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Armor Class calculation bug

ScofieldScofield Member Posts: 119
edited December 2012 in Not An Issue
Current behavior:

If a character's base AC is let's say 10, and equips a Splintmail Armor that has an AC of 4, due to the -4 AC bonus received for having a dexterity of 18, the actual AC will become AC 0.

Expected behavior:

The actual (calculated) AC should be AC 4 instead of AC 0.

In this example I used my level 1 Cavalier who has a dexterity of 18 and equipped a cheap armor with AC 4 that is available for all level 1 characters. This resulted in my AC being reduced to AC 0 which is overpowered and incorrect for a level 1 character, especially using only a Splintmail Armor and nothing else.

Correct me if I'm wrong here but as far as I remember this is how it was in the vanilla BG, and I believe this is the correct way.
Post edited by Avenger_teambg on

Comments

  • RarityRarity Member Posts: 8
    Some other items could confer bonuses to AC. Have you tried unequipping all items and seeing how it behaves?
  • ScofieldScofield Member Posts: 119
    @Rarity I don't have anything else equipped. When I have a Splintmail Armor on, my AC value is 0, if I remove it, it becomes 6.
  • SkydogSkydog Member Posts: 111
    think there's nothing wrong with it
  • ScofieldScofield Member Posts: 119
    @Skydog Then maybe I remember incorrectly. From what I can recall playing vanilla BG, my AC wasn't this low in such an early stage of the game.
  • ScofieldScofield Member Posts: 119
    Here I have two pictures to demonstrate the problem:

    Splintmail Armor equipped:
    http://imgur.com/wkK7Z

    Nothing is equipped:
    http://imgur.com/tTWYe

    Also here is a picture of @GhanMightyBarbarian's Shapeshifter with a similar AC bug:
    http://i.imgur.com/W39cB.jpg
  • reedmilfamreedmilfam Member Posts: 2,808
    AC 4 with a -4 DEX bonus is AC 0 and always has been. As for the screen shot, I can't figure out what is going on with the werewolf.

    THAC0 seems wrong for my characters, which also seems to match your screen shots.
  • Avenger_teambgAvenger_teambg Member, Developer Posts: 5,862
    There is nothing wrong with the splintmail. And there are already numerous bugs merged with the shapeshifter ac accumulation, so i move this to not-an-issue.
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