Method to find out if a unit is targeted by an enemy

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I thought there was a method to find out if my hero or a friend is targeted by an enemy unit. (was there not even a level about this?) I can’t remember the method, but would like to use it =(

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Welcome to the forum @Christopher_Gmelch !

I do not know nearly enough about CodeCombat coding, so I can’t give you an answer, but I can poke around for questions that might be important.

Important Questions

What coding language are you using?
Have you reviewed the Programmaticon?
How far have you progressed through the game?

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ah, sorry. Yes that makes sense:

I try programming in Python and I’m currently on Cloudrip Mountain and tried to write something for Summits Gate. Basically I want my units which are targeted by the catapults to dodge the boulders. And I thought there was a level earlier that kind of did something like this.

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Hrmm. check to see if the boulder is categorized as an enemy. Then if the boulder comes within a certain range, you can move away from the boulder.

I use javascript, because I’m a failure of a human being, and it’s closer to C# which I know a bit more of.

Try something along the lines of

enemy = hero.findNearestEnemy()
if enemy.type == 'boulder':
    idk how to do if in a range of the hero, but do that:
        hero.moveXY(boulder.pos.x-5, boulder.pos.y-5)
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or you could use find missiles

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Ah. Oops. That’ll work.

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ok, this kind of works, it’s not what i remeber doing in some other level, but still.

right now Ido this:

def dodge():
    friends = hero.findFriends()
    missiles = hero.findEnemyMissiles()
    if len(missiles) > 0:
        for friend in friends:
            distance1 = friend.distanceTo(missiles[0])
            distance2 = friend.distanceTo(missiles[1])
            if friend.pos.x < 80 and (distance1 < 20 or distance2 < 20):
                hero.command(friend, "move", {"x": friend.pos.x + 10, "y": friend.pos.y})

it’s not perfect, and needs some tweaking, but kind of does what i want.
Thanks folks!

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The ideal method is using Vectors to the missiles from the peasants and dodging them, which is covered in Glacier. However if you have not yet reached that level then a simple move command away from the missile will suffice. :slight_smile:

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