Took data and put it into a semi-nicely formatted spreadsheet. I've also included a calculator on the first sheet so that the formula can be easily tested with any set of projectile kinetic energy and DT combination. Well above the 8 grain per pound rule of thumb for what makes a heavy arrow for a bow.)ĭue to this, I believe the current example formula, with some tweaking, has potential use as either a base or the entirety of the new formula for ranged damage. the bow we're using has a very high draw weight of 80lb we're still at a ratio of 11.5 grains per pound of draw force. Due to the basing of the formula off of the pre-existing gun balance, the end results are not far off from the current game values in most cases.Īny drastically different values I've found have indicated something wrong with either the gun or projectile itself, such as the incredibly heavy arrows of CDDA. The example formula now works well for even edge cases, so long as the Damage Type/Terminal Ballistics (DT) multiplier is properly accounted for. I've updated the spreadsheet after much rigorous testing that mainly consisted of plotting data points all over Desmos. Any feedback as to other options and alternate solutions would be vastly appreciated! I've personally very little experience in terminal ballistics so it's difficult for myself to create a way to abstract them accurately. The numbers and sources behind the example solution can be found in this spreadsheet, and an interactive bit to serve as a quick test of the multiplier on a few of CDDA's weapons can be found on this graph. I've set up a very basic example solution which takes the in game bullets and bullet formula as a base and accounts for terminal ballistics as an end multiplier of damage, with damage increasing as the projectile's lethal nature is more based on wound channels. Ideally a formula needs to be created for all ranged weapons to follow that accounts for terminal ballistics in either an abstract or detailed way to ensure consistency across ranged weapons. This cannot apply to all projectiles due to differences in terminal ballistics. While we have the guideline for bullets/guns which does a wonderful job and is outline near the bottom of this document Cataclysm currently lacks a consistent guideline for ranged weapons as a whole.

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