Help in Calculation

[BloodDrunk]

Hello Hivers!

I need help in calculating gradual growth of the damage.

This is the trigger I currently have:

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• Telekinesis Loop
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.03 seconds of game time
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -------- ================================================ --------
    • For each (Integer T_Loop) from 1 to T_MaxIndex, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • -------- ================================================ --------
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • T_Time[T_Loop] Greater than or equal to 99.00
            • (Ordered unit) Equal to T_TrigUnit[T_Loop]
          • Then - Actions
          • Else - Actions
            • -------- ================================================ --------
            • Set T_Time[T_Loop] = (T_Time[T_Loop] + 0.03)
            • Set T_MaxDamage[T_Loop] = (((Real(T_SpellLvl[TF_Loop])) x 1000.00) / 33.30)
            • -------- ================================================ --------
    • -------- ================================================ --------

The spell can be channeled up to 3 seconds. During that channel, the damage increases up to "((Real(T_SpellLvl[TF_Loop])) x 1000.00)", so up to 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 if casted all 3 seconds. What should I do to make it how do I say... grow properly, equal to the amount of duration channeled, up to "((Real(T_SpellLvl[TF_Loop])) x 1000.00)"? By what should I divide that number?

Tell me if you didn't understand it, I'll try to explain better.

 

[Nichilus]

Divide it by 33.3. If an event fires every 0.03 seconds, it fires ~33.3 times more often than a 1.00 event. (1.00/0.03 = ~33.3).

Edit: I'm a bit confused by the presented trigger, I assume it's not the whole trigger. Reading your post again, it seems you want to increase the damage periodically. Since you want to increase it 5 times within 3 seconds, it means you should increase it every 0.6 seconds (3/5 = 0.6). So the same applies by what I wrote before, but instead of diving number 1.00 by 0.03, you should divide 0.6 by 0.03, which is exactly 20. So divide it by 20 I guess?

 

[Chaosy]

shouldn't it be:

base damage + factor * time passed ?

 

[BloodDrunk]

Don't be mislead by that "Time". I use that for something else.
I want the damage to properly grow gradually from 0 to the 1000*level of the spell.

I'm not sure how should I perform the calculation.

I do not want to have limit on how many times to increase it during 3 seconds. I want it to increase every 0.03 second up to maximum amount. Maybe I should divide it, maybe subtract from, the problem is, I do not know xD

I have updated the trigger, and this is whole trigger for now.

 

[Chaosy]

channel time / loop speed = number of updates
(1000 * level of ability) / number of updates = increase factor
increase factor * time passed = damage

that should be it.

 

[Molaf]

Can you actualy use the channeling time in a trigger ?
If you stop channeling... the spell doesn't launch at all so ...

 

[BloodDrunk]

Oh I forgot about this thread of mine lol.
Anyway, Chaosy, I will try that. =)

Molaf, what do mean? Am I not using the channeling time in a trigger?
And it would be rather simple to do it like that. I want it abit advanced. =)

 

[Karzama]

(1000 * level of ability) * ( 1 / ( 1 + ( max time - time passed )

That's how I'd do it...

 

[BloodDrunk]

(1000 * level of ability) * ( 1 / ( 1 + ( max time - time passed )

That's how I'd do it...

Now that's what I'm asking for. Thanks, Karzama, you rock!