max DISPLAYED damage - smallint?

[pianooto]

hey, so i noticed that the DISPLAYED max damage is around 65k

if i have stronger weapon, it seems to divide the result by 65k
lets say dmg is 70k , it appears in display as (70k - 65k) = 5k
lets says real dmg is 144k, then displayed dmg is 144k (- 65 - 65) = 14k

i wonder if that is related to a smallint unsigned constraint somehow (around 65k)
or any other kind of constraint.

where do i change, so that the max DISPLAYED damage appears more than 65k when i attack?

this doubt is related to unanswered post-7099335 of RF ONLINE

btw i noticed some private servers have tackled this issue. my version is 2232

 

[Alyx]

Correct it is because the game uses an unsigned short for this value, unsigned short max = 65535
The numbers you are seeing is interger rollover. The number wrapping around to 0 again.

There is no easy way to fix this its part of the compiled code so requires assembly edits - this goes for HP too. over 65k hp you will roll around back to 0. Although this is harder to reach with normal items.