Damage Calculation Help

[Tohsierb]

This is from RMXP's help contents under the battle formula section:

Normal attacks:
Power = A's attack power - (B's physical defense ÷ 2)
Rate = 20 + A's strength
Variance = 15
Minimum force: 0

Can anyone explain it to me a little clearer? I've tried plugging in numbers but I'm not sure I understand what the Rate means. Is it added to the power or used as a percentage? Thanks in advance.

 

[kirbwarrior]

Power * Rate / 20

Say 70 Att, 60 Def, 80 STR

70 - 30 = 40

80 + 20 = 100

40 * 100 = 4000

4000 / 20 = 200

with a 15 % vary, 170-230 damage

 

[Tohsierb]

Thanks a ton, that's exactly what I needed to know.

 

[kirbwarrior]

Yeah, it confused me at first too. If you want to change it, its near the top of Game_Battler 3, although I don't know how much of a scripter you are.

 

[Brewmeister]

For anyone else that reads this, in the docs under Battle Formulas -> Calculating Damage

Force = Power

Rate = Multiplier

When they translated the doc from Japanese to English, they weren't exceptionally consistent.

 

[Tohsierb]

When they translated the doc from Japanese to English, they weren't exceptionally consistent.

Yeah, that explains a lot.

Yeah, it confused me at first too. If you want to change it, its near the top of Game_Battler 3, although I don't know how much of a scripter you are.

I'm not much of a scripter, though I don't think I'll need to change it if I know how to calculate the damage myself.

Thanks both of you for the help.

 

[Artchi]

Hi ! sorry for my english . I am ascing for question : what Dex Agj Int are doing ? In any words , what is changing then Agj Dex Int has increase
or decrease ?

 

[Brewmeister]

DEX, AGI & INT CAN be used as modifiers for SKILL attacks.
If you look at the 'out of the box' skills, none of them use DEX-F or AGI-F (Only INT-F or STR-F).
The skills that use INT are 'magic' type skills, and the skills that use STR are 'weapon' skills.

You can add additional complexity to the battle system by applying a DEX-F (Dexterity Factor), or AGI-F (Agility Factor) to specific skills that depend on those characteristics.

If you look at the "Battle Formula" section of the Help, the multiplier (Rate) = 20
+ (A's strength × skill's strength F ÷ 100)
+ (A's dexterity × skill's dexterity F ÷ 100)
+ (A's agility × skill's agility F ÷ 100)
+ (A's intelligence × skill's intelligence F ÷ 100)


DEX & AGI are also used in the calculations for Critical Hits & Evasion

A higher DEX will allow you to 'Critical Hit' more often, and reduce your targets chance of evading your attack.

A higher AGI will allow you to 'Evade' more often, and reduce your attacker's chance of scoring a Critical Hit.


AGI is also used as a comparison to your enemies to determine if you can "Escape" a battle, if Escaping is enabled.


That help?