Lua Armor

ScorpionOT said:

Is this by any chance how armor works in Cip tibia?

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Flatlander said:

Hello!
I will now explain how stupid TFS works in regards to Shielding, Armor, and Defense. (Yes this is TFS 1.X, or 0.X, both use basically the same code)

First for Defense:

Code:

damage -= uniform_random(defense / 2, defense);

This means, if you have 20 defense, you will block a random amount of damage between 10-20.
(So basically, defense blocks physical damage, and is a random number between half of your defense, and your total defense.

Now for Armor: It is more complex (for no reason, it basically does the exact same thing)
If you want the long explanation it is here:

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Code:

if (armor > 3) {
damage -= uniform_random(armor / 2, armor - (armor % 2 + 1));
} else if (armor > 0) {
--damage;
}

Now I am not an expert in C, but I believe --damage; simply subracts 1 damage. Meaning, if you have 3 or less armor, it just subtracts one damage. (Yes, having 1, 2, or 3 armor, does the same thing it appears)

Now, if you have 4 or more armor, it does something very similar to defense:

Code:

damage -= uniform_random(armor / 2, armor - (armor % 2 + 1));

So the minimum is (armor/2) and the maximum is (armor -( armor%2+1)).
Now you might look at this sand say "What the fuck does (armor%2+1) do?". And you are right in saying this, because seriously, what the fuck.
Armor%2+1 does the following.
Lets say your armor is 21: (21%2) = 1. Why? Because the highest whole number that can divide into 21 2 times, is 10. so 10x20=20. Then 21-20 = 1. (It basically is the remainder)

Then, you might think. "Hey, wait, so if they are doing armor%2, this means every OTHER number, will be 0, then 1. Then you are adding one to that too.
20 is 0
21 is 1
22 is 0
23 is 1
etc
And the total math is (to my understanding)
20-((20%2)+1) = 19
21-((21%2)+1) = 19
22-((22%2)+1) = 21
23-((23%2)+1) = 21

Why do all this extra work for almost no in-game difference? Who the hell knows, but that is how it is done.

Honestly, they both basically work the same way.
Defense is a random number between half your defense, and your total defense.

Code:

math.random(defense/2, defense)

and Armor is the same thing.

Code:

math.random(armor/2, armor)

Now, this is honestly a terrible way to handle armor. So what if you want to change this?

Go into creature.cpp and change how armor works in the blockHit function.
If you have any further questions, let me know.

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