Unconfirmed Bug Focus Attack is not OSI-accurate with Splintering Weapon

[olokobisho]

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According to the official Ultima Online description of Focus Attack:

"Increases both your damage and the percentage chance for 'hit' properties on your weapon for one attack."

Ninjitsu – Ultima Online

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Since Splintering Weapon is considered a Hit Property, it should also receive the increased activation chance from Focus Attack.

I tested this on the OSI Test Center using a character with Ninjitsu to verify whether Focus Attack increases the chance for Splintering Weapon to trigger. As expected, it does. The activation chance increases based on the character's Ninjitsu skill level.

Currently, this interaction does not appear to be working correctly, making Focus Attack's behavior inconsistent with OSI.

HERITAGE - WITHOUT FOCUS ATTACK​	HERITAGE - WITH FOCUS ATTACK​

OSI - WITHOUT FOCUS ATTACK​	OSI - WITH FOCUS ATTACK​

 

[FireFly]

Uh oh +you get extra di on heritage compared to osi xD

 

[olokobisho]

I also checked the TrueUO source code, and I think I found why this is happening.

Focus Attack itself doesn't decide which weapon properties receive the bonus. It only returns a multiplier through GetPropertyBonus(), based on the attacker's Ninjitsu skill.

public override double GetPropertyBonus(Mobile attacker)
{
double ninjitsu = attacker.Skills[SkillName.Ninjitsu].Value;

double bonus = (ninjitsu * ninjitsu) / 43636;

return 1.0 + (bonus * 3 + 0.01);
}
In BaseWeapon.cs, this multiplier is stored in propertyBonus:

double propertyBonus = move == null ? 1.0 : move.GetPropertyBonus(attacker);

The standard Hit Properties all use this multiplier when calculating their activation chance. For example:

int lightningChance =
(int)(AosWeaponAttributes.GetValue(attacker, AosWeaponAttribute.HitLightning) * propertyBonus);

int fireballChance =
(int)(AosWeaponAttributes.GetValue(attacker, AosWeaponAttribute.HitFireball) * propertyBonus);

int harmChance =
(int)(AosWeaponAttributes.GetValue(attacker, AosWeaponAttribute.HitHarm) * propertyBonus);

int magicArrowChance =
(int)(AosWeaponAttributes.GetValue(attacker, AosWeaponAttribute.HitMagicArrow) * propertyBonus);

However, Splintering Weapon is handled separately. Its activation chance is checked directly against its base value:

if (m_AosWeaponAttributes.SplinteringWeapon > 0 &&
m_AosWeaponAttributes.SplinteringWeapon > Utility.Random(100))
{
if (SplinteringWeaponContext.CheckHit(attacker, defender, a, this))
splintering = true;
}

Unlike the other Hit Properties, this check never uses propertyBonus.

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[Dan]

According to the official Ultima Online description of Focus Attack:

Ninjitsu – Ultima Online

uo.com

Since Splintering Weapon is considered a Hit Property, it should also receive the increased activation chance from Focus Attack.

I tested this on the OSI Test Center using a character with Ninjitsu to verify whether Focus Attack increases the chance for Splintering Weapon to trigger. As expected, it does. The activation chance increases based on the character's Ninjitsu skill level.

Currently, this interaction does not appear to be working correctly, making Focus Attack's behavior inconsistent with OSI.

HERITAGE - WITHOUT FOCUS ATTACK​	HERITAGE - WITH FOCUS ATTACK​
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OSI - WITHOUT FOCUS ATTACK​	OSI - WITH FOCUS ATTACK​
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Uh oh +you get extra di on heritage compared to osi xD

Is that based on one weapon being a Hammer Pick and the other being a Double Bladed Staff?

 

[FireFly]

Idkn but staff had di not affected by focus attack and pick got extra di out of nothing

 

[Dan]

I am not quite seeing what you mean based on those images? I see 13 - 17 regardless of focus. That could be based on that weapon type or other factors, based on their Heritage character vs TC. Testing with the same weapon on both would be most helpful.

 

[olokobisho]

I think there may have been a misunderstanding. The screenshots were not intended to demonstrate the damage difference between the two weapons.

You can see this in the attached screenshot. The weapon already has Damage Increase on it, but activating Focus Attack does not increase either the displayed Damage Increase or the weapon damage. I also included my character stats beside the weapon so it's clear that none of those values change when Focus Attack is activated.

OSI - WITHOUT FOCUS ATTACK	OSI - WITH FOCUS ATTACK

That said, proving the actual damage increase is more complicated, since the damage dealt can vary due to several factors. Even so, it is noticeable that my damage increases when I activate Focus Attack and hit a monster on OSI. I just can't say exactly what percentage of the increase comes from Focus Attack.

For that reason, I don't think the screenshots are useful for proving the damage bonus itself. My main point is still the Splintering Weapon interaction, which is based on both my in-game testing and the way the code handles Hit Properties.

 

[RedBeard]

https://community.stratics.com/threads/focus-attack-benefits-clarification.218219/?__cf_chl_f_tk=kQn_Wzp0_YBN02.dR_TuHg_V6P_p4Gr3.GlRJgFozyk-1782844132-1.0.1.1-FMZ8g8lDoIQE1DvLvfhsIAchYHGwAPyszuD_7AGfmyE

Posted:
"Hit" effects like leech, lower, spell, etc.
At 120 skill they are doubled.
DI, SSI, etc are untouched.

UO.com: https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/skills/ninjitsu/

Increases both your damage and the percentage chance for ‘hit’ properties on your weapon for one attack

UO Guide: https://www.uoguide.com/Focus_Attack
Provides a Damage Increase and an increased chance for 'Hit' properties (Hit Lower Defense, Hit Mana Leech, Hit Harm, etc.) on your weapon to trigger for a single attack. These bonuses are increased by your Ninjitsu skill.

This must mean it only applies bonus to "Hit Effect" mods, but also adds some extra damage for successful hit, not bonus to Damage Increase. Perhaps in the form of direct damage, which makes sense in the phrase "Focus Attack"

As stated above the effects most likely scale with skill, referenced as doubling at 120 skill; given the requirement of a minimum of 30 skill to cast that most likely means: @ 30, 60, 90, and 120 skill the bonus improves 25% each skill level, with a max of 100%, which could exceed the cap.

How is the extra damage added by the successful Focus Attack? Would it be the same 25% ~ 100% bonus added to the base damage of the weapon being wielded? Some testing is likely required, my guess is "Damage Increase" was integrated on ServUo since the correct information is not available for
verification.