Question About damage(double damage, Cause cause)

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Hi,

Excuse me if this is a nooby question, but why is the damage parameter for damage(double damage, Cause cause) a double? How would I specify how much damage to do to the entity in terms of health?

Thanks
LilypadCollector

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Because this will apply any and all DamageModifiers that may be applicable based on the Cause if it contains a DamageSource, when I do implement this method, it will be required that the provided cause contains a DamageSource as the root.

If you simply want the damage to be “absolute”, you set it in the DamageSource included in the Cause.

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So what command would I use if I want to damage a player by 2 hearts and with the cause being another player hit him?

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entity.damage(4.0D, Cause.of(EntityDamageSource.builder().source(otherPlayer).damageType(DamageTypes.ATTACK).build()));