Difference between revisions of "Damage per Second"

Revision as of 02:37, 27 March 2021

Damage per second (a.k.a. DPS for short), is a measure of how much damage a given weapon does per second.

These DPS formulas don't account for a pawn's shooting skills.

It's just a calculation of raw, total output damage (on a single target).

The DPS of weapons on the weapons page have been calculated using the following formula:

This is the maximum potential damage, ignoring accuracy.

$Max DPS = (Damage \times Burst Shot Count) \div (Ranged Cooldown (secs) + Warmup (secs) + (Burst Time (secs) * (Burst Shot Count - 1)$

Where:

$Burst Time = 60 \div Fire Rate (RPM) OR Burst Time = Burst Ticks (Ticks) \div 60$

Charge Rifle Example:

$Max DPS = (15 \times 3) \div (2 + 1 + ((3600 \div 300) \div 60) * (3 - 1)) = 13.24$

This is the realistic damage output of just the weapon itself with accuracy factored in. Doesn't account for colonist skill.

$Real DPS = Max DPS \times Average Accuracy$

Numbers are rounded to two decimal places for readability.

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 This is the maximum potential damage, ignoring accuracy.
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+{{math|big=1|Max DPS {{=}} (Damage &times; Burst Shot Count) &divide; (Ranged Cooldown {{H:title|link=no|Time in seconds|(secs)}} + Warmup {{H:title|link=no|Time in seconds|(secs)}} + (Burst Time {{H:title|link=no|Time in seconds|(secs)}} * (Burst Shot Count - 1) }}
-Where
+Where:
-{{math|big=1|Burst Ticks {{=}} 3600 &divide; Fire Rate}}
+{{math|Burst Time {{=}} 60 &divide; Fire Rate {{H:title|link=no|Rounds Per Minute|(RPM)}}<Br>'''OR'''<Br>Burst Time {{=}} Burst Ticks  {{H:title|link=no|Time in Game Ticks (1/60th second) |(Ticks)}} &divide; 60}}
 Charge Rifle Example: