Spike Walls - how do they work?

In levels like Dungeons of Kithgard (1st level) if the player bumps against a spike wall it animates and does damage to the hero.

However when I place the spikes using the “Add Thang” tool in the Level editor the spikes do not automatically seem to attack the player.

I have been searching for the code to tell the spikes to look for the player and attack it, however I have been unable to identify where that would be.

Anyone able to provide some insight?

-HW

If I remember correctly, they attack a unit only if it’s moving. I’ll check and answer you.

Just checked it: They attack always, the default attackDamage is 10. I put them on the floor. If you place them on a wall, then look careful about the distance.

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Yes that was the issue. The wall bounding box must have been closer than the spiked wall bounding box for determining if the spikes could attack.

I reduced the x coordinate on the spiked wall until it damaged the hero.

Thank you.