How would I correctly calculate how much blood splatters to spawn in based on damage?

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1

I don’t want to write code like this

if damage > 30 and damage < 40 then bloodamount = 2
elseif damage > 40 and damage < 63 then bloodamount = 4
(and so on...)

I want to make a goood and efficient calculation method, how would I do this?

2

Use a function. Input one number value get another number value returned.

You can use a linear function y =MX + b and math.round the final value to get the blood amount.

You can also use a number sequence and map out the range of values from a damage range to another blood amount range.

3

I honestly have no clue about scripting, but imma just say maybe make a system where there’s around 5-10 blood splatters if shot past 100 hp
each blood splatter will be a representation of how much hp was lost, so if you lose 10hp for example, a medium-big sized splatter wil appear, and if you lose 2 hp, a small one will appear, and the blood splatters can merge with the more hp you lose

sorry if it makes no sense, but it’s just an idea.

4

Found the solution myself!

--example
local last_health = 100;
local current_health = 50;

local difference = math.abs(last_health-current_health);
local blood_amount = math.clamp(difference*.3, 0, 13);