 How much boom?, Calculating explosive damage at range |
 Nov 25 2007, 03:24 PM
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If one were to change the current SR rules to mirror reality more closely, how would explosives look? How do explosives lose power over distance and what other factors should be properly remembered? Does anyone else have house rules for explosives in their games?
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nezumi How much boom? Nov 25 2007, 03:24 PM
kzt QUOTE (nezumi) If one were to change the current S... Nov 25 2007, 07:09 PM Kagetenshi Note that that's purely blast, which is a wave... Nov 25 2007, 07:23 PM DTFarstar What would you say the "reliable" casual... Nov 25 2007, 07:36 PM kzt Old style (ww2) grenades had crappy frag patterns.... Nov 25 2007, 07:52 PM Kagetenshi According to this page, fifteen meters for the M67... Nov 25 2007, 07:56 PM nezumi Alright, so for the blast effect, every meter it w... Nov 26 2007, 01:11 AM Kagetenshi No no, the power would be proportional to 1/(x^3),... Nov 26 2007, 01:14 AM Narse So, I'm gonna guess that that is a loose appro... Nov 26 2007, 01:42 AM kzt Basic issue that SR misses is that the damage you ... Nov 26 2007, 03:22 AM nezumi 1=R/W^(1/3) 1000 psi
1 is 1 foot, R is radius? A... Nov 26 2007, 01:54 PM kzt QUOTE (nezumi) 1=R/W^(1/3) 1000 psi
1 is 1 foot, ... Nov 26 2007, 06:20 PM nezumi Looking at my log chart, it would be approximately... Nov 26 2007, 09:27 PM kzt I'd be interested in what you come up with. Nov 26 2007, 11:15 PM nezumi Alright, I've been considering this and playin... Jan 29 2008, 08:27 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (nezumi) The calculation cannot use logs at ... Jan 29 2008, 09:03 PM nezumi QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE The biggest restriction i... Jan 29 2008, 09:15 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (nezumi) Barring program size, where else do... Jan 29 2008, 09:45 PM kzt Offensive grenades kill primarily by concussion. ... Jan 30 2008, 12:39 AM nezumi With large quantities instead of dividing by 2 it ... Jan 30 2008, 02:32 PM Starmage21 QUOTE (nezumi) With large quantities instead of di... Jan 30 2008, 02:51 PM hyzmarca The easiest way to do it would be to calculate pow... Jan 30 2008, 06:44 PM nezumi I'm not quite following. Would you be kind en... Jan 30 2008, 09:56 PM hyzmarca Lets say that the power of an explosive at 1 meter... Jan 31 2008, 12:01 AM nezumi Simple for you and me (well, you) isn't simple... Jan 31 2008, 03:52 PM
Kagetenshi I don't know about you, but while I can get ap... Jan 31 2008, 04:03 PM  |
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