Cluster Bomb
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 Cluster Bomb
| |
|---|---|
| Type: | Projectile |
| Keyboard selection: | F2 (x2) |
| Standard effects: | Injury?,
Very small circular craters |
| Present in: | {{{6}}} |
| Power settings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Number of
clusters |
Maximum
injury |
Crater
diameter |
| 11 | 2 | 5? hp | ? px |
| 12 | 3 | ? | ? |
| 1 | 4 | ? | 35 |
| 2 | 5 | ? | ? |
| 3 | 5 | ? | ? |
| 4 | 5 | ? | ? |
| 5 | 6 | ? | ? |
| 19 | 0? | 23? | ? |
| 14 | 6 | ? | ? |
| 15 | 7 | ? | ? |
| Initial explosion has same characteristics as each bomblet explosion. Values are per bomblet. | |||
The Cluster Bomb acts precisely like a Grenade, except that when it explodes, it releases a handful of clusters.
Tactics
- When fired at a shallow angle into the water, the Cluster Bomb will skip on the surface of the water.
- When fired upward at a near-vertical angle with full power, a four second fuse will ensure that the Cluster Bomb explodes approximately at the same altitude that it was fired, allowing for somewhat predictable shots.
- The Cluster Bomb can be planted as a stationery bomb (dropped) by firing directly up or down with a low power.
- The Cluster Bomb can cause a lot of injury to a worm if it is placed directly beneath it, so that all the clusters explodes simultaneously on the worm. If the victim is standing on a steep slope, this can be achieved by moving beneath the worm as close as possible, jumping vertically to dislodge him, then moving a little closer before dropping a Cluster Bomb.
Criticisms, Problems and Weaknesses
- The Cluster Bomb rarely achieves any significant damage by itself except in rare circumstances.
- The Cluster Bomb's bounce is often unpredictable on slanted surfaces, due to aliasing.
- The motion of the emergent clusters is unpredictable.
Details
- There are 8192 possible angles for each bomblet to be projected (from -45 to +45 degrees from the vertical).
- There are 5900 possible initial speeds for each bomblet (can up up to 9% slower than maximum)
- The pure probability of these angles and speeds matching exactly on five bomblets is 1 in 5.5E30. However, it is possible for the in-game Psuedo-Random Number Generator to go into a loop when a cluster bomb explodes on frame that is 1 modulo 4, with a probability of 1/8192. Therefore the actual probability of all bomblets being in perfect sync is 1/32768. There have only been two recorded instances of this happening, one of which was on the now-closed-down CL2K forum, the other of which is on the Team17 Forum.
- If they fail to impact, the cluster bomblets explode 9 seconds after they are released.
