Mechanics Research Process

[Tamur]

therother, are there times that work generally for you during a typical week? I have a fairly flexible job, so most of the time I can get time during your evenings if that works out best (-7 GMT here... what better way to spend a lunch hour? :) )

[Reapz]

One thing to note is that test results vary between trials, even though conditions are identical. So you have to do repeated trials and take an average. A single test can yield an exceptional result that can lead to the wrong conclusions. This random element to combat is a good thing I think, but it means when I do testing I do 10 trials with each set up.

[Tamur]

Question for all the researchers out there...

How do you (personal you, you yourself) record data when testing infantry? Archers are very straightforward because there are discrete kill points at which you can record data (i.e. the volley). Infantry are just in there hacking at each other. All I could think to do was record time delta from first contact to rout, and population at routing.

It would be ideal to record population every x seconds, but that will take more time than I've got.

Thanks for any ideas.