Talk:Anomalies

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I changed:

Commoness: If this value is 1, it indicates that the anomaly is just as likely to appear in a galaxy as any other anomaly with a Commoness of 1. If this value is some number other than 1, then the chances of it appearing are roughly 1 in N*C, where N is the Commoness value and C is the total number of anomalies in Anomalies.xml. For example, if there are 10 anomalies defined in Anomalies.xml and one of them has a Commoness of 7, there will be a 1 in 70 chance of that anomaly appearing in a galaxy.

To:

Commoness: Defined in Data/[Language]/Anomalies.xml, listed below for reference. The unmodded commoness for most anomalies is 1. If the value is not 1, then the chances of it appearing are roughly 1 in C*T, where C is the Commoness value and T is the total number of anomalies in Anomalies.xml. For example, if there are 10 anomalies defined in Anomalies.xml and a specific one has a Commoness of 7, there will be a 1 in 70 (7 Commoness x 10 Total Anomalies) chance of that anomaly appearing in a galaxy. Hopefully no-one minds - just making it a little easier to understand. I also changed "commonness" to "commoness" with one 'n' throughout the bottom half (where it had two). I don't know if commoness is even a real word, but the .xml uses one n, so I figure it should be the same here.

A few questions:

1. Anomalies.xml is in Data/English for me. I assume the language changes based on the version, but I obviously don't have another version to check. Could I have this confirmed?
2. The original listed N*C as the variables, while I changed it to C*T to make it a little easier to understand. I know that certain variables are generally used in math, but does 'N' or 'C' have any special significance? Was this detailed in a post somewhere, and could we have a link to it at the bottom of the page if it was?
3. I'd like to add one of the following sentences at the end of the paragraph I changed, but I don't know what's applicable:
   • "...while anomalies rated at 1 would have a 1 in 10 (1 x 10) chance of appearing"?
     
   • "After non-base anomalies have been rolled for, each seperately from one another, the remaining anomalies are chosen from at random."

I assume the latter of course - really weird math otherwise - but I'm not sure. Does anyone know how this works? --~Vic