sending damage to player

Unity Engine
1

So I cant figure out the life of me, why the player can send his damage by the line:

“hit.transform.SendMessage(“applyDamage”, damage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);”

But i can’t do the same for when the enemy wants to send damage

hit.transform.SendMessage(“applyDamageToPlayer”, damageToPlayer, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);

Player script:

#pragma strict

var playerHealth = 100;


function Update () 
{

	if(playerHealth <= 0)
	{
		playerDead();
	}
	
	
}

function applyDamageToPlayer (damage : int)
{
	playerHealth -= damageToPlayer;
}


function playerDead (){
	Application.LoadLevel ("GameOver");
}

Melee system script:

#pragma strict

var damage : int = 50;
var distance : float;
var MaxDistance : float = 1.5;
var Mace : Transform;

function Update ()
{
	if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
	{	//attack animation
		Mace.animation.Play("Attack");
		//attack function
		var hit : RaycastHit;
		if (Physics.Raycast (transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward), hit))
		{
			distance = hit.distance;
			if (distance < MaxDistance)
			{
				hit.transform.SendMessage("applyDamage", damage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
			}
		}
	}
	if (Mace.animation.isPlaying == false)
	{
	Mace.animation.CrossFade("Idle");
	}
	if (Input.GetKey (KeyCode.LeftShift))
	{
		Mace.animation.CrossFade("Sprint");
	}
	if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.LeftShift))
	{
		Mace.animation.CrossFade("Idle");
	}
}

and finally the enemy AI script:

var damageToPlayer : int = 20;
var distance;
var maxDistance : float = 1.5;
var target : Transform;
var lookAtDistance = 25.0;
var attackRange = 5.0;
var moveSpeed = 5.0;
var damping = 6.0;
var enemyMace : Transform;



private var enemyHealth = 100;



function Update ()
{

	distance = Vector3.Distance(target.position, transform.position);
	
	if(enemyHealth <= 0)
	{
		enemyDead();
	}
	

	
	if (distance < lookAtDistance)
	{
		renderer.material.color = Color.yellow;
		lookAt();
	}
	
	if (distance > lookAtDistance)
	{
		renderer.material.color = Color.green;
	}
	
	if (distance <attackRange)
	{
		renderer.material.color = Color.red;
		
		//chase
		transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
		enemyMace.animation.CrossFade("Sprint");		
		attack ();
	}
	if (enemyMace.animation.isPlaying == false)
	{
	enemyMace.animation.CrossFade("Idle");
	}
	
}

function lookAt()
{
	var rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(target.position - transform.position);
	transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, rotation, Time.deltaTime * damping);

}



function applyDamage (damage : int)
{
	enemyHealth -= damage;
}

function enemyDead ()
{
	Destroy (gameObject);
}

function attack ()
{
	var hit : RaycastHit;
		if (Physics.Raycast (transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward), hit))
		{
			distance = hit.distance;
			if (distance < maxDistance)
			{
				hit.transform.SendMessage("applyDamageToPlayer", damageToPlayer, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
				enemyMace.animation.Play("Attack");
				
			}
		}
}
2 
function applyDamageToPlayer (damage : int)
{
    playerHealth -= damageToPlayer;
}

Shouldnt it be:
playerHealth -= damage; ?

3

It worked but, didn’t it use the damage assigned to the player’s weapon?
I was killed instantly oO

4

Is there a way to send the values of the variable “damageToPlayer” as the actual damage, because now it seems the enemy is just as strong as the player is.

5

damage should be the same value as damageToPlayer but your enemy does not have an attack delay, this is probably why your enemy seems so strong.