This patch addresses the disparity between decimal precision values for the player stats (Offense, Defense, Bombing, Planet) displayed in the playerlist window versus those shown in the inform window. The prior method displayed the stats in the inform window using printf field width and precision modifiers which sometimes led to rounding errors. Precision is now maintained to two decimal places. The new method uses the ftoa() function for COW and the itof22() function for BRMH to generate values less susceptible to rounding errors. Here is some test data which shows the problem and how it is corrected: raw input --> 0.979000, %5.2f output --> 0.98, ftoa output --> 0.97 raw input --> 0.984000, %5.2f output --> 0.98, ftoa output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.985000, %5.2f output --> 0.98, ftoa output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.986000, %5.2f output --> 0.99, ftoa output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.987000, %5.2f output --> 0.99, ftoa output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.989000, %5.2f output --> 0.99, ftoa output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.990000, %5.2f output --> 0.99, ftoa output --> 0.99 raw input --> 0.991000, %5.2f output --> 0.99, ftoa output --> 0.99 raw input --> 0.979000, %5.2f output --> 0.98, itof22 output --> 0.97 raw input --> 0.984000, %5.2f output --> 0.98, itof22 output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.985000, %5.2f output --> 0.98, itof22 output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.986000, %5.2f output --> 0.99, itof22 output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.987000, %5.2f output --> 0.99, itof22 output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.989000, %5.2f output --> 0.99, itof22 output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.990000, %5.2f output --> 0.99, itof22 output --> 0.98 raw input --> 0.991000, %5.2f output --> 0.99, itof22 output --> 0.99 Quozl: Attached is a patch for COW. Karth: Attached is a patch for BRMH 2.5. Bill: I checked and Netrek XP 2009 displays the stats in the inform window using the same printf method as COW so the COW patch can be used. You will also need to grab string_util.h and string_util.c to use the ftoa() function. Note: the patches can be downloaded from here as well: http://darcs.jesujuva.org/netrek-client-brmh/patch-brmh2.5.txt http://darcs.jesujuva.org/netrek-client-cow/patch-cow.txt I recorded my patches in darcs repos so they may be pulled from here: http://darcs.jesujuva.org/ Changes may also be viewed online in a more aesthetically pleasing way here: http://www.jesujuva.org/cgi-bin/darcsweb.cgi Zach -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: patch-brmh2.5.txt Url: http://mailman.us.netrek.org/pipermail/netrek-dev/attachments/20080909/b3fd2e16/attachment.txt -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: patch-cow.txt Url: http://mailman.us.netrek.org/pipermail/netrek-dev/attachments/20080909/b3fd2e16/attachment-0001.txt