Rusty Russell wrote:
Hi all,
As previously referenced in discussions on #wesnoth-dev with Xan and
decker2, the current damage calculations are quite complex. Currently
any damage "adders" are added together, then whole thing multiplied by
multipliers, then finally ToD & Leadership percentage added together,
then applied. (No WML I know of uses damage adders currently).
So, charge + day + 1-level-diff-leader == * 2 * (1.25 + 1.25) == *3
We'd prefer to simplify this so all the additions happen together, then
all the multiplication happen. So charge + day + 1-level-diff-leader ==
* 2 * 1.25 * 1.25 == *3.125
One of the major reasons for the current system is for cases such as
night + 1-level-diff-leader == * (1 + 0.25 - 0.25) == *1
Under this new system we would have 1.25 * 0.75 == 0.9375.
Meanwhile, day + 1-level-diff-leader would be 1.25*1.25 == 1.5625, while
currently it's a nice 1.5.
I think this is more difficult to understand, and leads to alot more
ugly arithmetic. The current system was carefully chosen to keep nice
round numbers.
David
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