I really need practical advice on how to make a player character be able to hit, damage, and eventually kill a foe character, and vice versa, using either a sword or a fist.

I created a player character that I can move around in a 3D environment. I created it so that if I press the space bar, he will punch forward with his fist.

I have it set up where if the player character gets within a certain distance of a foe, the foe will turn toward the player character, and try swinging a sword or swiping with its arm like a punch toward the player character, depending on who the foe is.

I figured out how to make a wizard that shoots energy balls toward the player character, damages him, and kills him. But I cannot get a sword or fist to do the same.

Does anyone have some sword-fighting or fist-fighting code they can share that is tested and works, and accomplishes this?

Thank you rayp. This really helped me. I appreciate it. :-)

Your welcome ^^