Grazza
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myk said:
It's possible in Doom/Doom95, but not likely. Maybe like 15-20%?
I've tended to think less than 5% in vanilla, but as you indicate it is hard to make a fair assessment, since any set piece you try repeatedly will be heavily dependent on the spider's starting position, and also with practice you'll be able to improve the success rate by varying your movements (and thus coaxing the spider into a better location).
Edit: Following some "back of the envelope"-type calculations and making some crude assumptions, I would say about 3%, assuming random positioning of a full-health spider and perfect aim of a point-blank hit, and within vanilla's RNG algorithm.
I recall working out that with competent aim, the odds with Zdoom (2.0.51 or later) should be about 62%, and this tallies pretty well with practical testing. Though my calculation there may have been flawed as I was assuming only that the blockmap handling was changed, and the RNG still worked as in vanilla. But maybe that doesn't alter the chances by a large amount.
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12-30-06 13:10 
