Question Range based damage (raycast shooting)

Hey guys, I have a small problem.

I am making a weapons system, and I don't know how to do a damage calculation.
This is my current plan:
- Player shoots, raycast starts
- Target entity is captured.
- I have a distance / maxdistance value (% of max distance)
- And 2 variables: minDamage and maxDamage.

And I have no idea how to calculate the damage.

Anyone has an idea how to do it?

 

We'd need more information because the calculation might not be as obvious to us as you think. Something like:

Code (csharp):

1. float damage = Mathf.Lerp(minDamage, maxDamage, distance / maxDistance);

will smoothly move between dealing minimum damage at 0 distance to maximum damage at maximum range, but maybe you want a sweet spot or something where half the max range is optimal and it falls off along either side of the curve. You can use an animation curve to define that. I have a tutorial here: https://grozzler.tumblr.com/post/166310091676/animation-curve-tutorial -- don't be afraid of the name, you can use the curves for a lot more than just animation.

 

It's exactly what I wanted. Thanks!