Please help with calculation

[oleg]

What do you mean by racial characteristic and racial bonus ? There are 3 racial factors that influence construction : culture modifier, points you spend in racial characteristic screen and "hardy industrialists" How do you group them ?

[dogscoff]

Not sure I fully understand your question, but I can tell you this: The percentage multipliers in SE4 aren't multiplied together as you would mathematically expect percentages to be, but are added. Let's look at combat bonuses (they all work the same)

Suppose you have
50% basic to-hit chance
+20% experience
+20% sensors.
-10% enemy ECM

In this case your chance of hitting would be 50+20+20-10=80% chance of hitting, rather than 50 *120%=60%*120%=72&*90%=65% or anything like that.

Like I say, all percentages in SEIV stack in this manner, including construction rate bonuses.

Hope this helps.

[Gryphin]

dogscoff,
Is Range a factor in combat?

[oleg]

But, according to Dragon this is not the case for construction rate ! It is like : "The closest to what is displayed in the game is 2000 *(hb+rb) *(rc+pb+em)".

[Gandalph]

Dogscoff's calculations are correct, but let's apply this to SY rate.

When you setup your empire you take Hardy Industrialist (+25%) and Engineers (+5%). On your Homeworld, you have 4 billion people (+40%)and they are Happy(+10%). The normal SY rate is 2000.

The formula is 2000 + [(25+5+40+10)* 2000]=3600

I forgot to factor in emergency build which is calculated after other bonuses. In the above scenario, with emergency build on, it would be 3600 * 150% = 5400.

Now the formula stands as;

{2000 + [(rc+rb+pb+hb)*2000]} * eb

[ September 26, 2002, 17:53: Message edited by: Gandalph ]

[Gryphin]

Do any of the production bonuses affect Base Space Yards / Ships?

[Suicide Junkie]

Happiness, Population, and Hardy Industrialist do not affect space yards, but the rest do.