MissileROTVar: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:45, 5 June 2025

Flag:	MissileROTVar
File(s):	rules(md).ini
Values:	Percentages: Either a direct percentage (e.g. "50%"), or a floating point value (e.g. "0.5").
Applicable to:	General

Specifies the rate of turn (ROT) fluctuation percentage of guided missiles (projectiles with ROT greater than 0). As the missile travels, its ROT is recalculated every frame based on this variable: the larger the value, the higher the variation in the missile's ROT.

Note that on regular missiles the effect is barely noticable, even with extreme MissileROTVar values, as the ROT never falls below what's stated on the projectile's rules. The lower the projectile's default ROT, the more noticable the effect is. For example, projectiles with ROT=1 and a high enough variance (e.g. 2.0) causes the projectiles to randomly scatter around the target instead of hitting it perfectly.

Pseudocode

Simplified pseudocode:

currentROT = (sin(((frame % 15) / 3) * 2 * π) * MissileROTVar + MissileROTVar + 1) * ROT

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-Specifies the rate of turn fluctuation percentage of guided missiles ([[projectiles]] with [[ROT]] greater than 1). Increasing this value increases the maximum amplitude of the randomly fluctuating sine wave that the missiles follow, causing them to wobble as they travel.
+Specifies the rate of turn (ROT) fluctuation percentage of guided missiles ([[projectiles]] with {{f|ROT|link}} greater than 0). As the missile travels, its ROT is recalculated every [[frame]] based on this variable: the larger the value, the higher the variation in the missile's ROT.
-Although this flag is valid, the effect is very minuscule – even with large values like {{tt|2000}}, the flight trajectory fluctuation is barely noticable.
+Note that on regular missiles the effect is barely noticable, even with extreme {{f|MissileROTVar}} values, as the ROT never falls below what's stated on the projectile's rules. The lower the projectile's default ROT, the more noticable the effect is. For example, projectiles with {{f|ROT|1|link}} and a high enough variance (e.g. 2.0) causes the projectiles to randomly scatter around the target instead of hitting it perfectly.
+== Pseudocode ==
+Simplified [[pseudocode]]:
+ currentROT = (sin(((frame % 15) / 3) * 2 * π) * {{f|MissileROTVar}} + {{f|MissileROTVar}} + 1) * {{f|ROT|link}}
 == See Also ==
 [[MissileSpeedVar]]