Template:LSL Constants/Custom Damage Types

To make it easy for the community to recognise and re-use custom damage types here is a table that scripters can add onto:

Flag		Description	Subtype	Creator	System
DAMAGE_TYPE_MEDICAL	100	Negative damage to heal a wound, damaged limb, first aid, etc. Intended for generic healing of biological nature. Positive damage would be medical malpractice		Nexii Malthus	Vertical Sim / SLMC
DAMAGE_TYPE_REPAIR	101	Negative damage from repairing an object or something mechanical, welding torch or wrench on a vehicle/robot/mech, etc. Positive damage can be due to mistakes, low skill or sabotage. Intended for generic healing of non-biological nature (e.g. a mechanical tank or an electrical system)		Nexii Malthus	Vertical Sim / SLMC
DAMAGE_TYPE_EXPLOSIVE	102	Damage caused by an explosive blast, like a grenade	DAMAGE_TYPE_FORCE	Nexii Malthus	Vertical Sim / SLMC
DAMAGE_TYPE_CRUSHING	103	Damage caused by crushing. Such as being crushed by water pressure. More of a constant type of force damage — can be nullified/reduced via diving suit	DAMAGE_TYPE_FORCE	Nexii Malthus	Vertical Sim / SLMC
DAMAGE_TYPE_ANTI_ARMOR	104	Damage caused by anti-tank/anti-armor. Such as from a specialised armor piercing shell, rocket or other munition	DAMAGE_TYPE_PIERCING	Nexii Malthus	Vertical Sim / SLMC
DAMAGE_TYPE_SUFFOCATION	105	Damage caused by suffocation. Usually lacking a breathable atmosphere, such as from drowning or being in the vacuum of space		Nexii Malthus	Vertical Sim / SLMC

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Custom damage types are in blocks of 100 per Creator and/or System to avoid overlaps.

It is recommended to use simple words for the damage type and the description should describe the intent. Someone might want to use your damage type in their scripts or it could even be used in third party HUDs that may need to describe your damage to a reader. E.g. for DAMAGE_TYPE_CRUSHING from an object named "water" you could code a PvP Reporting HUD to tell the (user) was (crushed) by (water).

The subtype column exists for custom damage types because native damage types are fairly broadly encompassing. DAMAGE_TYPE_PIERCING for example covers any type of a sharp, piercing damage: Bullet, shell, thrown knife, spear, sword, arrow, etc. Rather than say for example bullets vs armor-piercing bullets -- the damage types in a community exist across many genres and themes.

This is why subtypes help explore deeper branches of damage types that might be necessary and also helps health/armor systems generalise custom types (for resistances or weaknesses) to a common damage type, while allowing specialised types to have special behaviors. A hacking type of damage type could be subtype of electrical, allowing special behavior to interfere with the avatar, damageable equipment or vehicle such as temporarily shutting down or changing Foe/Friend, etc.

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