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Re: Interface Preview

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:46:46 -0000

I find that connecting the dots makes the graph a lot easier to read. Of course I could use a bar chart instead, but that doesn't work well when outputting multiple distributions together... But you're right, conceptually. I think the best approach would be to set a reasonable default and make it configurable by the user.

The pie chart is a great idea! It might be the ideal representation for few-states stuff, like something condensed to win-loss-draw. Hadn't thought of that yet, thanks!

Re: Interface Preview

torbenm — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:09:02 -0000

I don't think you should connect the dots in the curves: There are no values between the dots.

You could also consider adding an option for showing the distribution as a pie-chart.

Re: AnyDice 2 syntax basics

cwfrizzell — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:45:57 -0000

Very promising... Looking forward to it!

Re: First AnyDice 2 field test

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:24:35 -0000

Working on it! I plan to have it available within a few months.

Re: First AnyDice 2 field test

Jason — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:53:15 -0000

That looks great!

I'm looking forward to a new version that can process more than 6d10.

Re: First AnyDice 2 field test

cwfrizzell — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:46:21 -0000

Great progress Jasper! Looking forward to a beta version...

Re: Exploding Doubles

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:26:10 -0000

:) Cool! It's always nice to see stuff one helped with, no matter how indirect.

Re: Exploding Doubles

Ghostwise — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:54:11 -0000

For what it's worth, the article you helped with is in beta version at
http://www.writeups.org/fiche.php?id=4724 .

[edit: put the link on separate line]

Re: Exploding Doubles

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:38:37 -0000

My pleasure!

:) Nah, correct input is not required to obtain the desired output. Being sure you got the correct output, however, is another thing.

Re: Exploding Doubles

Ghostwise — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:17:37 -0000

Thank you for confirming than my reasoning was correct. Really, everything was fine except for working on the wrong initial series due to a moment of absent-mindedness. But, truly, do we really need correct series to achieve correct results ? Pish posh.

Thanks. :-)

Re: Interpolating distributions

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:54:24 -0000

My pleasure!

How much difference it makes mostly depends on how the roll is interpreted in the system you use. But you're right that the difference is mostly subtle.

Re: Interpolating distributions

reitschule — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:13:57 -0000

"3d20m1 has a nice, gentle bell curve." -- Actually 3d20m1 has a parabolic curve. 3d20 has a bell curve, and 2d20 has a pyramidal "curve". I'm not sure that these differences would have a palpable impact on play at the table...but the height of the curve sure does! It's great to be able to differentiate between high potential-but-unreliable characters and limited-but-steady types of characters.

Thanks for this tool Jasper, you rock!

Re: Exploding Doubles

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:18:08 -0000

Hm, I didn't keep my spreadsheet. Anyway, to reproduce it:
Export the 2d10 distribution and copy the # column in a sheet. Copy this column and divide the numbers by 100. Paste those values in a new column per double, shifting down by 2 each step, to account for the added value of the initial double. Subtract 1 from the # in each double row (in the first column). Now sum all # per row to get the final # values. Divide those by the total # and you have the distribution.

Re: Exploding Doubles

Ghostwise — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:02:41 -0000

Neat posting - thank you so much. As you might be aware this is the dice rolling pattern used by DC Heroes (aka Blood of Heroes, aka Mayfair's Exponential Game System), with double 1s being an automatic failure rather than an explosion.

Could you make your spreadsheet downloadable from the article ? As we discussed a few hours ago I'm having a severe attack of the stupids making my own, so I'd like to compare. Thanks. :-)

Re: Interpolating distributions

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:38:45 -0000

It would jerk the 1 and 20 up to 5%, while the rest of the 3d20m graph would sink and flatten a bit to compensate. So you get two steep peaks and a hill in between.

Re: Interpolating distributions

kkriegg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:00:01 -0000

Wow, looks great. I can't wait for AnyDice2!

3d20m1 has a nice, gentle bell curve. I might end up using it in a few games to see how it goes. One question, though... if you had 3d20s, and one "red" one, and took the middle for all rolls EXEPT when the red one read 1 or 20 (in which case you went with the red) how would that look on a curve?

Re: AnyDice Review

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:56:46 -0000

Will do, and thanks for the review!

Re: AnyDice Review

Chuck — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:43:55 -0000

I hope to see some interface improvements, and definitely look forward to AnyDice2!

Re: Exploding performance

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:05:18 -0000

:) RPG mechanics are really diverse! I guess some people never use explosions their entire live, while others live no day without them.

Re: Exploding performance

cwfrizzell — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:09:17 -0000

Much faster! And I'm surprised at how much number crunching AnyDice can handle. Just not sure I'd ever have to use this particular function.

Re: Added Average Roll Weight

Darren Hill — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:01:30 -0000

I didn't expect it to handle ORE, but it was worth asking :)
Thanks for the other notation - that's useful. I can get the rolldown by doing a separate 1d20e1h and just reversing the numbers, then merging the two lists. Still a lot faster than doing it by hand :)

Re: Export to CSV

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:00:39 -0000

Unfortunately that's out of my hands and up to the browser...

Re: Export to CSV

cwfrizzell — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:33:26 -0000

What about a Save As... dialog giving the user the ability to name it as they see fit?

Re: Export to CSV

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:27:14 -0000

I can't use the expression as a filename because it's potentially full of special characters most systems won't be able to handle. Converting it into a slug will mangle most expressions beyond recognition, so unfortunately I had to leave it out.

I chose a date string to virtually guarantee unique filenames and consistent ordering. Could've used a plain Unix timestamp, but that would be meaninless to people.

I'm open to suggestions for a better default filename.

Re: Minimal results

Jasper @ Catlike Coding — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:22:08 -0000

1. That's a nice catch! I put quotes around the input string, as I should have done.

2. I can't do that, because that would be two separate responses. The CSV is the single result of your query. You get a file download because I use the "Content-Disposition: attachment" header. If I didn't, you'd get the CSV data inside your browser window.