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[FIXED] Possible minor bug

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:31 pm
by sideburns
I was fighting the dreaded Account Ant, and it messed up my tax return causing me to lose -256 gold pieces. That's right, the error was in my favor. Not that I'm complaining, mind you, but I doubt that's what you intended.

Re: Possible minor bug

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:58 pm
by Mad Merlin
sideburns wrote:I was fighting the dreaded Account Ant, and it messed up my tax return causing me to lose -256 gold pieces. That's right, the error was in my favor. Not that I'm complaining, mind you, but I doubt that's what you intended.
Hmm, how much gold did you have at the time?

My accountant is my friend

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:50 pm
by Wally
sideburns wrote:I was fighting the dreaded Account Ant, and it messed up my tax return causing me to lose -256 gold pieces.
The Account Ant, dreaded by lesser heroes, did actually finance many of my Holiday Island trips. :P

Re: Possible minor bug

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:36 pm
by Mad Merlin
Mad Merlin wrote:
sideburns wrote:I was fighting the dreaded Account Ant, and it messed up my tax return causing me to lose -256 gold pieces. That's right, the error was in my favor. Not that I'm complaining, mind you, but I doubt that's what you intended.
Hmm, how much gold did you have at the time?
Nevermind, I found and fixed the bug.

Re: Possible minor bug

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:04 pm
by Wally
Mad Merlin wrote:Nevermind, I found and fixed the bug.
I thought it was a feature. I actually liked that the Account Ant made me money whenever I had less than around 15k. Then off to spend it at my favorite offshore vacation spot...

Re: Possible minor bug

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:18 pm
by Mad Merlin
Wally wrote:
Mad Merlin wrote:Nevermind, I found and fixed the bug.
I thought it was a feature. I actually liked that the Account Ant made me money whenever I had less than around 15k. Then off to spend it at my favorite offshore vacation spot...
That's not quite what happened, actually. Before you would be left with 92.15% - 101.85% of your gold. Now you'll be left with 96.85% - 97.15% of your gold. Same expected amount of gold loss, but a tighter range (without the oddness noticed above).

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:11 pm
by Wally
It's strange, because my experience was definitely that I almost always gained money when I only had a little and I always lost money when I had more than 20-25k.

But you are the one seeing the code...

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:13 pm
by Mad Merlin
Wally wrote:It's strange, because my experience was definitely that I almost always gained money when I only had a little and I always lost money when I had more than 20-25k.

But you are the one seeing the code...
Well, humans are very good at seeing patterns where there are none.