Originally Posted by footlox

In modmaker you can you change the Hardness of environmental objects to act as a damage multiplier when this object hits your Tori (0 - no damage, 1 - normal damage, <1 - less than normal, >1 - more than normal damage).

Adding this parameter to Tori Body Parts in modmaker would be HUGE (especially for the mma/mas mods) because it would do away with so much unnecessary/unintended damage points from grappling. (We call these cheese points).

In the real world you do not strike your opponent with your thighs, hips, torso, chest, etc because these are not hard body parts that can be used as weapons. By allowing us to give these body parts a hardness of 0, they will no longer induce any damage points on the opponent which allows for more realistic scoring, which then can lead to a more fair mod to play competitively.

In addition to eliminating these cheese points, this parameter can be used to skew the damage potential of strikes depending on the real world "hardness" of that body part. If hands are given the benchmark hardness of (1.0) then elbows and knees can be given a hardness of say (1.75) because of how devastating elbow and knee strikes are. Meanwhile striking with the wrist/forearm could be a reducing factor of say (0.5) to encourage punching precision.

Originally Posted by footlox

Valuing the point score in mma mods is detrimental because of how unstable the points can be. We all know you could land 3-4 clean head shots only to get grappled and lose on points even though you never took any real damage. We know that jabbing the head can yield the same points as landing a flying knee.

This would be one out of many steps that help stabilize the point scoring system enough so that Toribash could objectively elect a winner based on who did more realistic damage in a realistic fighting setting. In theory this would be done by:

1. Letting only vital targets award points when hit (head, lower torso, thigh), then all else == 0.
(I already implemented this in shootboxing and spyder mma mods).


2. Letting only viable weapons score points (hands + wrists, elbows, knees, shins, feet + ankles), then set the hardness of all else to 0.


3. Adjusting point and hardness "weights" so that different body parts give and take different points. Strikes that target the head award more than strikes that target the legs. Striking with your elbow yields more points than hitting with your hand.



4. (This is where it gets difficult) Revamp the damage threshold so that only high velocity impacts can score points and so that they only score ONCE. Ideally if this is programmed correctly this would eliminate grapple points.


The details and specifics can all be up for debate but what we're left with is a damage based scoring system that can't be cheated by cheesing or grappling. With this in place you now have a fully realized competitive mma/kickboxing/shootboxing mod that can be played in public servers, tourneys, and clan wars because it is fair and balanced.