they block high values in the code somewhere, it should work up to at least 65,535 health; I haven't checked the variable type of m_iMaxHealth, but int8 would be too small for Heavy's health. Anyway, before I waste time testing this, has Eggman or FlamingSarge tried this before? I admit, I have ulterior motives. My boss's partial cloak ability is useless as long as the overheal particles exist on the boss, as they are quite noticeable. (x-posted to Freak Fortress 2 topic)

reason for that is because Hale can just pick up a health pack and he has 9K MORE HEALTH AGAIN....

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by nergal reason for that is because Hale can just pick up a health pack and he has 9K MORE HEALTH AGAIN....

It does make me wonder if there's any way to change that, but I don't think Valve has any attribute to prevent you from picking up health packs...

[napalm00]

Originally Posted by Powerlord It does make me wonder if there's any way to change that, but I don't think Valve has any attribute to prevent you from picking up health packs...

Perhaps attribute 109 (health from health packs decreased)?

[Sorrowfire]

Originally Posted by napalm00 Perhaps attribute 109 (health from health packs decreased)?

Dam, you beat me to it napalm! I was thinking the same thing, but by the time I logged in you already posted it. But this should work, I'm pretty sure that there are almost no min/max settings. However, I'm not quite sure if hale would be able to -steal- them from other players.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Sorrowfire Dam, you beat me to it napalm! I was thinking the same thing, but by the time I logged in you already posted it. But this should work, I'm pretty sure that there are almost no min/max settings. However, I'm not quite sure if hale would be able to -steal- them from other players.

Ah, right, I forgot that attribute existed (since the Backscratcher has it).

I've noticed that the min and max for attributes are routinely ignored even by Valve's own item code, so I wouldn't pay that much attention to the listed min/max.

[napalm00]

Originally Posted by Powerlord Ah, right, I forgot that attribute existed (since the Backscratcher has it). I've noticed that the min and max for attributes are routinely ignored even by Valve's own item code, so I wouldn't pay that much attention to the listed min/max.

Couldn't you just block the touch event using SDKHooks' OnStartTouch hook? That *should* work for items, I believe.

EDIT:
Mis-read the whole reply, but Imo using SDKHooks would still be better.

[Cookies.net]

Use SDKHooks and hook touch on health packs with the callback being like this

PHP Code:

public Action:OnHealthPackTouch(entity, other)
{
    if (other > 0 && other <= MaxClients && IsBoss[other]) return Plugin_Handled;
    return Plugin_Continue;
} 


Just replace "IsBoss[client]" with however you check for hale. I used this in an old version of my (unreleased) boss gamemode, where the core was plugin based.