combat

Combat

The combat module is about one group fighting another group.

How it works

Combat mode starts when one group attacks another group.
Every character in both of these groups receives a combat time value (delay).
The combat queue consists of all characters, ordered by their time value.

The combat cycle can be broken down in roughly 3 phases.
(Some details are left out, to make the overall process easier to understand)

Phase 1

The character with the lowest time value begins.
Once the character has chosen a target and a skill he wants to perform, a rollout object is created. A rollout describes the performed combat action so it can be visualized by the UI.

Phase 2

The UI receives the rollout and animates stuff, like character avatars and skill effects.
When these animations are finished, the UI reports back to the combat module that the rollout has been presented to the user.

Phase 3

The rollout gets removed and the time value of all characters is re-calculated.
In more detail:

• The cost of the performed skill is added to the time value of the current character.
• The time value of the next character in the queue is subtracted from all characters.

So after this process the next character has a time value of 0 and is now the first character in the queue.
Now the cycle starts over at phase 1.

The battle ends when all characters of one group have been defeated.