Player attribute maths

[Danny D]

Great stuff Steve.Are you converting the debuggers dump from 68000 to c manually ? That must be painstaking, checking each register for their contents, etc.. ! Another question, why is your output above c and not c++ ?

loop:
move.w (a0)+,d0
cmp.w #337,d0
beq left_arrow
cmp.w #338,d0
beq up_arrow
cmp.w #340,d0

Could you update the text on the competition version wiki page to a more technical version please (tools used, 68000 code etc..)

http://www.ko-gathering.com/wiki/index. ... on_version

The aim is to have an improved and updated version of Kick Off 2 using reverse engineering on the original Amiga game.

[filippodb]

every aspect of the game are tecnically analized on KORPS category, here:

http://www.ko-gathering.com/wiki/index. ... gory:KORPS

[Steve Camber]

All player's running speed decreases gradually as the game progresses (possibly more so when in possession of the ball). There is a lower cap, so they dont come to a complete standstill. It's not related to morale at all.

There is also a function which makes the winning player slower by a multiple of the goal difference. However, this may only affect the goalie. There is also some code which appears to make the player speed up again in the last minute. Needs further research though...

for i can only talk about the oracle-version, it seems that this lower cap is missing there. i had several games against the computer where i led 25:0 or something around that and i had to take care that my keeper hadn't to do a goal-kick. if that happened the game was practically over, because he moved either with a speed of one pixel per 10 seconds towards his goal-kick-position or he moved BACKWARDS of the pitch into nowhere (= negative speed).

but this is maybe just a bug of the oracle-version...

Yes, the lower cap is missing when the goalie is taking a goal kick.. but as soon as he's kicked the ball, the lower cap returns so he's instantly back up to a decent speed.
Maybe this feature is meant to simulate the goalie taking his time and trying to run the clock down (swifty style) when his team is winning?

[Steve Camber]

Great stuff Steve.Are you converting the debuggers dump from 68000 to c manually ? That must be painstaking, checking each register for their contents, etc.. ! Another question, why is your output above c and not c++ ?

Yes, I manually converted that piece of code from a 68000 dump to simple C to make it more readable for everyone. I assumed more people here can read C compared to those that can read 68000.

loop:
move.w (a0)+,d0
cmp.w #337,d0
beq left_arrow
cmp.w #338,d0
beq up_arrow
cmp.w #340,d0

Where's that from?!

Could you update the text on the competition version wiki page to a more technical version please (tools used, 68000 code etc..)

http://www.ko-gathering.com/wiki/index. ... on_version

The aim is to have an improved and updated version of Kick Off 2 using reverse engineering on the original Amiga game.

I will update the wiki at some point

[Sam]

So morale is signed, hmm. Just had a look at the stats file. Fisher has (unsigned) morale 226 and signed morale -30. Hunt and Barker have negative morale as well which is understandable, but why is Fisher so unhappy?

I think he has problems at home. Something to do with the wife & Pedro. He doesn't like to talk about it much. The Prozac's helping though!

[Bounty Bob]

but this is maybe just a bug of the oracle-version...

No, that's PBD you're thinking of.

[Robert]

Can I just read this again then Steve.

It appears that, when a tackle is made, the Tackling scores of the two players are checked - HOWEVER, they are first modified by:

Square root of Agility + (Morale/4)

So...

Imagine two players on a collision course...

Player A
Tackling 170
Agility 200
Morale 32

Player B
Tackling 180
Agility 150
Morale -10

So, player A modifer is (SQR(200)=14.14) + (32/4=8 ) = 22.14
And, player B modifier is (SQR(150)=12.24) + (-10/4=-2.5) = 9.75

Total Score A, 170+Mod = 192.14
Total Score B, 180+Mod = 189.75

Result: Player A pushes player B over.

This is interesting as Player B has the higher Tackling score. Because Player A is nimble and determined he is able to pull off a challenge on a lumbering miserable oaf?

Am I understanding this 100% correctly? I have of course ignored the Team A/B difference, now that is consigned to history.

Looking back on this Steve, you've explained how the modifier is calculated but you haven't confirmed what the attribute check is for a block tackle. Is it JUST Tackling or do height/weight play a role? I'd like to know all attribs that are checked for collisions. The reason I ask is that years ago I had a mail from Dino saying that height/weight were involved.

[Steve Camber]

This isnt exactly fresh in the memory and I dont have time to check right now, but..

- When a tackle occurs, it's the one with the larger tackling value who stays on his feet (probably a random element in there to mix it up a bit)

- Players height is used for headers and nothing else.

- Weight is not used for anything at all. Ever.


- I could be wrong on any of the above, just dont have time to scan through the code and back up my beliefs as I usually would!

[Sid]

Very technical

But can you use any of this stuff on the pitch to manipulate the course of the game to your advantage?