How exactly do battle odds for triggers work?

**Atilius** · 12-11-2006, 17:44

BattleOdds is a ratio of the total combat strengths of the 2 armies. A ratio of 5:4 indicates that your army is 25% stronger than your opponent's. In spite of the name, it cannot be directly related to the odds of winning a battle, though the correlation should be clear. One reason why this is so is that BattleOdds does not take into account the opposing generals' battle stars. It also can't account for terrain effects. Here is a link to a meandering discussion on the subject, including a post from CA's JeromeGrasdyke.

**SSJVegetaTrunks** · 12-11-2006, 22:12

I don't think you understand what I mean... I know how it works in the game, but I'm wondering how the conditions for triggers that you get after battle work compared to pre-battle chances. In the traits file, an example of conditions for battle odds is like this:

Code:

;------------------------------------------
Trigger V0090_Standard_Battle_Any_Victory_VnV_Trigger
    WhenToTest PostBattle

    Condition IsGeneral
          and WonBattle
          and BattleOdds < 1.6

    Affects GoodCommander  1  Chance  100

Or

Code:

;------------------------------------------
Trigger V0095_Standard_Battle_Clear_Victory_VnV_Trigger
    WhenToTest PostBattle

    Condition IsGeneral
          and WonBattle
          and BattleOdds >= 1.6
          and BattleOdds < 2.1
          and BattleSuccess >= clear

    Affects GoodCommander  1  Chance  100

Here is one for bad commander:

Code:

;------------------------------------------
Trigger V0100_Standard_Battle_Any_Loss_VnV_Trigger
    WhenToTest PostBattle

    Condition IsGeneral
          and not WonBattle
          and BattleOdds > 1.5

    Affects BadCommander  1  Chance  50

How does it compare to pre-battle odds in the game? Does BattleOdds > 1.5 mean that in order for it to happen, there has to be at least a 3 : 2 chance of your victory?

**Atilius** · 12-12-2006, 01:09

Originally Posted by SSJVegetaTrunks

How does it compare to pre-battle odds in the game? Does BattleOdds > 1.5 mean that in order for it to happen, there has to be at least a 3 : 2 chance of your victory?

Yes