Random damage values being too random

[Grimm]

Okay, so Melee attacks are supposed to do x*1,10 damage, correct? Well, that's a little too much, so for my melee attack I used:

A_CustomPunch((2*random(1,7))

giving a max of 14 damage from one hit, correct? Unfortunately, ZDoom doesn't seem to be listening to this at all. Not only is it not listening, it seems to be doing more damage than should even be possible from one punch. If it were still using the usual melee formula, it would be a max of 20, yet this attack routinely kills sargeants and imps in one hit. Anyone know what's going on?

[Spleen]

You don't even have matched parentheses

[Grimm]

EDIT: no, actually, they are matched, that just isn't the end of the equation/argument/whatever.

[Enjay]

Have you enabled the norandom bool?

[Graf Zahl]

Obviously not.

[Grimm]

CLEARLY!

Let me review. I want it to do a custom random damage amount, as seen by the expression given. Why, then, would enabling the norandom bool be necessary?

[Spleen]

Because the damage is automatically randomized, and you're adding randomization on top of that. To have complete control of the randomization you need to disable the automatic randomization using that flag.

[Enjay]

Yeah, at present, as far as I can tell, you are using a number from 2 through 14 that will then have Doom randomisation applied to it.

[Grimm]

Hmm . . . that explains a few things. This should be made clear in the wiki.

[Matt]

Hmm . . . that explains a few things. This should be made clear in the wiki.

[wiki=A_CustomPunch]Better than nothing I guess.[/wiki]