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[Xyo]

Rockets range nerf my only weakness

[trog]

So completely scrapped the added flames thing? What are the new numbers?

[Psychopath]

So completely scrapped the added flames thing? What are the new numbers?

Github is a marvelous, publicly-accessible resource.

But an explanation of how it works:

What exactly is the formula for afterburn calculation?

There is no strict formula for it, I'll try to recall as much as I can.

Collision with flames will increase burn duration a fixed amount
Collision with flames will increase burn intensity an amount determined via falloff

Burn duration is straightforward, length of burning.
Burn intensity will stay at a certain value for x frames after contact before diminishing to 0 after another y frames.
Both duration and intensity have caps, they cannot increase infinitely.

If either duration or intensity reach 0, they are both zeroed out.

To find the damage dealt over time, you need to understand calculus in order to integrate the functions (after creating functions, of course)

[trog]

Thanks. Tried looking around github but unfortunately can't make much sense of the code, so don't even know if I'm reading the right stuff.

But yeah, does flare fall off work the same way as the flames or does it have a constant intensity increase/decreased falloff rate, and is the afterburn aesthetic based on duration or intensity or neither?

[Phantom Brave]

The number of flames and the opacity of the flames go to each variable, I think. Don't remember which to which off the top of my head.

[trog]

I think opacity going to intensity would make more sense, but that's pretty interesting, thanks.

[Lloyd]

yeah the numbers are comepletely new so it's hard to determine whether or not it's a straight buff or a straight nerf

I'm pretty sure it's a nerf at least when it comes to killing low-HP classes, because the damage doesn't scale up enormously in the first few frames anymore. Having said that, I've been playing it a lot and have been doing pretty well despite the fact that I keep forgetting that the flareblast exists (), while at the same time the pubbies are finding it a good bit harder to rush in and get easy kills, so overall it's actually turning out to be a good balance for the time being.

[Beasta]

I think that firebug has a much higher skill ceiling now which I like a lot.  This, the explosives classes, and KOTH have made me think this is one of the better updates yet.

[CobaltBW]

KOTH just might be the best gametype so far, honestly.

Part of it's the maps, yeah, but it just... works.

[koromi]

KOTH just might be the best gametype so far, honestly.

Part of it's the maps, yeah, but it just... works.

yeah, seems like it would be the best gametype for competitive matches too!

[Hams]

we are on the tf2 blog again

[MedO]

I'm trying to tighten the ropes so the site can weather the load

[Meower]

MEDO, THE SHIP IS TOO LIGHT, WE'RE SINKING!

[Agh]

I'll help you by not visiting the site anymore today^^

[Shiggyru Miyamoto]

kk