mathematical formulaes
 

Hey people, im curious how many formulaes are there.
I only use
damage/size/rof and
(trade-received)*(100/trade-percent)

Anyone with interesting formulaes?

Re: mathematical formulaes
 

Formula to determine cost to research tech:

Low Tech cost: level cost*level
Med Tech cost: level cost*(level^2)/2
High Tech cost: level cost*(level^2)

Re: mathematical formulaes
 

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What are these formualas for? And what is "rof"?

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OK, I figured out that

(trade-received)*(100/trade-percent)- is the formuala for determining an opponents production of minerals, organics, radioactives, research points and intelligence points.

Having a trade relationship with more than one race will of course screw it up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

But I am still puzzled about...

damage/size/rof and the meaning of "rof".

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is for determining how powerful a weapon is. The formula factors out differences in Size and Rate of Fire, to bring all weapons to the same scale. The higher the end result is, the better the weapon is.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is for determining how powerful a weapon is. The formula factors out differences in Size and Rate of Fire, to bring all weapons to the same scale. The higher the end result is, the better the weapon is.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanx. I think I see what you are trying to say... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

Hmmmm....

Possibly, a better way to put the formula may be damage*rof/size.

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No, it would be bad. ROF is how many turns it takes to recharge and fire the gun. 1 means it can fire every turn, 2 means it fires every other turn, 3 every 3rd turn, and so on.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Quite right. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Bringing the divisor up to the numerator changes it, from rol to 1/rol.

So a better way of putting it may be...
damage/(size*rol) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ December 26, 2002, 05:57: Message edited by: tbontob ]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">In the Politics menu (grey alien), click the "Trade" button. This shows how much Min/Org/Rad/Res/Intel you're getting from each empire. "Tariff" does the same for Subjugated and Protectorate empires. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

I don't really use any other formulae in the game... usually it's just percentages and ratios.

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lets see.

ripper: 50/(20*1) = 50/20 = 5/2
incentrator: 90/(50*2) = 90/100 = 9/10
WMG: 140/(70*3) = 140/210 = 2/3

Interesting. Basicly same results as my formula.
Guess it doesnt matter that much.

Shouldnt range be included somewhere?
Anyone with a good formula?
perharps dmg/(si*rof)*range?