ME2 Range_to_target Weapon Damage Bonus Graph + proof Vids (by peddroelm)

posted by kombra 14 April 2016

Your range graph is pretty misleading for inaccurate guns like shotguns (which have a higher spread than the targeting box indicates). Using Harby as test subject, I get around 60% pellet hit rate at 5m, 30% at 10m.

BTW, you can test this nicely using "combat profile self" to position yourself at the right distance. You can pause the game with "playersonly" (you can bind that to F1 using "setbind f1 playersonly"). You can now fire a single shot while paused. You can get various stats via "profile combatstats self" ("clearcombatstats" to reset). The "Damage Net" value in the second value group is the actual damage you do. It also shows the range multiplier used (you can cross check with the value from "combat profile ...", to be sure which distance value was used). The combatstats appear to be counting damage calculation calls by the engine. So if you have some ammo active, you get higher shot counts.


(The damage scaling value is also there under "Difficulty".)


BTW, your close range graph (distance below 10m) is way off. Your optimal range isn't 10-20m, it's 8-20m. There is an additional point blank range below 3m, with rapidly increasing damage. E.g. with my test subject a Geth, I get the following damage multipliers (this is a Shepard without any upgrades or damage bonus):

Heavy Pistol / Assault Rifle

0.60m             1.850 (closest I can get)
1.00m             1.750
2.00m             1.500
3.00m             1.250
4.00m             1.200
5.00m             1.150
6.00m             1.100
7.00m             1.050
8.00m-20m      1.000
25.00m           0.800
30.00m           0.667


Scimitar Shotgun

0.60m             1.850 (closest I can get)
1.00m             1.750
2.00m             1.500
3.00m             1.250
4.00m-12m      1.000