Percent

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Apr 24 2008, 9:17 am
Ok, I'm working on two things that have to do with percents, ok one I want to make all my skills have a percent, based on if the skill is at 1% they really really suck at it or if at 100% it works better, maybe even gives boosts. But I don't know how to set it to the statpanel I have my skills in and give all my skills percents..

If its not clear to you, I'll try again..
Apr 24 2008, 9:27 am
I don't see why the percents matter, just send them to the statpanel normally

http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/info.html#/proc/stat
http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/info.html#/atom/proc/Stat
Apr 24 2008, 9:33 am
In response to Nickr5
Because, for example. You have a passive skill, Hand-to-Hand. At 1% you hit with a penalty and you use your hands more and more, the penalty slowly drops to the point where you do normal damage.
Apr 24 2008, 9:44 am
In response to Lundex
What exactly are you asking?
Apr 24 2008, 9:54 am
In response to Nickr5
Pretty much, when you look into your statpanel at your skills, you get the name of the skill, and a percent that show how much of that skill is mastered.
Apr 24 2008, 10:05 am
Nope, makes no sense to me at all. Try showing some examples of what you're trying to do, perhaps?
Apr 24 2008, 10:07 am
In response to Lundex
 
/mob/Stat()
  statpanel("Skills")
  for(var/S in src.skills)
    stat(S, "[src.skills[S]*100]%")//Assuming 100%=1
Apr 24 2008, 10:31 am
And what is the problem? You don't know how to calculate a percent?
Anyway, a good way to do this is simply have the skill be in the range of 1-100 naturally, then you just display the skill itself. Note that you don't have to make a new character actually start at 1 (or 0), since realistically (for this example) everyone has some control over their hands, so the starting point would be around 25%, although that should actually differ depending on the character race, class, etc.
Apr 24 2008, 10:59 am
In response to Kaioken
Now my only problem is coming up with a basic formula for hand-to-hand and make it effective...any ideas Kaioken??
Apr 24 2008, 11:21 am
In response to Lundex
Well, that is up to you. First you need to make a list of all the possible factors you want to include in the formula (all things you want to affect the damage taken). Of course, this heavily depends on your game.
These could be (but not limited to) like:
-the attacker's strength, handtohand skill, luck...
-the defender's defense, blocking skill...
-the attacker's weapon (brass knuckles?)
-the defender's armor...shield...
-randomness

et cetera. After you've got that, give each factor a "priority", I mean, how much important it is and how much does it affect the damage compared to the others. Then you balance that out in a formula that produces consistently satisfying damage.
Apr 24 2008, 11:35 am
In response to Kaioken
Heh, thanks man. You always give ideas to help people get what their aiming for.