Statistics modules¶
A module that counts kills has to count the minions an overkill takes down, and count each of them once.
The problem¶
The extra minions of an overkill drop outside the damage report Midi-QOL produces. A statistics module that only reads Midi-QOL misses them.
Read the hook¶
Listen to minion-bang.minionKill. It reports every minion that dies, overkill included, with its attacker and cause. Combat Stats does this from version 4.4.0.
Telling Minion! you read the hook¶
Older versions of Combat Stats don't read the hook, so Minion! credits overkill kills to them directly. To switch that off, a tracker that reads the hook sets this value on game.combatStats, the object Minion! looks for:
While the value is a whole number of 1 or more, Minion! stops crediting kills directly, so nothing is counted twice. Combat Stats 4.4.0 sets it while its Track Minion! kills setting is on.
The direct credit only exists for Combat Stats. Any other module should read the hook.
Keeping minions out of the regular count¶
A minion that dies is also a creature that dropped to 0 hit points. If your module counts those, skip minions with api.isMinion(actor) and count them through the hook only.