* [Skills] Exponential Decay Skill Up Formula
Added an exponential decay skill up formula option.
The current, linear, formula results in negative chances to skill up, which
have been mitigated via a multiplier and minimum of 1%
* [Skills]Configurable Exponential Decay Formala for Skill Up
What this fixes:
The existing formula for determining whether or not to skill up could result
in negative chances, and made an assumption around the number 252.
This would ultimately result in an override that would set the chance to 1.
My fix:
I created 2 new rules:
Character:SkillUpMaximumChancePercentage
Character:SkillUpMinimumChancePercentage
I changed the forumla to:
chance = ((max - min + skill_modification) * (.99^skill)) + min
This results in an exponential decay that starts at skill-modified maximum
and approaches minimum.
I decided that max-min+skill_modification should never be less than min
I also decided to continue to apply the Character:SkillUpModifier rule
post-calculation. I do not really think this is necessary anymore, given
this new formula, but we can discuss removing it.
I chose 25 and 2 as default maximum and minimum based on feel.
Related method signature fix:
Client::mod_increase_skill_chance was changed to return a double and
accept a double as an input for chance. This matches the actual data types
provided while calling the method and eliminates some type coersion and
resultant truncation. Right now, this method doesn't do anything, but in the
future we could implement skill-specific training dummies that accelerate
skill ups. I deduce that this is the purpose of this method call.
* [Skills]Configurable Exponential Decay Formula for Skill Up
What this fixes:
The existing formula for determining whether or not to skill up could result
in negative chances, and made an assumption around the number 252.
This would ultimately result in an override that would set the chance to 1.
My fix:
I created 2 new rules:
Character:SkillUpMaximumChancePercentage
Character:SkillUpMinimumChancePercentage
I changed the forumla to:
chance = ((max - min + skill_modification) * (.99^skill)) + min
This results in an exponential decay that starts at skill-modified maximum
and approaches minimum.
I decided that max-min+skill_modification should never be less than min
I also decided to continue to apply the Character:SkillUpModifier rule
post-calculation. I do not really think this is necessary anymore, given
this new formula, but we can discuss removing it.
I chose 25 and 2 as default maximum and minimum based on feel.
Related method signature fix:
Client::mod_increase_skill_chance was changed to return a double and
accept a double as an input for chance. This matches the actual data types
provided while calling the method and eliminates some type coersion and
resultant truncation. Right now, this method doesn't do anything, but in the
future we could implement skill-specific training dummies that accelerate
skill ups. I deduce that this is the purpose of this method call.
* fixup! [Skills]Configurable Exponential Decay Formula for Skill Up
* fixup! [Skills]Configurable Exponential Decay Formula for Skill Up
Added numerous modding hooks.
Added rules:
Character:KeepLevelOverMax - Don't delevel a character if they are found to be over max level rule.
Spells:UseCHAScribeHack - Optionally omit spells with CHA in effect12 when using scribespells and traindiscs
Combat:MonkACBonusWeight - Adjust the weight threshold for monk AC bonus
Combat:ClientStunLevel - Adjust the level clients kicks and bashes start to roll for stuns
Combat;QuiverWRHasteDiv - Adjust the divisor applied to weight reduction for haste calcs
Combat:UseArcheryBonusRoll - Make archery stationary bonus a roll
Combat:ArcheryBonusChance - Archery stationary bonus chance
Added account flags and associated perl wrappers
Added EVENT_ITEM_TICK for interactive items
Added EVENT_DUEL_WIN and EVENT_DUEL_LOSE, which exports $enemyname and $enemyid
Added timer and interval to console worldshutdown command
Added EQW interface for worldshutdown and server-wide messages
