mathematical formulaes

Taera · #1 December 26th, 2002, 03:45 AM

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?

geoschmo · #2 December 26th, 2002, 03:55 AM

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)

tbontob · #3 December 26th, 2002, 04:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Taera:
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?

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

tbontob · #4 December 26th, 2002, 05:43 AM

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.

But I am still puzzled about...

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

Fyron · #5 December 26th, 2002, 05:46 AM

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Originally posted by tbontob:
But I am still puzzled about...

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

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.

tbontob · #6 December 26th, 2002, 06:02 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

quote:
Originally posted by tbontob:
But I am still puzzled about...

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

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.

Thanx. I think I see what you are trying to say...

Hmmmm....

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

Fyron · #7 December 26th, 2002, 07:12 AM

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.

tbontob · #8 December 26th, 2002, 07:53 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
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.

Quite right.

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)

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

Will · #9 December 26th, 2002, 08:19 AM

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Originally posted by tbontob:
Having a trade relationship with more than one race will of course screw it up.

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.

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

Taera · #10 December 26th, 2002, 08:23 AM

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?