Really simple question

[scrubclub]

I really have looked, but haven't been able to come up with anything here...

My question: On a game settings page, how do I know what a chance number means?

For example, if it says "Chance for something special to happen in the forest" and I pick "20," does that mean a 1 in 20 chance, once every 20 times it's triggered, or a 20% chance?

[Boris735]

This is a good question!  In the specific instance mentioned, the fact that (at least on my installation) the field entry is a drop-down box from 0 to 100 strongly suggests that the chance is a percentage (and I believe that this is correct).

The DragonPedia page on settings simply says the uninformative "chance", but is worth looking at for other questions you have about settings.

(I'd edit that page to be clearer about what "chance" means, but I don't have DragonPedia edit access... or I have forgotten my account details.)


EDIT: Corrected the URL; apologies!

[Afkamm]

It's not a percentage. If you look at the code you'll find this in the module_events function.

Code:

if (e_rand(1, 100) <= $basechance) {

So the higher you set the chance, the more likely it is that you'll get an event.

[ArthuruhtrA]

The closest of your guesses is "once for every 20 times it's triggered".

[Boris735]

It's not a percentage. If you look at the code you'll find this in the module_events function.

Code:

if (e_rand(1, 100) <= $basechance) {

So the higher you set the chance, the more likely it is that you'll get an event.

So, um, in what way is $basechange not a percentage chance, then?

[Aeo •]

Perhaps in version 1.1.3 of LoGD (if there shall be one), the option should say "Percentage that a function is triggered" or "Function is triggered 1 in how many times?" or something. Jussayin. ^^

[Novelus|Grant|DarknessFalls]

Perhaps in version 1.1.3 of LoGD (if there shall be one), the option should say "Percentage that a function is triggered" or "Function is triggered 1 in how many times?" or something. Jussayin. ^^

Correct me if I am wrong, but yes, it is 'One out of (insert number here) chances. The other thing... I thought the next release was going to be 1.2.0  and not 1.1.3  o.o

[Talisman]

@boris - you now have edit access to the Dragonpedia, login is the same as your forum login.

@novelus - the version number will depend on what we release.  If it is just some minor bug fixes (which we are overdue in releasing), it will likely be 1.1.3.

[Novelus|Grant|DarknessFalls]

@novelus - the version number will depend on what we release.  If it is just some minor bug fixes (which we are overdue in releasing), it will likely be 1.1.3.

Thank you, Talisman, for letting me know!

[Boris735]

@boris - you now have edit access to the Dragonpedia, login is the same as your forum login.

Thank you, Talisman!  I've added the explanatory note (and corrected the URL to the settings in my earlier post).