Shades of the Ancients

[Joyce]

Hmm, I've been doodling with the combat mechanics some.. And so far I've came up with the following (melee) equation:

> Player Damage = Strength + (Willpower / Random(3)) + (Player Level / Random(6)) + Weapon Damage * (Player Level / 5))

It's not much, but I think it's better then the standard equation.. Next up is doodling with the Magic Damage equation and getting the two balanced. :)

Note that I'm going to give every class their OWN equations, meaning that for example a warrior benefits more from strength in their 'spells', and a mage benefits from their intellect.. The stat choices will really depends on your class rather then being the same default crap for every character. :)

> **Client Side**
> -Added NPC HP bars(Copy + Paste from Kimi's source.. Was being lazy :P Did change where it was rendered though).
> -Made the Main Menu appear in the taskbar.
> -Fixed a minor issue that could cause a crash.
>
> **Server Side**
> -Fixed an issue where players could hit NPCs with insane amounts of damage caused by dividing by zero.
> -Fixed a typo in one of the equations, it should no longer cause 0 damage.

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[Yxxe]

@Yami:

> Hmm, I've been doodling with the combat mechanics some.. And so far I've came up with the following (melee) equation:
>
> > Player Damage = Strength + (Willpower / Random(3)) + (Player Level / Random(6)) + Weapon Damage * (Player Level / 5))
>
> It's not much, but I think it's better then the standard equation.. Next up is doodling with the Magic Damage equation and getting the two balanced. :)
>
> Note that I'm going to give every class their OWN equations, meaning that for example a warrior benefits more from strength in their 'spells', and a mage benefits from their intellect.. The stat choices will really depends on your class rather then being the same default crap for every character. :)

Still keeping up with the great work Yami :) You made me now think about the damage mechanics now xD

[Joyce]

Little bit of an issue with the source, the harddrive I kept it on decided to mysteriously dissapear from the drive list(even in the BIOS), but still functions as I can see program links to it which are still active.. Will get to that later, having a wee bit of vacation here :P

[ark0n]

Wow, looks great. Nice GUI, and nice coding.

[d4vid]

hmm… eclipse game without shinyness? its strange, but LOOKS GREAT!!!  :cheesy:

[DDDsDD999]

I like the feel of how those screenies look. Seems like a really nice game