After a player picks up a Damage Amplifier Device and calls damageable.Damage(Value) on the player, the amount of incoming damage is affected by the players current Damage Amplifier.
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Unreal Editor for Fortnite
What Type of Bug are you experiencing?
Devices
Steps to Reproduce
Pick up a Damage Amplifier Device that is not set to 1.0 multiplier. It can be lower or higher. Apply Damage(Amount) to the players FortCharacter in a verse script. Notice the amount of damage taken is affected by the Damage Amplifier.
Expected Result
Damage Amplifier Device should only affect damage values that are passed with damage_args so the source of the damage can be tested against. damageable.Damage(Value) should deal the exact damage passed to it, unmodified.
Observed Result
Damage Amplifier Device reads: âGrants a damage increase to the player who picks it up or triggers itâ It does not say anything about affecting incoming damage. I suspect when calling damageable.Damage(Value) in verse, since damage_args are not used, the system âdamages itselfâ and adjusts the damage because of it. damageable.Damage(Value) should not be affected by Damage Amplifier Device or the damage value should not be adjusted if there is no Source in damage_args.
Platform(s)
PC
Island Code
9117-3098-8826
Video
Additional Notes
This is a serious issue for maps that use NPCs and custom AI logic. NPCs that call damageable.Damage(Amount) on the player are getting their damage values multiplied against the players Damage Amplify Device multiplier.
The damage amplifier device should always amplify the damage done to the player, no matter where the damage comes from. Your video shows it working as expected.
Is this correct? The damage amplifier states it amplifies the amount of damage the player DEALS, not necessarily takes. I think the reason it causes the player to take increased damage is because it is registering the player as dealing damage to themselves.
For example, this happens with damage volumes as well.:
Be playing a map with a damage volume and damage amp
Apply damage amp to yourself
Enter damage volume
Observe player takes increased damage from volume, based on amplifier
thats not how the device reads on the website and in uefn.
When a player picks up or triggers the Damage Amplifier Powerup device, their ability to deal damage to another player or NPC (non-player character) is instantly amplified.
Its also a very strange device if this is working as intended. what kind of âpower upâ nerfs the player to make them take more damage? Why does a device that is supposed to adjust the amount of incoming damage a player takes also adjust the amount of damage they output and why is there no mention in the docs or tooltips about incoming damage?
the object from the unreal universe this device is based off doesnt even amplify incoming damage
