DOOM GUN RPM SHIT

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Calculating Approx Doom Gun RPM and DPS

Some quick figures first.
RPM:
35 tics / tics between shots = Rounds per second.
RPS * 60 = Rounds per minute.
There's 2100 tics per minute.

Average DPS:
((Max damage - Min damage) * Numbullets) / 2 + Min damage = Rough avg damage per shot.
Average damage per shot * RPS = Average DPS

Reloads per Minute:
35 * 60 = 2100 Tics per minute.
(Tics per shot * Magazine size) + Reload Time = Tics to Cycle
2100 tics / Tics to Cycle = Number of reloads per minute.

Average DPS including reloading:
Magazine size * Avg dmg per shot = Avg dmg done per magazine
Avg dmg done per magazine * Reloads per minute = Average dpm
Average dpm / 60 = Average dps including reloading

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Example: MA75B RPM
35 / 3 = 11.667rps
11.667 * 60 = 700rpm

MA75B DPS:
35 / 3 = 11.667rps
((15 - 9) * 1 ) / 2 = 3. 3 + 9 = 12 avg dmg
12 * 11.667 = 140 avg dps not counting reloads. Thing shreds.
Alternatively:
9 * 11.667 = 105 min dps
15 * 11.667 = 175 max dps

Reloads per Minute:
(3 * 52) = 156 tics to empty a magazine
156 + 31 tics to reload and be ready to fire = 187 tics to cycle
2100 / 187 = 11.23 reloads per minute.

Average DPS including reloading:
52 * 12 = 624 avg dmg per mag
624 * 11.23 = 7007.52 avg dpm w/ reloads
7007.52 / 60 = 116.79 Average dmg per second including reloading


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Creating a Doom gun with a specific RPM:
So say we want a 1200rpm gun in Doom, like porting Serious Sam's Minigun.
2100 Tics per minute / 1200 rounds per minute = 1.75 tics per round
Sheeit. How do we make that?

Basically, what we do is insert an extra tic every x tics.
1200rpm, for example, can be done like this:

Multiply the TPR until you get as close of a reasonably whole number you
you can get. For us, it's easy:
1.75 * 4 = 7 tics per 4 shots. Okay, that's easier to understand.

Then round it out so that it fires off four shots every 7 tics. It will
stutter a bit if it makes a sound for every fire, but you can
use a looping sound effect with the real RPM to get around this.
Let's go back to the 1.75 tics per round.
1.75 rounded up = 2. Leftover from 7 we have 5.

What this means is that after every 5 shots, we have an extra tic:

11111 2 11111 2 11111 2 11111 2

OR vice versa:

222 1 222 1 222 1

Point is, it fires 4 shots in 7 tics. Both methods will sound different.

I can't think of a smoother method, really.

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