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No, actually, I caused that fixing another bug. (Specifically, on the arena page, James Clone was showing up as James Paige, etc.)
PS. it's fixed now
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Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:24 pm 
Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:30 pm
Aha.
Curiosity: Are the clone names hardcoded into the Mitosis command? Or did you devise some generic method of replacing part of a normal name with the word "Clone"?
Curiosity: Are the clone names hardcoded into the Mitosis command? Or did you devise some generic method of replacing part of a normal name with the word "Clone"?
Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:38 pm
The generic solution is to call the clone "Foo Clone," but then there are also hardcoded rules for the three people who actually know the attack.
A clever replacement scheme like you mention would be awesome but impractical for this purpose. Besides, it would be tough for it to come up with "Clonelaw."
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A clever replacement scheme like you mention would be awesome but impractical for this purpose. Besides, it would be tough for it to come up with "Clonelaw."
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Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:10 pm
Gosh I love regular expressions :)
Something like this should do the trick.
Cloneehay
Fenrir-Clonearis
Clonetis
James Clone
Clonerompe
Clonein
Cloneri
Newbie Clone
Cloneja
CloneMaverickZero
Rock & Roll Clone
Spoonweaver Clone
Clonelaw
Clone drizzle
TwinCloneclusive
Cloneoka
Something like this should do the trick.
Code:
function mutate_name($name, $substring, $soundalike_array){
// Match leading "the" and replace it
if(preg_match("/^the /i", $name)){
return preg_replace('/^the (.*)$/i', $substring." $1", $name);
}
// Match soundalike substrings
foreach($soundalike_array as $soundalike){
if(preg_match("/".preg_quote($soundalike)."/i", $name)){
return preg_replace('/^(.*)'.preg_quote($soundalike).'(.*)$/i', "$1".$substring."$2", $name);
}
}
// Match any multi-word name and replace the part after the last space
if(preg_match("/ [A-Z0-9]+$/i", $name)){
return preg_replace('/(^.*)( [A-Z0-9]+$)/i', "$1 ".$substring, $name);
}
// Match any single-word name starting with consonant-vowel-consonant and replace the prefix
if(preg_match('/^[BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ][AEIOUY][BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ][^ ]+$/i', $name)){
return preg_replace("/^[BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ][AEIOUY][BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ](.*)$/i", $substring."$1", $name);
}
//If all else fails, just append
return $name." ".$substring;
}
function mutate_name($name, $substring, $soundalike_array){
// Match leading "the" and replace it
if(preg_match("/^the /i", $name)){
return preg_replace('/^the (.*)$/i', $substring." $1", $name);
}
// Match soundalike substrings
foreach($soundalike_array as $soundalike){
if(preg_match("/".preg_quote($soundalike)."/i", $name)){
return preg_replace('/^(.*)'.preg_quote($soundalike).'(.*)$/i', "$1".$substring."$2", $name);
}
}
// Match any multi-word name and replace the part after the last space
if(preg_match("/ [A-Z0-9]+$/i", $name)){
return preg_replace('/(^.*)( [A-Z0-9]+$)/i', "$1 ".$substring, $name);
}
// Match any single-word name starting with consonant-vowel-consonant and replace the prefix
if(preg_match('/^[BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ][AEIOUY][BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ][^ ]+$/i', $name)){
return preg_replace("/^[BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ][AEIOUY][BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ](.*)$/i", $substring."$1", $name);
}
//If all else fails, just append
return $name." ".$substring;
}
Code:
echo mutate_name($name, "Clone", array("con", "lun"))
Cloneehay
Fenrir-Clonearis
Clonetis
James Clone
Clonerompe
Clonein
Cloneri
Newbie Clone
Cloneja
CloneMaverickZero
Rock & Roll Clone
Spoonweaver Clone
Clonelaw
Clone drizzle
TwinCloneclusive
Cloneoka
Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:33 pm
Hahaha.
Like I said, awesome but impractical.
(edit) I didn't know you knew PHP.
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Like I said, awesome but impractical.
(edit) I didn't know you knew PHP.
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Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:36 pm
Mogri wrote:
Hahaha.
Like I said, awesome but impractical.
Like I said, awesome but impractical.
Impractical!? Only if you are one of those people who doesn't DREAM in perl-compatible-regular expression syntax!
Mogri wrote:
(edit) I didn't know you knew PHP.
Yeah, I do a lot of it for work.
Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:47 pm
James Paige wrote:
TwinCloneclusive
All worth it for that one.
Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:01 pm
Sir Goowain seems to be stuck saying "You didn't select an attack" in battle 764
EDIT: nevermind. I don't know how, but he became unstuck.
Also, why does he love Toxic Spew so much now? It is hardly his best move.
EDIT: nevermind. I don't know how, but he became unstuck.
Also, why does he love Toxic Spew so much now? It is hardly his best move.
Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:26 pm
James Paige wrote:
Sir Goowain seems to be stuck saying "You didn't select an attack" in battle 764
EDIT: nevermind. I don't know how, but he became unstuck.
EDIT: nevermind. I don't know how, but he became unstuck.
Weird. I'm not sure how that would happen.
Quote:
Also, why does he love Toxic Spew so much now? It is hardly his best move.
He's basing it on the attack's total damage (which works out to nearly 200 over 20 turns), which is silly. I've revised the formula to only consider 6 rounds of damage. He'll be using it much less often now.
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Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:22 pm
So the Knight helm improves your Str, Agi, and Int by 5 points each, and your HP by 250. Those are some pretty decent boosts considering how difficult it is to actually get it.
Also, how exactly are slimebucks rewards calculated? I know the dope bling doubles your rewards, but there must be some sort of predicable algorithm to determine it. Having multiple partners on the winning team does seem to reduce it.
To friends long gone, and those I've yet to meet - thank you.
Also, how exactly are slimebucks rewards calculated? I know the dope bling doubles your rewards, but there must be some sort of predicable algorithm to determine it. Having multiple partners on the winning team does seem to reduce it.
To friends long gone, and those I've yet to meet - thank you.
Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:42 pm
The basic idea is that everyone has a "score" based on the sum of their stats. You are rewarded based on the sum of enemies' scores; additionally, you get a bonus for winning against an enemy with a higher score.
Here is the exact math on it in pseudocode:
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Here is the exact math on it in pseudocode:
Code:
$u_score = $battler['max_hp'] / 10 + $battler['max_mp'] / 5 + $battler['max_agi'] + $battler['max_str'] + $battler['max_int'];
foreach($enemy) {
$e_score = $enemy['max_hp'] / 10 + $enemy['max_mp'] / 5 + $enemy['max_agi'] + $enemy['max_str'] + $enemy['max_int'];
$reward = $e_score;
if ($e_score > $u_score) $reward += ($e_score - $u_score) * 2;
$battlers[$id]['reward'] += $reward / 5;
// Dope Bling: Double S$
}
if ($battler['hp'] <= 0) $battler[$id]['reward'] *= 0.9;
$u_score = $battler['max_hp'] / 10 + $battler['max_mp'] / 5 + $battler['max_agi'] + $battler['max_str'] + $battler['max_int'];
foreach($enemy) {
$e_score = $enemy['max_hp'] / 10 + $enemy['max_mp'] / 5 + $enemy['max_agi'] + $enemy['max_str'] + $enemy['max_int'];
$reward = $e_score;
if ($e_score > $u_score) $reward += ($e_score - $u_score) * 2;
$battlers[$id]['reward'] += $reward / 5;
// Dope Bling: Double S$
}
if ($battler['hp'] <= 0) $battler[$id]['reward'] *= 0.9;
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Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:43 pm
Fenrir-Lunaris wrote:
So the Knight helm improves your Str, Agi, and Int by 5 points each, and your HP by 250. Those are some pretty decent boosts considering how difficult it is to actually get it.
Also, how exactly are slimebucks rewards calculated? I know the dope bling doubles your rewards, but there must be some sort of predicable algorithm to determine it. Having multiple partners on the winning team does seem to reduce it.
Also, how exactly are slimebucks rewards calculated? I know the dope bling doubles your rewards, but there must be some sort of predicable algorithm to determine it. Having multiple partners on the winning team does seem to reduce it.
I've been helping some of the guys with lower stats get helmets.
Feel free to sign me up in a challenge if you need help.
And I think slimebuck rewards are determined by a comparison between stats.
If your stats are much higher than your opponent, then the returns will diminish.
♪♪♪ Du du duuuu ♪♪♪
Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:47 pm
Twinconclusive wrote:
If your stats are much higher than your opponent, then the returns will diminish.
See above. You aren't penalized for battling weaker opponents.
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Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:08 pm
Mogri wrote:
Code:
$battlers[$id]['reward'] += $reward / 5;
I don't understand this part. I think it's the += operator. Is that adding to the variable's current total?
But does this randomize at all? I plugged the numbers from 776 into the equation, and came up with Sludgehammer's score being 636 and Twin's being 576, both assuming HP/MP rounds down. Twice the difference would make 120 (118 if the rounding is normal), but the rewards came out to 117.
There's enough done to the "rewards" variable I don't get there, so I did just stick with the one cut and dry equation I saw. Plugging any of the others doesn't give results anywhere near what the battle came out with, so I'm wandering if it's randomized.
Or, as is very likely, I just don't speak pseudocode.
Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:19 pm
It's not randomized.
"a *= b" means "a = a * b"
"a += b" means "a = a + b"
and so on. In all cases, I think it doesn't round down until the last step -- nothing is an integer unless explicitly told to be.
I forgot the final step, which may be important for your calculations: the reward is divided by the number of players on the winning team (including bots, but not clones).
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"a *= b" means "a = a * b"
"a += b" means "a = a + b"
and so on. In all cases, I think it doesn't round down until the last step -- nothing is an integer unless explicitly told to be.
I forgot the final step, which may be important for your calculations: the reward is divided by the number of players on the winning team (including bots, but not clones).
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