For loop with increasing numbers as ($x) value icreases

[slyte33]

This might sound confusing, so I'll post a code for my example

You have 100 levels to go through, each level needs a certain amount of EXPERIENCE to get to the next level. To hit level 100 you need that last 10,000,000th exp point. So [10,000,000/100] would be 100,000 EXP per level, correct?

 

But I dont want getting level 2 to be so hard you need 100,000 EXP, off the start. I want it to get harder as you progress through your levels. Here's what I have and it equals a couple thousand from 10,000,000.

 

$number=1;
$num=99;
for($x=2;$x<=99;$x++)
{
$xp2+=($number*250)+($x*250)*0.211;


echo "<br>";
echo "Level: $x";
echo "- <b>".number_format($xp2)."</b>";


$tot+=$xp2;
}

echo "<br>";
echo "TOTAL: ".number_format($tot)."";

echo stripslashes($message);

 

 

This might sound confusing, so I'll post a code for my example

You have 100 levels to go through, each level needs a certain amount of EXPERIENCE to get to the next level. To hit level 100 you need that last 10,000,000th exp point. So [10,000,000/100] would be 100,000 EXP per level, correct?

 

But I dont want getting level 2 to be so hard you need 100,000 EXP, off the start. I want it to get harder as you progress through your levels. Here's what I have and it equals a couple thousand from 10,000,000.

 

$number=1;
$num=99;
for($x=2;$x<=99;$x++)
{
$xp2+=($number*250)+($x*250)*0.211;


echo "<br>";
echo "Level: $x";
echo "- <b>".number_format($xp2)."</b>";


$tot+=$xp2;
}

echo "<br>";
echo "TOTAL: ".number_format($tot)."";

echo stripslashes($message);

 

 

This might sound confusing, so I'll post a code for my example

You have 100 levels to go through, each level needs a certain amount of EXPERIENCE to get to the next level. To hit level 100 you need that last 10,000,000th exp point. So [10,000,000/100] would be 100,000 EXP per level, correct?

 

But I dont want getting level 2 to be so hard you need 100,000 EXP, off the start. I want it to get harder as you progress through your levels. Here's what I have and it equals a couple thousand from 10,000,000.

 

$number=1;
$num=99;
for($x=2;$x<=99;$x++)
{
$xp2+=($number*250)+($x*250)*0.211;


echo "<br>";
echo "Level: $x";
echo "- <b>".number_format($xp2)."</b>";


$tot+=$xp2;
}

echo "<br>";
echo "TOTAL: ".number_format($tot)."";

echo stripslashes($message);

Output:

Level: 2- 356
Level: 3- 764
Level: 4- 1,225
Level: 5- 1,739
Level: 6- 2,306
Level: 7- 2,925
Level: 8- 3,597
Level: 9- 4,322
Level: 10- 5,100
Level: 11- 5,930
Level: 12- 6,814
Level: 13- 7,750
Level: 14- 8,739
Level: 15- 9,780
Level: 16- 10,875
Level: 17- 12,022
Level: 18- 13,222
Level: 19- 14,474
Level: 20- 15,780
Level: 21- 17,138
Level: 22- 18,549
Level: 23- 20,013
Level: 24- 21,530
Level: 25- 23,099
Level: 26- 24,721
Level: 27- 26,396
Level: 28- 28,124
Level: 29- 29,904
Level: 30- 31,738
Level: 31- 33,624
Level: 32- 35,562
Level: 33- 37,554
Level: 34- 39,598
Level: 35- 41,695
Level: 36- 43,845
Level: 37- 46,048
Level: 38- 48,304
Level: 39- 50,612
Level: 40- 52,973
Level: 41- 55,387
Level: 42- 57,853
Level: 43- 60,372
Level: 44- 62,944
Level: 45- 65,569
Level: 46- 68,247
Level: 47- 70,977
Level: 48- 73,761
Level: 49- 76,597
Level: 50- 79,485
Level: 51- 82,427
Level: 52- 85,421
Level: 53- 88,468
Level: 54- 91,568
Level: 55- 94,721
Level: 56- 97,926
Level: 57- 101,184
Level: 58- 104,495
Level: 59- 107,859
Level: 60- 111,275
Level: 61- 114,745
Level: 62- 118,267
Level: 63- 121,842
Level: 64- 125,469
Level: 65- 129,150
Level: 66- 132,883
Level: 67- 136,669
Level: 68- 140,507
Level: 69- 144,399
Level: 70- 148,343
Level: 71- 152,340
Level: 72- 156,390
Level: 73- 160,493
Level: 74- 164,648
Level: 75- 168,856
Level: 76- 173,117
Level: 77- 177,431
Level: 78- 181,797
Level: 79- 186,216
Level: 80- 190,688
Level: 81- 195,213
Level: 82- 199,791
Level: 83- 204,421
Level: 84- 209,104
Level: 85- 213,840
Level: 86- 218,629
Level: 87- 223,470
Level: 88- 228,364
Level: 89- 233,311
Level: 90- 238,311
Level: 91- 243,363
Level: 92- 248,469
Level: 93- 253,627
Level: 94- 258,838
Level: 95- 264,101
Level: 96- 269,418
Level: 97- 274,787
Level: 98- 280,209
Level: 99- 285,683
TOTAL: 10,002,479

[requinix]

...Dude. Posting the same thing three times in one post doesn't make it three times easier to understand.

 

I/We can run the math for you. Give us a couple data points to start with, such as "Level 1->2 is 1000 points" or "You hit level 100 as you reach 1M XP" or "Level 99->100 is 100K points", if you would rather a straight line (each level is the amount it took for the previous level + some fixed amount), or three data points if you want a curve (same amount as the previous level + some amount which increases as you gain levels).

 

[edit] I may totally be overthinking this though. I'm just excited for a chance to do some math.

Edited January 8, 2013 by requinix

[slyte33]

...Dude. Posting the same thing three times in one post doesn't make it three times easier to understand.

 

I/We can run the math for you. Give us a couple data points to start with, such as "Level 1->2 is 1000 points" or "You hit level 100 as you reach 1M XP" or "Level 99->100 is 100K points", if you would rather a straight line (each level is the amount it took for the previous level + some fixed amount), or three data points if you want a curve (same amount as the previous level + some amount which increases as you gain levels).

 

[edit] I may totally be overthinking this though. I'm just excited for a chance to do some math.

 

Weird I have no idea how it posted 3 times...lagged ctrl+v maybe

Ok, level 1->2 = getting 500xp, total XP of 500

level 2->3 getting (500*1.5) xp , total xp = 500+750=1,250 total XP when reaching level 3

level 100 = 10,000,000 total XP when reaching level 100

Edited January 8, 2013 by slyte33

[requinix]

And level 3->4? It can't be 750*1.5=1125 XP (total 2375 XP). How about 4->5?

[Barand]

Increasing the increment by around 2020 each level gets you there

$score = 500;
echo '<pre>';
for ($i=0; $i<100; $i++) {
$inc = $i*2020.1;
$score += $inc;
printf('%3d %7.0f %7.0f<br>', $i+1, $inc, $score);
}
echo '</pre>';

 

Alternatively, there's exponential increase in difficulty

 

$score = 500;
echo '<pre>';
for ($i=0; $i<100; $i++) {
$score *= 1.104105;

printf('%3d  %7.0f<br>', $i+1, $score);
}
echo '</pre>';

Edited January 9, 2013 by Barand