/// <summary>
/// Apply a Damage Over Time effect to the target
/// </summary>
/// <param name="target">target GameObject.</param>
/// <param name="lengthTime">length time.</param>
/// <param name="tickTime">tick time.</param>
/// <param name="dmgPerTick">damage per tick.</param>
/// <param name="cause">source of the damage (burn, bleed, etc).</param>
public void dmgApplyingSystem(GameObject target, float lengthTime, float tickTime, int dmgPerTick, BuffsAndBoons.Effects cause)
{
DamageOverTime dot = null;
DamageOverTime[] allDoTs;
allDoTs = target.GetComponents <DamageOverTime>();
foreach (DamageOverTime existingDoT in allDoTs)
{
if (existingDoT.getCause() == cause)
{
dot = existingDoT;
}
}
if (dot == null)
{
dot = target.AddComponent <DamageOverTime>();
dot.setCause(cause);
}
else
{
dot.stopDoT();
}
// A tenth of a second is added to the duration to ensure the last bit of a damage tick
// can go off. If the last tick goes off as the DoT destroys itself, it doesn't seem
// to apply.
dot.setDuration(lengthTime + 0.1f);
dot.setTickCooldown(tickTime);
dot.setDamagePerTick(dmgPerTick);
dot.startDoT();
}