Opposite of Magnitude?

m456arcusm456arcus Member Posts: 189
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
Ok. I've got a player actor and a depth charge that floats down slowly. Each charge calculates it's distance from the player with the magnitude function; as they get closer the value goes down. The charges also start with a random fuse length before they explode wherever they happen to be.

So, here's my issue. And it might be simple, but I can't figure it out. When the charge explodes, I want the health deducted to be proportional to the distance from the player. How could I efficiently go about doing this when magnitude goes up as distance increases, not down like I want?

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  • AsymptoteellAsymptoteell Member Posts: 1,362
    You're gonna want something like change health to health-(500/magnitude(blahblahblah))
    That will be an inverse function, and as magnitude goes up, health decreased will go down.
  • m456arcusm456arcus Member Posts: 189
    Nicely done, works perfectly. Although, I do feel kinda stupid after realizing it was simple division... My excuse is that it's Friday.
  • AsymptoteellAsymptoteell Member Posts: 1,362
    Are you gettin' down on friday?
    At least tomorrow is saturday, and sunday comes afterwards.
  • m456arcusm456arcus Member Posts: 189
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    Asymptoteell said:
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    At least tomorrow is saturday, and sunday comes afterwards.


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    Asymptoteell said:
    Are you gettin' down on friday?
    At least tomorrow is saturday, and sunday comes afterwards.


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