Simple and complicated additions to Summoning Calc

[sphinxor86]

Hey everyone, been away for a bit, but am back :

 

 

 

I've had a simple idea to add to the summoning calc, and that is a "shard and pouch coster" so, say for example you were summoning level 58 and wanted to get to 60, it would show you how many pouches of whichever familiar you would need *plus* the total cost of making up all those pouches (there is currently no way to obtain pouches/shards except through purchase) since each monster requires a different number of shards this would allow you to plan with cost in mind too.

 

 

 

I don't know if we have this already.

 

 

 

Now, the more complicated idea:

 

 

 

To have an input facility at the top, where you can put in the numbers of each type of charm that you have &/or the total amount of money you want to spend and then the calculator would spew out the best combination of pouches for you to level.

 

 

 

Opinions?

[Mirror]

I would enjoy that first addition. Beats counting it up every time.

 

 

 

That second one, I don't think is ideal. Because there are a variety of methods in training, whether that be the cost efficient, time efficient, or pouch/scroll necessity method. So in reality, I wouldn't use that, because there are too many variables at stake to consider.

[pokemama]

We are looking at the possibilities of adding materials costs to calculators. However it poses some challenges, so I make no promises.

[sphinxor86]

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[sphinxor86]

I can understand how difficult that must be with other skills. But don't the prices of shards/pouches remain the same...? For summoning it shouldn't be too hard.

 

 

 

Still it all sounds great as usual Pokémama :

 

 

 

PS: Loving the animated sig!

[pokemama]

Those material costs remain the same.

 

 

 

However, it's the cost of seconds that often determine the cost and recovery value of the pouch. And those numbers have to be fetched from the GE, and right now the way it's coded doesn't lend itself to manipulation, and ... (boring details left out here).

 

 

 

So. That's why. :)

 

 

 

And besides, the shard cost already shown in our Summoning Skill Guide table: http://tip.it/runescape/?page=summoning ... tm#pouches

[sphinxor86]

I meant costs in the calculator, not the guide.

 

 

 

But the secondary costs are a factor I'd agree. You could, in the meantime on the calculator put *minimum price* and total up the shard and pouch cost of making those summoning pouches up?

 

 

 

You'd probably wanna do everything in one go...

[JoeDaStudd]

I suggested merely a tweak to the summoning tables

 

http://tip.it/runescape/summoning_table ... type=pouch

 

If they added 2 columns, cost of charms and total cost of pouch then you could simply use that value times the amount you need.

 

 

 

Its not a tweak to the summoning calculator is a whole rework which would be better suited as a special calc.

 

 

 

Such a calculator would be easyish to create. Since theres already data from the summoning table and item tables.

 

Then its just a case of some interesting math.

 

The basic version would pull off the number of shards, GE mid cost of the second and exp, with the exp needed being dynamic.

 

en=exp needed

 

es=exp per summon

 

s=shards

 

sc=seconds cost

 

tc=total cost for that summon

 

 

 

tc=(en/es)*((s*25)+sc)

 

 

 

The more complex one is tricky as hell.

 

 

 

I'll add it to my toying around collection of misc code projects.