Where do you want to stand in the enemy line?

Surt · Post by **Surt** » Tue May 26, 2020 1:59 pm

At the flanks? at the back? no in the middle and you will never get hit (unless your alone)

Pocus · Post by **Pocus** » Wed May 27, 2020 8:56 am

Not sure I would not prefer to die rapidly from a rain of arrows instead of being trampled by a gazillion of horses ...

Surt · Post by **Surt** » Wed May 27, 2020 10:49 am

Pocus wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 8:56 am Not sure I would not prefer to die rapidly from a rain of arrows instead of being trampled by a gazillion of horses ...

The idea is that the middle unit (shown only with yellow on the ground) never(?) gets hit (unless alone) in the shown case the unit left of the gets hit by 6-7 missiles. The units shown orange are targets.

Ps. I guess there is a problem with the first unit placed on the battlefield, unit zero, and it therefore does not get hit by missiles.
To reproduce, take any battle with multiple missile units and at least 3 units on each side.

defekt · Post by **defekt** » Wed May 27, 2020 11:17 am

Well observed!

I'm going to be watching out for this now.

Pocus · Post by **Pocus** » Wed May 27, 2020 12:27 pm

That's the same line of code determining who to hit if alone and who to hit if more than one ... So that would be surprising!

Skirmishers are more often hits than others, so perhaps the central square having the less chance of receiving a skirmisher, it might explains the skewed stats.

Surt · Post by **Surt** » Wed May 27, 2020 8:34 pm

We all hit the same guy

: What are the odds.JPG (76.24 KiB) Viewed 1938 times

Surt · Post by **Surt** » Wed May 27, 2020 8:34 pm

double post, where is the delete bottom?

Gray Fox · Post by **Gray Fox** » Thu May 28, 2020 1:40 am

The commander should stand where he can see the whole battle. Then move to the point of decision when the hammer falls. Join the fight as needed. Lead by example.

Hoka hey! (Hurry, hurry!)

Today is a good day to die!

Pocus · Post by **Pocus** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 1:23 pm

I'll check if there is nothing wrong here ... just in case

Surt · Post by **Surt** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 5:33 pm

Pocus wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 1:23 pm I'll check if there is nothing wrong here ... just in case

I've tested it all weekend not once in 100s combat was the middle one hit.

: Aim for the middle one!; AimForMiddle.JPG (106.19 KiB) Viewed 1835 times

The odds are (2/3)^17 for this one.

Pocus · Post by **Pocus** » Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:25 am

Fixed!

Surt · Post by **Surt** » Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:18 am

Nice!

primevalangel · Post by **primevalangel** » Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:08 pm

Pocus wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:25 am Fixed!

Finally! I can confirm it was a general issue, present in all my battles, and thought it was another stupid balance "feature". Glad it was actually a (not-intended) bug, and it is now gone/fixed, and the game is even more realistic now. Thanks to Surt and Pocus.

Surt · Post by **Surt** » Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:36 pm

Of pure professional interest what was the error? from my last picture I would get something like this

hit = rng(units)-1; // for 3 units 0,1,2
hit = clamp(hits, 1, units); // 1,1,2

as the right units got hit with what looks like all the middles hits.

Pocus · Post by **Pocus** » Sun Jun 07, 2020 9:21 am

It was Dice(Count-1) and not Dice(Count)-1
So index 0 would never be targeted

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