Means of Def

Definitions for Damage Types

Basic properties:
- Name: "Nice name" of the damage type.
- Alias: An alternate name for this type. (As with Fire/Lava.) Allowing multiple aliases may be useful.
- Obituary: Default obituary for map-based kills, as either a string literal or a $-prefixed Language lookup.
- DeathState: A State alias (for compatibility) for when an actor is killed by this type. (As with Fire -> Burn or Ice -> Freeze.)
- IgnoreArmor: If True, armor is not evaluated or deducted when damage is dealt. (As with Drowning.)
- DamagePoison: If 1, causes the default residual Poison effect. If 2, uses the PoisonCloud effect.*
- PainSound: Player sound to attach to Pain caused by this. (As with "*poison" for PoisonCloud.)**
- HowlChance: Chance out of 256 of a damaged target using their HowlSound instead of PainSound. (As with Electric or PoisonCloud.)
- BrightChance: Chance out of 256 of a damaged target becoming momentarily fullbright. (As with Electric.)

* Possibly deprecated later if the Damage* properties are added as well?
** This is only for completeness (I.E. having any possible data available in the definition). I don't consider it too important in light of "*Pain-Type" doing the same thing.


"Damage*" properties, I don't actually know if this sort of definition is the right place for all of them. They're minor anyhow...
- DamageBlend: Additional screen tint for the type. Most useful for residual damage, but may have other uses as well.
- DamageAmount: Default damage per N tics (as defined by DamageRate).*
- DamageRate: Default rate of residual damage, in tics.*
- DamageTime: Default duration (in tics)  for the aftereffect.*
- DamageSingular: If true, no no effect on players already under residual damage. (As with PoisonCloud.)

* Can be overridden by Decorate's PoisonDamage property.


A portion of a theoretical default definition, as a possible syntax:

DamageType 12
{
Name = "Drowning";
Obituary = "$OB_WATER";
IgnoreArmor = True;
}

DamageType 13
{
Name = "Slime";
Obituary = "$OB_SLIME";
}

DamageType 14
{
Name = "Fire";
Alias = "Lava";
Obituary = "$OB_LAVA";
}



And a (stupid) example:

DamageType 1337
{
Name = "Leet";
Alias = "Pwn";
Obituary = "%o was pwnzor'd!";
IgnoreArmor = True;
DamagePoison = 1;
PainHowl = True;
PainSound = "*pwned"
BrightChance = 128;
}