Do skills use fractional seconds? - Guild Wars Forums

TsunamiZ · Mar 09, 2010, 05:19 AM // 05:19

Do skills use fractional seconds? Like if an enchant increases hexes duration by 42%, and you use it with a 8 second hex, does that increase the hex duration to 11.36 seconds or only 11 seconds?

Kosar The Cruel · Mar 09, 2010, 05:27 AM // 05:27

I do believe the game rounds to the tenth. >5 rounds up, <4 rounds down.

kedde · Mar 09, 2010, 12:15 PM // 12:15

Game rounds to whole seconds except for some oddball skills.

makosi · Mar 09, 2010, 01:25 PM // 13:25

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Originally Posted by kedde

Game rounds to whole seconds except for some oddball skills.

Patient Spirit is one of those. With a 20% enchanting weapon, the duration would be 2.4 seconds but this is rounded to 3 seconds.

Quaker · Mar 09, 2010, 05:18 PM // 17:18

Actually, I don't think we really know. It would be very difficult to properly test. There are lots of people who say they have tested such things, but most of the tests involving fractional results have been done either using a stopwatch and/or by observing animations or damage numbers. In both cases, the observed results - skill animations and damage numbers - may not accurately reflect the actual results generated by the software itself.
In other words, the animations may, for example, make something appear to last 2 seconds, but, in-game the affect may last 2.4 or whatever. No one really knows except the software designers, and they're not telling.

dr love · Mar 09, 2010, 07:45 PM // 19:45

well from my testing, durations are rounded to nearest whole number.
.5 are rounded up, anything under that is rounded down

casting time is different though. it uses some sort of fractional system

Mar 09, 2010, 05:19 AM // 05:19	#1
TsunamiZ Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2005	Do skills use fractional seconds? Do skills use fractional seconds? Like if an enchant increases hexes duration by 42%, and you use it with a 8 second hex, does that increase the hex duration to 11.36 seconds or only 11 seconds?

Mar 09, 2010, 05:18 PM // 17:18	#5
Quaker Hell's Protector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Guild: Brothers Disgruntled	Actually, I don't think we really know. It would be very difficult to properly test. There are lots of people who say they have tested such things, but most of the tests involving fractional results have been done either using a stopwatch and/or by observing animations or damage numbers. In both cases, the observed results - skill animations and damage numbers - may not accurately reflect the actual results generated by the software itself. In other words, the animations may, for example, make something appear to last 2 seconds, but, in-game the affect may last 2.4 or whatever. No one really knows except the software designers, and they're not telling. Last edited by Quaker; Mar 09, 2010 at 05:20 PM // 17:20..

Mar 09, 2010, 05:27 AM // 05:27	#2
Kosar The Cruel Krytan Explorer Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Profession: D/	I do believe the game rounds to the tenth. >5 rounds up, <4 rounds down.

Mar 09, 2010, 12:15 PM // 12:15	#3
kedde Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: May 2007 Guild: Kaons Banned Fecal Super Team [Ban] Profession: Mo/A	Game rounds to whole seconds except for some oddball skills.

Mar 09, 2010, 07:45 PM // 19:45	#6
dr love ...is in denial Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hyperion Guild: starcraft 2 Profession: P/Me	well from my testing, durations are rounded to nearest whole number. .5 are rounded up, anything under that is rounded down casting time is different though. it uses some sort of fractional system