Damage Volume Device Design Examples

The Damage Volume device is great for raising stakes by dealing damage or eliminating players who step where they shouldn't!

Read on to see three ways you can put this device into action on your island. 

Parkour Play Zone Boundary

This simple parkour gameplay uses a Damage Volume device to eliminate any players who fall to the ground. 

Devices Used

• 1 x Damage Volume device

• 1 x Player Spawner device

Build Steps

1. Set up the play area with two towers and three evenly spaced floating platforms in between.

2. Place a Prop Mover device on each platform facing toward the center of the play area, and customize it as follows:

   

   Setting	Value	Description
   Distance	10.0 Meters	The platform will not move very far and the jumps will be reasonable for the player.
   On Player Collision Behavior	Continue	If the player collides with the edge of a platform, it will continue moving instead of stopping.
   Path Complete Action	Ping Pong	After the platform finishes its path, it will go in the opposite direction back to the starting position.

3. Place a Damage Volume device under the play area and customize it:

   

   Setting	Value	Explanation
   Zone Width	15	The Damage Volume will cover the entire ground below the play area.
   Zone Depth	5	The Damage Volume will cover the entire ground below the play area.
   Zone Height	Minimal	The Damage Volume does not need to extend above the ground very much.
   Damage Type	Elimination	When a player touches the Damage Volume, they will be eliminated.

Design Tip

This is a useful technique for creating quick and easy respawns when a player goes somewhere they should not. As opposed to a Barrier device, which just stops the player, the Damage Volume device can more strongly deter a player from going into specific areas by damaging or eliminating them. 

Prevent Spawn Camping

This island shows Damage Volume devices being used to eliminate players who are trying to spawn camp. 

Each spawn area has a Damage Volume device that you'll configure to eliminate any player not on the spawning team.

Devices Used

• 2 x Damage Volume devices

• 4 x Player Spawner devices

Build Steps

1. Create the buildings where each team will spawn  in two distinct areas of an island.

2. Place a Damage Volume device in each building that covers the entire space inside, and customize:

   

   Setting	Value	Explanation
   Distance	10.0 Meters	The platform will not move too far and the jumps will be reasonable for the player.
   On Player Collision Behavior	Continue	If the player collides with the edge of a platform, it will continue moving instead of stopping.
   Path Complete Action	Ping Pong	After the platform finishes its path, it will go in the opposite direction back to the starting position.

   1. Place two Player Spawners in each spawn building and customize:

      

      Setting	Value	Explanation
      Zone Width	3	The Damage Volume will cover the entire area of the spawn building.
      Zone Depth	2	The Damage Volume will cover the entire area of the spawn building.
      Zone Height	2	The Damage Volume will cover the entire area of the spawn building.
      Damage Type	Elimination	When a player touches the Damage Volume, they will be eliminated.
      Selected Team	Team 1/2	The team selection should be set to the team that spawns inside of this building.
      Invert Team Selection	On	The Damage Volume will eliminate all players except those who spawn inside of that buildi

Design Tip

This technique can be used with as many teams as you want, and will prevent anyone who is not on a spawning team from entering that spawn area. This could also be accomplished with the Barrier device, but once again, the Damage Volume can be a stronger enforcer against spawn-camping players. 

Triggered by Players

This simple floor-is-lava game mode uses a Damage Volume device that players trigger during gameplay. The core game loop is set up so that when the Button is pressed, the Damage Volume is enabled and its “Selected Team” setting is set to the team of the player pressing the Button. The Damage Volume has the “Invert Team Selection” setting enabled, meaning that it will damage all teams except for the triggering player’s team. The Button will also trigger the Timer, which disables the Damage Volume after 15 seconds. 

Devices Used

• 1 x Damage Volume device

• 2 x Player Spawner devices

• 1 x Button device

• 1 x Timer device

Build Steps

1. Create a play area with a number of different obstacles and sightlines that create interesting combat.

2. Place a Damage Volume device that covers the entire floor of the play area, and customize:

   

   

   Setting	Value	Explanation
   Enabled on Phase	None	The Damage Volume will begin off.
   Zone Visible During Game	Yes	When enabled, the Damage Volume will be visible.
   Zone Width	8	The Damage Volume will cover the entire floor of the play area.
   Zone Depth	3	The Damage Volume will cover the entire floor of the play area.
   Zone Height	0.25 Tiles	The Damage Volume will cover the entire floor of the play area.
   Damage	5	Every time the Damage Volume ticks, it will deal any players inside 5 damage.
   Damage Tick Rate	1 Second	The Damage Volume will deal damage every second.
   Invert Team Selection	On	The Damage Volume will damage all players except for players on the team that is currently registered to the device

3. Place two Player Spawners, one for each team on either side of the play area, and customize each to a specific team:

   

   Setting	Value	Explanation
   Player Team	Team 1/2	Players from only this team will spawn in this building.

4. Place a Timer device and customize:

   

   Setting	Value	Explanation
   Duration	15.0 Seconds	The Timer will go for 15 seconds.
   Can Interact	No	The player will not be able to manually manipulate the Timer.
   Completion Behavior	Reset	After the Timer completes, it will reset to its initial state, allowing it to be started again.
   Timer Color	White	The Timer will appear white in game.
   Display Time In	Seconds Only	The Timer will only show the number of seconds until it is completed.

5. Bind the following event:

   

   Event	Device	Function	Explanation
   On Success	Damage Volume	Disable	When the Timer completes, it will disable the Damage Volume.

6. Place a Button device in a neutral place in the play area and customize:

   

   Setting	Value	Explanation
   Reset Delay	15.0 Seconds	The Button cannot be pressed for 15 seconds after it has been pressed.
   Interaction Text	Enable Damage	The Button will display text saying “Enable Damage” when the player hovers over it.

7. Bind the following events:

   

   Event	Device	Function	Explanation
   On Interact	Damage Volume	Update Selected Team	When the Button is pressed, it will register the team of the player who pressed it to the Damage Volume, meaning that this player’s team will be ignored by the damage.
   On Interact	Damage Volume	Enable	When the Button is pressed, the Damage Volume will be enabled.
   On Interact	Timer Device	Start	When the Button is pressed, the 15-second Timer is started, after which the Damage Volume will be turned back off.

Design Tip

This functionality could be a fun addition to existing elimination maps. Explore different positions for the damage volumes, using multiple different buttons. You can even use a Conditional Button to give the Damage Volume trigger a cost!