Okay, so let me tell you about this whole “encounter power fighting” thing I’ve been messing around with. It’s a bit rough around the edges, but I think it’s got potential.
It all started when I was trying to figure out a way to, like, make a game mechanic where the strength of an attack depended on how the player encountered the enemy. Sounds kinda weird, right? But stick with me.
First, I just scribbled down a few ideas on a notepad. I’m talking like, really basic stuff. “Head-on = more power,” “From behind = critical hit,” that sort of thing. It was super disorganized, just a brain dump really.
Then, I decided to try prototyping it in Unity. I set up a super simple scene with a player character and a dummy enemy. Just cubes, nothing fancy. My initial thought was to use Unity’s collision detection. I added a `OnCollisionEnter` script to the player, trying to figure out the angle of impact.
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void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision) {
Vector3 direction = *[0].point – *;
float angle = *(*, direction);
*(“Angle: ” + angle);
This got me the angle, but it was kinda messy because the `*` can have multiple points and it felt kinda hacky to just use the `[0]` element.
After that, I tried using raycasts. I attached multiple raycasts to my player character, each pointing in a different direction (forward, sides, back). When a raycast hit the enemy, I’d calculate a power modifier based on which raycast hit.
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public class RaycastAttack : MonoBehaviour {
public float forwardPower = 1.0f;
public float sidePower = 0.5f;
public float backPower = 2.0f;
void Update() {
RaycastHit hit;
// Forward Raycast
if (*(*, *, out hit, 1.0f) && *(“Enemy”)) {
*(“Forward Attack! Power: ” + forwardPower);
// Side Raycasts (simplified)
// … similar code for left and right raycasts …
// Back Raycast
if (*(*, *, out hit, 1.0f) && *(“Enemy”)) {
*(“Back Attack! Power: ” + backPower);
This felt better because I had more control, but it was still pretty clunky. I had to adjust the raycast lengths and positions manually, and it wasn’t very accurate. Plus, it looked kinda weird with all those raycasts constantly firing.
Finally, I landed on something that felt a bit more solid. I decided to define “attack zones” around the player character using empty GameObjects with `SphereCollider` components set to `isTrigger = true`. I positioned one in front, one on each side, and one in the back.
Then, in the player’s script, I checked which zones the enemy entered. Based on the zone, I applied a different power multiplier to the attack.
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public class AttackZones : MonoBehaviour {
public float forwardPower = 1.0f;
public float sidePower = 0.75f;
public float backPower = 1.5f;
private string currentZone = “None”;
void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) {
if (*(“Enemy”)) {
if (*(“Forward”)) {
currentZone = “Forward”;
} else if (*(“Side”)) {
currentZone = “Side”;
} else if (*(“Back”)) {
currentZone = “Back”;
void OnTriggerExit(Collider other) {
if (*(“Enemy”)) {
currentZone = “None”;
public float GetPowerModifier() {
switch (currentZone) {
case “Forward”: return forwardPower;
case “Side”: return sidePower;
case “Back”: return backPower;
default: return 1.0f;
This worked pretty well! It was relatively accurate, easy to adjust, and didn’t require any crazy raycast setups. The power modifier would then be passed to my attack function.
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public void Attack() {
float powerModifier = *();
float finalDamage = baseDamage powerModifier;
*(“Damage Dealt: ” + finalDamage);
The biggest challenge was tweaking the sizes and positions of the attack zones to get the right feel. It took a lot of trial and error. I also had to add some extra checks to prevent the enemy from triggering multiple zones at once. And, of course, I needed to make sure the enemy had a proper `Tag` so my triggers would register properly.
But yeah, that’s basically how I tackled the whole “encounter power fighting” thing. It’s not perfect, and I’m sure there are better ways to do it, but it’s a start!
