W3 Damage and Armor Calculator v0.3

[Moderator]

15:36, 22nd Dec 2009
TriggerHappy:

Erm, I got an error message each time I changed a value.
The error was in German or something so I cannot decipher it.

There was also no '-'s at all.

 

[Triax]

I don't know whether it's working on Windows Vista, it would be really cool if someone tested that. =)

Also, I'm not sure whether the formula for damage reduction is right. It's currently (armor * 0.06)/(armor * 0.06 + 1). Does somebody know whether that's the way it's calculated?

 

[Element of Water]

I'm sorry, but that damage/armour calculator is just too simple. It doesn't have enough options, like seeing how 2 units would do in a fight against each other, etc. Whats it does do works, however, so if you could add more options it might prove to be better than some other damage/armour calculators out there at the moment.

 

[Triax]

I totally agree with you, several faults I did came to my mind right after I uploaded it, so I worked on this, but somehow forgot to upload the thing.
So I changed the design and added some options.

One question about the cooldown: How is that calculated? I looked it up in the game constants and it says that with each agility point cooldown is decreased by 0.02.
Now I ask myself: Does this actually mean that you need 0.02 seconds less, or is the current cooldown reduced by 2%?
Also, what is the maximum attack rate for units? There is a certain limit, changing from unit to unit. How is that calculated?

Also, in the constants it's said that hero's have a base defense of -2 and that with each agility point it's increased by 0.3. But as I had a look on the Mountain King (level 1), he had 2 armor. He should have 1.3, so I guess 1 should be displayed. I'm confused. oO

And third, the formula for the armor in percent is wrong (compared to those displayed ingame), but I couldn't find any other. Somebody know how it's calculated?

I don't know whether I find the time and patience to do what you said about 2 units fighting each other, but it's really an interesting point. But before I haven't get behind these 2 points, it doesn't make sense.

 

[Element of Water]

I think, if you don't know all of these calculations, you shouldn't really be doing a damage calculator anyway, because if you don't know any of the stuff, your program can't be accurate... my advice is ditch it, and don't start something without knowing how.

 

[Triax]

Dear Element of Water, I won't.
I've been aware of the armor thing since I uploaded the program and mentioned it in the description. I know about the problems the program has, but the damage calculation is fine. Thanks for your opinion, but help would be appreciated.

 

[HydraRancher]

I get this strange foreign error when I try to do anything >.>

 

[Element of Water]

Ah yeah, that's a thing I forgot to mention - whenever you press backspace it says you can't (in german).

 

[Zirun-Galad]

Pretty useful tool(Its easy to use and its accurate to say at least).
So i will give it 4/5,because it still needs some improvements before
i give it an 5/5.

 

[Triax]

Doh, fixed that.

 

[HydraRancher]

Fixed? doesnt seem like it, when I type or press reset or do anything on that matter it errors .

 

[Triax]

Then what are you typing? You know you're just allowed to use numbers and one comma per field? Reset does not error either.

I dunno whether you need that .NET framework thing, maybe that's why?

 

[HydraRancher]

I dled, opened. Selected one of the fields. Typed "4" ERROR. I backspace. ERROR. I reset. ERROR

 

[Triax]

Sorry, I dunno what's wrong. I downloaded it myself to make sure we really use the same version and I don't have those problems (on two different computers). So as long you've got the latest version and didn't hit your computer I don't know what's causing this. Anybody else having this bug?

 

[Slashbang]

Yeah has the same prob dude

 

[Triax]

[0.2b now]
Did something about the reset buttons (didn't reset all the things they should).
I also added some lines so maybe that's it already, would be nice if you tried it again.

If you still get errors please tell me what you put into what field or better post a screenshot. Thanks.

 

[TheSlaveOfGod]

If there is a comma it gets messed up!
(HOW DO I UPLOAD IMAGES??)
Ill show you a image.
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This program got me tired of trying, so I made my own = http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource.php?t=127515 tell me whatcha think
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[Ricardo Irving]

Unacceptable. Port to Mac.

 

[lafatu]

I think its a very good program cause being able to contribute overall dmg and armor is nice

 

[blobmaster]

I don't know whether it's working on Windows Vista, it would be really cool if someone tested that. =)

it works on vista m8
its really usefull