dmg system

Hiya. i'm just wondering if anyone could explain SIMPLE (very simple caus i'm lost) to me how the dmg system works in the unit editor.

I realy have tried for some time now to figure it out (so maby im not that smart??) :)

Anyway, this is what i would liked explained

Damage: Base

Damage: Number of Dice

Damage: Sides per Dice

-fleXmac (soon not souch a N00b in the editor) :p

total damage =
(base damage) + (number of dice) * random(sides of dice)

Example:
Let's say
base damage = 5
number of dice = 1
sides per die= 6

so, pretend you have a 6 sided die. every time you attack, roll it once (once corresponds to the number of dice equalling 1...if you had number of dice =2, then roll the d6 twice and add the results)
Let's say that you get a 3 when you roll the die.

your total damage = (base) + (# of dice) * random(sides of dice)
8 = 5 + 1 * 3


you know in game when it says that a unit does 12-13 damage? This means that he does 11 + 1d2 damage.

base 11 (always added in), and every attack the computer randomly generates 1 number from the set (1,2) to add to it.

bleh, I'm sort of talking circles around it.

Whatever, you should get it by now


fr0ggE

I don't get it. realy I must be stupid or somthing caus I realy realy don't get it!!

can't the base dmg be higher than 1000 ?

ARGH! never mind I guess I have always been realy bad at math anyways.

I don't think its the explanation theres anything wrong with, I just can't se the logic in it, I think thats why I can't get it!?

I'm on the edge to a nerve breakdown trying to get this system work.

Well, thnx for your help anyways :)

-fleXmac

You roll a number of dice with the amount of sides that you picked. Add the base damage to the total from those dice.

meening that if i have 2 dices with a 100 sides it can give 200 dmg + base? and base is minimum dmg?

-fleXmac

The minimum is actually (base + number of dice) and the maximum is (base + (number of dice * sides per dice))

i know i might sound stupid (but its like some guys can draw and others will never learn, thats me and math)

but if i want a tower/unit giving 105-135 dmg for exampel would it be:

Dmg Base = 104
Dmg nr. of dice = 1
Dmg Sides per die = ?

i think i got it s far (LOL) but then i'm of the track again

I can't write a number that (* sides per die = 135) that would be (105 * 1.2857142 =135) and you can't type that number in the editor!

so acording to your "formula" i would have to:

(104+1*1.2857142 = 105-135) and you can't!? or am i totaly on the wrong track here?!

-fleXmac

Dmg Base = 104
Dmg nr. of dice = 1
Dmg Sides per die = 31
would be one way.
Min result of any die is 1. 104 base + 1 = 105. Mas result of 31 + 104 base = 135.

Great now i got it working thanks a lot (but i still think i will be lost again, when i would have to set the DMG sides per die, to somthing higher than 100 since this only can be 100.

But so far I'm understanding (thats progress!!!!)

-fleXmac

You didn't follow order of operations. Your supposed to multiply BEFORE you add the base but you added the base first and then tried to multiply that. It makes a big difference. I really don't see how this system can confuse somebody I understood it the first time i looked at the unit editor

For a range of greater than 100, use multiple dice. For example:
100-460
40 dice, 10 sides each, base of 60
60 + (1-10) * 40

Well, as I said earlier, I can't see the logic in math thats not because i'm stupid, i just DON'T get it I don't understand it! And actualy I still don't get it :) But my friend got it now. So he'll just be doing the math :)

Thanks SO much for helping! and for being so patient with me :)

-fleXmac