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Brooks G
5,284 PointsCould you also write "Health -= factor" in the Shielded Defender's version of DecreaseHealth?
Rather than call the base class's DecreaseHealth method with "base.DecreaseHealth(factor)," could you also simply write "Health -= factor," given Health is a public property that ShieldedInvader inherits?
I can see how calling the base's DecreaseHealth is also useful, especially if there's additional code that you want the overrided function in ShieldedInvader to also display without having to explicitly write it again (e.g. in mine -- and I think we added it at some point in a previous video -- I have a line of text that displays every time the DecreaseHealth method is called, informing the player that damage has been taken.)
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Brooks G
5,284 PointsIt seems as though he largely answered my question in the following sentence (I paused the video), lol. I think I have it right (more-so as it relates to the second paragraph of my question). If I'm misinterpreting, clarification would be much appreciated!