AoE

AoE

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Area damage (or AOE, for Area Of Effect) exists in many games. In Leek Wars, they don't just provide a way to affect multiple opponents. They also offer an interesting aspect to code.

Explanations

The functions getWeaponArea and getChipArea respectively return the AOE type of a weapon or a chip.

These functions return a constant that can be:

• AREA_POINT in the case of a weapon/chip having no AOE and therefore only hitting a single cell.
• AREA_LASER_LINE in the case of a weapon/chip with an AOE type "Lasers".
• AREA_CIRCLE_1 in the case of a weapon/chip with an AOE of 1 radius. (5 squares hit)
• AREA_CIRCLE_2 in the case of a weapon/chip with an AOE of 2 radius. (13 squares affected)
• AREA_CIRCLE_3 in the case of a weapon/chip with an AOE of 3 radius. (25 squares affected)
• AREA_PLUS_1 in the case of a weapon/chip with a crosshair AOE of 1 radius. (5 squares touched identical to AREA_CIRCLE_1)
• AREA_PLUS_2 in the case of a weapon/chip with a crosshair AOE of 2 radius. (9 squares hit)
• AREA_PLUS_3 in the case of a weapon/chip with a crosshair AOE of 3 radius. (13 squares affected)
• AREA_X_1 in the case of a weapon/chip with a crosshair AOE of 2 radius. (5 squares hit)
• AREA_X_2 in the case of a weapon/chip with a crosshair AOE of 4 radius. (9 squares hit)
• AREA_X_3 in the case of a weapon/bullet with a crosshair AOE of 6 radius. (13 squares affected)
• AREA_SQUARE_1 in the case of a weapon/chip with an AOE in a square of 3 on each side (9 squares hit, the central square and 1 square wide around).
• AREA_SQUARE_2 in the case of a weapon/chip with a square AOE of 5 on the side (25 squares hit, the central square and 2 squares wide around).

The 3-cell radius AoE is currently the largest in the game. The area affected is substantial. 

Reduction of effects

The potency of the effect decreases with distance from the center of the AoE\*.

Thus, the targeted cell, in the center, undergoes 100% of the effect. For the rest of the cells, the calculation of the proportion of the effect is linear. The calculation of the percentage is done with the following equation:

Knowing that we can't exceed the impact radius!

\* Lasers are not affected by this reduction, every cell receives 100% of the effect.

!AOE values

Through the obstacles

Area damage passes through obstacles. It is therefore possible to hit a leek located behind an obstacle by aiming at a specific cell.

It is possible to target a specific cell in order to take full advantage of the possibilities of area damage. To do this, use the functions useWeaponOnCell and useChipOnCell. Thus, you can shoot the cell right next to your opponent to inflict damage even if he is hiding behind an obstacle!

On the other hand, it is not possible to shoot at an obstacle. Only the cells on which you have vision are reachable.

Example : !AOE Obstacles

In gray, the obstacles and in red, the cells affected by area damage.

The targeted cell is the cell located in the center of the image.