How does the armour work ?

[screab]

Hello,

I can't really understand how does armor works. Can anyone explain to me the mechanics behind damage/armor so I can adjust my armor levels in a realistic way ?

Thank you

[rolf.sievers]

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Disregard the link (..), that is outdated information (last updated more than a decade ago...).

Read through https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/XML.Entity.Traits.Armour

It provides a description and an example how Armor works.

Edited September 20, 2017 by rolf.sievers
Pull in a relevant quote.

[Grugnas]

here you go:

Spoiler

 

EDIT: i just noticed that moving the code into the spoiler in order to shorten the message just removed the paste.

here you go:
 

Armour.prototype.TakeDamage = function(strengths, multiplier = 1)
{
    if (this.invulnerable)
        return { "killed": false, "change": 0 };

    // Adjust damage values based on armour; exponential armour: damage = attack * 0.9^armour
    var armourStrengths = this.GetArmourStrengths();

    // Total is sum of individual damages
    // Don't bother rounding, since HP is no longer integral.
    var total = 0;
    for (let type in strengths)
        total += strengths[type] * multiplier * Math.pow(0.9, armourStrengths[type] || 0);

    // Reduce health
    var cmpHealth = Engine.QueryInterface(this.entity, IID_Health);
    return cmpHealth.Reduce(total);
};

 

Edited September 19, 2017 by Grugnas

[leper]

Disregard the link above, that is outdated information (last updated more than a decade ago...).

https://trac.wildfiregames.com/browser/ps/trunk/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/components/Armour.js#L46

If you want to know exactly.

Damage strength * 0.9^armour_strength

And the whole thing possibly multiplied by some multiplier (from damage bonuses, etc).

[screab]

What does this code do  from line 65 of https://trac.wildfiregames.com/browser/ps/trunk/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/components/Armour.js#L46

 

strength = +this.template[type];

 

Edited September 24, 2017 by screab
My bad

[leper]

Get the strength of a specific damage type specified in the template as a number.

+ converts to a number in JS., this.template is a JS object representation of the given components data (obtained from the XML files).