Talk:Flaming

Rounding for %-based brands

Simple question. How is the damage for flaming/freezing/etc. calculated? Because if it truncates, it makes quickblade of flaming worse than an executioner's axe of freezing. Hordes (talk) 07:19, 27 November 2023 (CET)

Start at apply_damage_brand() in attack.cc, and check for case SPWPN_FLAMING:. It has a call to calc_elemental_brand_damage() there, which does special_damage = resist_adjust_damage(defender, flavour, random2(damage_done) / 2 + 1);, which is flaming's +0-50% damage. Then there's a check for the target's resists in resist_adjust_damage(), and so on and so forth. Ge0ff (talk) 17:32, 27 November 2023 (CET)

"it makes quickblade of flaming worse than an executioner's axe of freezing" This makes no practical sense, regardless of how the game calculates weapon damage. Ge0ff (talk) 17:36, 27 November 2023 (CET)

Re: "it makes quickblade of flaming worse than an executioner's axe of freezing", that meant something along the lines of "do quickblades receive a less than an avg. 25% boost from the flaming brand?" a.k.a "is flaming on a quickblade a smaller % boost than flaming on an exe's axe?".

E.g. say the game rolled a number from 1/100 to 50/100, multiplied it, then rounded down. If you got 25/100, a given quickblade swing might go from 7 -> 8 (14% boost) from flaming. A similar executioner's axe swing might go from 19 -> 23 (+21% boost) from flaming. Therefore, short blades would get a smaller % boost. This would make a practical difference, like if you wanted to compare flaming QB v elec QB. At the least, it'd be enough to be worth noting on here.

But with the code provided, I don't think the rounding works as it was above. Assuming no resistances:

• A QB of flaming that dealt 7 damage would have a range of {0,1,2,3,4,5,6} from the random2 function.
• C++ defaults to round down, and resist_adjust_damage() doesn't have any special rounding that I found. So random2(7)/2 + 1 would be rounded down. This gives a range of {0,0,1,1,2,2,3} + 1
• Average damage is (0+0+1+1+2+2+3)/7 + 1 = 1.286 + 1 = 2.286. Then, 2.286 (added damage) / 7 (base damage) = +32.65% damage on average.

Maybe this is worth mentioning? Hordes (talk) 18:45, 27 November 2023 (CET)

Re: "+32.65% damage on average." If you had a qb of flaming that always did 7 raw damage, then you'd get +32.65% damage on average from the fire brand. Ge0ff (talk) 23:04, 28 November 2023 (CET)