Sniper Ai + mechanics question

[Hamster]

Hi guys, trying to optimise a Sniper AI here and I have a few questions:

1) are this bot stats uptodate for current patch: https://itch.io/t/46583/update-51-balancing

2) When it comes to shields & health, is any damage lost when "punching through" shields?

Example, a Sniper has 3k health & Shields and 3k attack.

This means that, assuming all damage "punches through" shields My sniper should be able to 1 shot an enemy sniper that is at 50% 50% shields (or 100% life & 0% shields, not that thats relevant to the question)

If however, there is some dmg buffer when going from shields to health then the target bot may live.

[NullPointer]

I don't think any damage is lost.

[Hamster]

Okay then, lets crunch some numbers. Below is a little Python script that calculates the break points for your sniper to kill an enemy in a single shot.

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# [Health, Shields]
BOT_VALUES= {"SNIPER": [3000, 3000],
       "MACHINE G": [7000, 5000],
       "ASSAULT": [5000, 3000],
       "SHOTGUN": [3000, 5000]}

def otk_kill(shot_damage, target_stats, target_name):
    results = []
   
    percent_values = [0, .25, .5, .75, 1]

    target_health  = target_stats[0]
    target_shields = target_stats[1]

    for percent_health in percent_values[1:]:
        current_health  = target_health  * percent_health
        for percent_shields in percent_values:
            current_shields = target_shields * percent_shields
   
            if current_health + current_shields <= shot_damage:
                results.append(
                    ("KILL {}".format(target_name), percent_health, percent_shields)
                    )
    return sorted(results, reverse=True)

for bot_class in BOT_VALUES:
    print ( otk_kill(3000, BOT_VALUES[bot_class], bot_class) )
    print ("")

RESULTS:

[('KILL SNIPER', 1, 0), ('KILL SNIPER', 0.75, 0.25), ('KILL SNIPER', 0.75, 0), ('KILL SNIPER', 0.5, 0.5), ('KILL SNIPER', 0.5, 0.25), ('KILL SNIPER', 0.5, 0), ('KILL SNIPER', 0.25, 0.75), ('KILL SNIPER', 0.25, 0.5), ('KILL SNIPER', 0.25, 0.25), ('KILL SNIPER', 0.25, 0)]

[('KILL SHOTGUN', 1, 0), ('KILL SHOTGUN', 0.75, 0), ('KILL SHOTGUN', 0.5, 0.25), ('KILL SHOTGUN', 0.5, 0), ('KILL SHOTGUN', 0.25, 0.25), ('KILL SHOTGUN', 0.25, 0)]

[('KILL ASSAULT', 0.5, 0), ('KILL ASSAULT', 0.25, 0.5), ('KILL ASSAULT', 0.25, 0.25), ('KILL ASSAULT', 0.25, 0)]

[('KILL MACHINE G', 0.25, 0.25), ('KILL MACHINE G', 0.25, 0)]

How to use this stuff should be pretty simple:

...if Enemy Sniper in Range (0-25% shields, 50-75% health) shot.

this should be an instant kill all the time since accuracy = 100%

[pier4r]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gladiabots/wik ... bot_fights

[HBomb]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gladiabots/wiki/alpha5_2/math_analysis_bot_fights

I needed this in my life. Thank you

[HDeffo]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gladiabots/wiki/alpha5_2/math_analysis_bot_fights

I needed this in my life. Thank you

You're welcome