You've answered: X is -5. (Dead.)
Nope. X is 10.
Depending on how the damage is delivered, the answer could be anywhere from 10 on down.
I'll explain:
If the 150% damage is dealt all at once, then the math goes like this:
Split the damage, 2/3 to health, 1/3 to armor.
100% armor, 110% health.
- 50% armor, -100% health.
= 50% armor, 10% health.So the correct answer is 10.
But, if the damage is delivered in smaller bursts, things change.
Say it's dealt in 10% bursts (like someone who cheated and used my ARMOR.WAD from the previous answer would do:)
Split the damage, 2/3 to health, 1/3 to armor.
100% armor, 110% health.
-3.3% armor, -6.6% health.Hang on, there's a problem right there. Doom does not like non-integers. So it makes things neater by rounding the damage to health up and the damage to armor down.
100% armor, 110% health.
- 3% armor, - 7% health.
= 97% armor, 103% health.So if you repeat that 15 times (10*15=150), you get this:
100% armor, 110% health.
- 45% armor, -105% health.
= 55% armor, 5% health.And it always rounds health damage up. If the damage is delivered in 5% bursts (again, like one might with armor.wad):
100% armor, 110% health.
-1.6% armor, -3.3% health.Which becomes:
100% armor, 110% health.
- 1% armor, - 4% health.Repeat 30 times (5*30=150) and you get:
100% armor, 110% health.
- 30% armor, -120% health.
= 70% armor, - 5% health. (Dead)So I bet all of you geniuses who downloaded the demo WAD and tried it there feel a bit silly now, don'tcha?:)
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