What's the difference between actor-destroyed-target and actor-completed-destroy[target] events in the Series Events API?
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❓Issue/Question
- What's the difference between
actor-destroyed-targetandactor-completed-destroy[target]events in the Series Events API?
💻Environment/Context
- Series Events API
- lol
- dota
👌Resolution/Answer
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actor-destroyed-targetconveys that the event itself happened in the game- It changes the target's state to
destroyed:true - It also includes information about who did it, which target was destroyed etc.
- It changes the target's state to
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actor-completed-destroy[target]conveys that the player completed the goal of destroying the tower- It adds one more completed objective to the objectives array of the actor
- It is useful for tracking how many targets a particular player has destroyed
- Both events refer to the same action of a particular target being destroyed in game
Possible event combinations
player-destroyed-tower / player-completed-destroyTower
team-destroyed-tower / team-completed-destroyTower
player-destroyed-fortifier / player-completed-destroyFortifier
team-destroyed-fortifier / team-completed-destroyFortifier
player-destroyed-ancient / player-completed-destroyAncient
team-destroyed-ancient / team-completed-destroyAncient
player-destroyed-barracksMelee / player-completed-destroyBarracksMelee
team-destroyed-barracksMelee / team-completed-destroyBarracksMelee
player-destroyed-barracksRange / player-completed-destroyBarracksRange
team-destroyed-barracksRange / team-completed-destroyBarracksRange