Lode Runner The Dig Fight (loderndf) Score Change Needed

Barthax · Post by **Barthax** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 12:07 pm

Hi all,

Due to having a really crap game on loderndf-g3, it has come to my attention that the scoring system for loderndf needs a minor alteration. The time indicated at the end of each level is the total time taken. Take my inp, I definitely did not take 19 minutes to complete the last level - it's impossible - the timer only goes up as far as 6 minutes.

http://marp.retrogames.com/index.cgi?mo ... 00&tourn=0

The current system is in favour of people that make mistakes late-on in the game. For example, if you make a mistake on the first level & you take 2 minutes, you will carry that 2 minutes on each subsequent level - penalizing you an additional 2 minutes for each level completed thereafter.

I suggest the scoring system for the loderndf-* games should be altered to:

10000*(levels complete) - (total time taken in seconds)

Total time taken is indicated at the end of the last successfully completed level.

Buttermaker · Post by **Buttermaker** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 12:15 pm

http://marp.retrogames.com/index.cgi?mo ... 00&tourn=0

Phil Lamat · Post by **Phil Lamat** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 7:58 pm

Seconds of the game are not real seconds ; but it still shows how fast you complete the level, and we can easily deal with that since we have changed the 10k bonus by a 100k bonus recently to avoid any problem

Scoring for now is working perfectly IMO

Barthax · Post by **Barthax** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 5:59 am

Let me give a ficticious example.

Two players compete on the same three-stage course & each complete two stages at 30 second and one stage at 2 minutes.

The first player completes the first two at 30 second and the third at 2 minutes. The game would show the following records:

Stage one record: 30
Stage two record: 1 minute
Stage three record: 3 minutes

Total: 4.30 minutes.
Score: 29730

... as you would expect.

The second player completes the first stage in 2 minutes and then the following two stages in 30 seconds each.

Stage one record: 2 minutes
Stage two record: 2.30 minutes
Stage three record: 3 minutes

Total: 7.30 minutes
Score: 29550

Both of these player would have completed the whole game in the same time, but the record given at the end of the level is the total played time - not the time for the individual course.

I think the scoring system for this game needs changing to use only the last record - this is then the correct total time taken.

Phil Lamat · Post by **Phil Lamat** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 12:44 pm

Mmmm ... maybe you're right ;
a few more work for editors then

Phil Lamat · Post by **Phil Lamat** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:42 pm

Recent SKL's input on loderndf-g7 shows that Barthax is right : "time record" is total time for ALL stages clear so scoring has definitely (and for the very last time I hope) to be changed ... more than that, it makes scoring much more easier now : no need to take notes of all times during the game and to do complex calculates now

SCORING = (nb stages clear)x10000 - (time record at last stage completed in seconds)

I've updated all special rules link and edit (again !) all my scores ; it's now up to editors or players to do the same for other scores

Barthax · Post by **Barthax** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 2:53 pm

Thanks for the notice. I'll change mine.

***PL*** · Post by ***PL*** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 11:16 pm

Editors will be adjusting the scores over the weekend.

Frankie · Post by **Frankie** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 9:53 am

All scores edited. So, now all of you Lode Runner maniacs can start confirming the scores