New Online Combat Simulator

I just wanted to announce that I just finished Phase I of a new English Language online combat simulator based on version 0.0.7.3 of Selak's awesome windows-based combat sim. Since Selak was kind enough to share his most recent code with me, I was able to port the software to the web very quickly. This will allow anyone who doesn't have access to MS Windows, or doesn't want to run an executable program to use some features not available in the German simulator (such as multiple waves of combat).

Currently, the following adventures are implemented:
Bounty Hunter
Horseback
Witch of the Swamp
Island of the Pirates
The Dark Priests
Traitors
Stealing from the Rich
Old Friends
Outlaws
Sons of the Veldt
The Nords
Secluded Experiments
The Black Nights
The Dark Brotherhood
Mother Love
Victor the Vicious
Save the Christmas Feast


I will also be adding additional features such as viewing previous simulations, Min/Max, PvP, and averaging the results of past Simulations for a (hopefully) more accurate Min/Max result without having to calculate each time.

The combat sim can be found at:
http://castleempiresim.com

Edit [9/7/2011]: I noticed that there are script bugs in IE. I'm trying to track them down and will try to get them fixed ASAP.

Edit [9/8/2011]: Script bugs have been fixed. Adventures are being implemented. Towers are being worked on. Misc other bugs and improvements.

Edit [9/8/2011]: The adventures for "Bounty Hunter" and "Horseback" have been implemented. Also, steps are being taken to save sims so that you can review what others are successfully sending.

Edit [9/14/2011]: "Witch of the Swamp", "Dark Priests", "Outlaws" and "Sons of the Veldt" have been implemented.

Edit [10/30/2011]: The Min/Max features are now working, and simulations will be now be displayed with the Min/Max/Average shown first, followed by the original way below.

Edit [11/02/2011]: Added support for Island of the Pirates.

Edit [12/08/2011]: Added support for Christmas Adventure and changes to the combat system.

Edit [12/14/2011]: Finished the rest of the adventures.

Edit [2/16/2012]: Added Veteran General, and ability to set a new bandit maximum.

Please Note: This sim is still in Beta development, and may still have a couple of bugs in it, so if you find any problems, please email me at the link found on the site with the problem.

I hope you find this useful.
-Draxxon

Very nice man!

Thank you, thank you!

I run linux and this will make it much easier.

Thats pretty neat! Thanks for that. :D Looking forward to the other sims as the features come out.

Well, I've started on the adventures. The framework is in place now. I have the tutorial adventure working (I know, big deal, it uses the same bandits), but this was kind-of necessary to establish the framework, and test to make sure everything switches correctly when changing tabs. I also added the ability to grab a link to the last simulation run, so that you can re-run it later (thanks goes to DangGuy for the suggestion, and making me work on it right away), and fixed the Javascript in IE that calculates the totals.

More adventures will be added soon as soon as I can collect enough data about them.

I'm working on implementing the adventures in the simulator, and I can glean a lot of information from the German Wiki, but I still need the unit names and information for the US version of the game. If you are currently in an adventure, please let me know which Adventure you're working on (the US name), what the English names of the various units are, etc. For Accuracy, this info needs to come directly from the adventure in the game, not from Google's translator. (I've already got that. ;) )

If you want to give me the Number of Zones, number of camps, and quantities in each camp, I won't complain....

Thanks,
-Draxxon

Draxxon, i should send you part of my code again...i found a fixed a bug with the min/max simulation that I introduced by mistake when i was fixing something else to work right.

nicely done! love the multiple waves!

Thanks, Selak. I haven't introduced the min/max results yet, so thankfully it wasn't affected (yet). I've been mainly focusing on Adventures.

Very awesome job. Keep up the good work.

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Very awesome job. Keep up the good work.

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Thanks, I now have the following adventures working in the simulator:

Bounty Hunter
Horseback
Witch of the Swamp
The Dark Priests
Outlaws
Sons of the Veldt

The others will be up as soon as I can get to them. I will probably be working on "Stealing from the rich" and "Traitors" next.

I'm doing the "Island of the Pirates" adventure. I'm 70% done and I know I've killed off a couple of the unit types. :( Here are the remaining unit types and stats:

Petty Officer Second Class
Hit Points 60
DMG 40-60
Accuracy 70%
Initiative: Normal
Skills: Attack Weakest Target, Splash Damage

Gunman
Hit Points 5
DMG 20-30
Accuracy 50%
Initiative: Normal
Skills: Bonus AC in tower

Caltrop
Hit Points 4
DMG 0-20
Accuracy 33%
Initiative: First Strike
Skills: Attack Weakest Target

Sabrerattler
Hit Points 30
DMG 10-20
Accuracy 50%
Initiave: Normal
Skills: None

Crazy Ship's Cook
Hit Points 5000
Damage 200-300
Accuracy 66%
Initiative: First Strike
Skills: Splash Damage

I meant to post yesterday that the simulator now supports "Traitors" and "Stealing from the Rich"

Also, if anyone who is doing any adventures and encounters a tower, and the simulator doesn't include the tower option for that adventure, please let me know.

Thanks,
Draxxon

Any chance we could get the simulator to run "x" many times like the German one, and show our min/max?

I am in love with your Simulator, but find myself using the German one more, due to these two features.

I like seeing how many times the sim was ran, and what I can expect to min or max on it.

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Originally Posted by Keranik

Any chance we could get the simulator to run "x" many times like the German one, and show our min/max?

I am in love with your Simulator, but find myself using the German one more, due to these two features.

I like seeing how many times the sim was ran, and what I can expect to min or max on it.

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I'm planning on this, but it will come after the adventures are done. The Run x times is a bit tricky because the code I'm using is not yet optimized and is a but CPU intensive (especially with multiple waves). I plan on getting around this by saving the results to a database, and then averaging the results against previous runs for the "This has been run x times" type of simulation.

As for the Min/Max, I have Selak's Min/Max code, along with the patch he sent me to fix a bug in it. I will be implementing it as well although I may optimize it a bit so that it doesn't require as much CPU.

Once I get the database portion working, it will be possible to actually just retrieve the results without running having to calculate if the sim has already been calculated. In this case, it would be possible to display the normal calculations AND Min/Max if they were available. (If I do implement this "retrieval without calculating" technique, the system will STILL calculate occasionally, just to make sure that the calculations in the database are as accurate as possible.)

I know this is a lot more technical than you were probably wanting, but the good news is "It's coming" the bad news is that the adventures are coming 1st. However, I am trying to add 1-2 new adventures every couple of days, so I don't have very many left.

-Drax

Great job

Great Job ,Draxxon !! Thank You !!

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Great Job ,Draxxon !! Thank You !!

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Likewise

Thanks, I will be working more on things over the weekend. Since Adventures are having problems, I may work on the Min/Max part a bit. ;)

Darn it, I'm really going to have to give this a try. I've been using Seleks PC client app, but it hasn't been updated to include Adventure data. In any case, I love seeing your working on this Draxxon. Kudos!

Thanks, the first version of CastleEmpireSim.com was based on Selak's code for the PC app. (He shared the code for the newest version that was never posted here with me so that I could get it going), but has since been expanded, and will continue to be as I have time.

Just a heads up your Isle of Pirates sim is broken

Yeah, it's not implemented yet.

Just a quick update. I haven't abandoned the Simulator, it's still very much being developed. I am almost ready to release the next version which will give you the ability to view past simulations that have successfully beaten the opponents you specify.

This update will also add the Min/Max feature to allow you to see what the absolute Minimum/Maximum damage could possibly be, and whether or not it would be possible to win/lose with the Min/Max.

This is a major change, so it's taking a little longer than my other updates, but it will be available soon.

The new version has been released, and is now live on CastleEmpireSim.com. The new Min/Max/Average features will help eliminate the guesswork by showing you if there is a chance of losing, or whether there will be a definite win or loss. This change also paves the way for you to be able to see winning simulations run by other players.

This is a MAJOR rewrite, so some new bugs may have crept in that weren't there before. Please let me know if you find any problems. Thanks.

"Island of the Pirates" adventure is now supported.

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"Island of the Pirates" adventure is now supported.

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Thanks!

The last bandit camp has 201 units wich can't be support by the sim

Looks quite useful. Thank you for taking the time to make it, as well as the trading tool.

sweet :)

Nice... this is really useful. Thanks :)

The Christmas adventure is now up at CastleEmpireSim.com, also the combat system changes have been implemented. I will be adding support for the Nords adventure soon, as well as several of the other adventures that still are not implemented.

Thanks,
-Draxxon

Awesome thanks for keeping it updated it is an essential tool for this game <3!

Draxx -- walked through SFTR today, no changes to outcomes. Will have to go blow by blow through the battle reports to view order of troops.

SP

The main change was to the order in which the Soldiers and Elite Soldier attacked, and are attacked. Originally (from the description), it looked like the Melee troops protected the Cavalry from the "Attack Weakest" bandits, but from what i can tell from my own tests that doesn't happen. (So it's not as big a change as I first thought)

I just finished getting all of the adventures to work last night that I know about. If you find ANY problems, either in the order of priority, or with a particular Boss not having Courageous when they should (or vice-versa), or towers not being available when they should, PLEASE contact me and let me know.

As new adventures come out, I'll try to get them added in as soon as possible.

I have just updated the Simulator with a couple of new fields in the forms. First, there is now a checkbox under each wave that allows you to specify that the wave is lead by a Veteran General (this is to support the new General on the testing Server), and changes the maximum number of troops for that wave to be 250 instead of 200.

Additionally, on the bandit side of things, there is now a box at the top that lets you specify a maximum number of enemies. This lets you enter a number from 200-250 so that the few camps in the various adventures that have more than 200 bandits can be entered. This is a temporary fix, and I am working on a much more elegant solution, but this should help in the meantime.

-Draxxon