[http://sourceforge.net/p/ufoai/feature-requests/566 Item 566] imported from sourceforge.net tracker on 2013-01-28 20:22:06

mattn suggested this could be done with a unittest.

It would be nice if there were some way within the game to perform a series of weapon tests and record the data. In theory, the player could feed the game variables:

weapon, accuracy_value, skill_value, distance_to_target, stance, time_units

Then the game would run a series of simulations of a unit firing at a target using these variables, firing as many shots as it can within (time_units). Then it could log the outcome in a text file that could be parsed later for graphing the results:

weapon accuracy_value skill_value distance_to_target stance time_units damage_caused

Ideally it would automatically run with every item that had weapon=true and with every firedef for that weapon. It would be nice if range/accuracy/skill values are not hard-coded so that I could test several different values.
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====== tlh2000 (2011-10-28 06:12:22) ======

looked into it - it's not that easy as i first thought, but doable.

testShooting in test_game.c
====== natewr (2013-01-22 16:33:35.209000) ======

Not really necessary or worth the time to implement.