Incorrect DPS Shown for Single-Shot Primaries (Doorman, Paige) Due to Stray m_flIntraBurstCycleTime

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TL;DR​

• In-game weapon DPS tooltips for Doorman and Paige are too low.
• Community wiki values are too low in the same way (they match the tooltip).
• Actual DPS measured in the client with hud_damagemeter is higher, and matches a model that does not apply m_flIntraBurstCycleTime when m_iBurstShotCount == 1.
• Root cause is likely a DPS/BPS display path that computes the shot period as m_flIntraBurstCycleTime + m_flCycleTime even when there is only one bullet per trigger.

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What the data shows​

Relevant fields from WeaponInfo in shipped vdata:
citadel_weapon_doorman_set (Doorman primary):

• m_iBurstShotCount: 1
• m_flCycleTime: 0.63 s
• m_flIntraBurstCycleTime: 0.05 s
• m_flBulletDamage: 29.26

citadel_weapon_bookworm_set2 (Paige primary):

• m_iBurstShotCount: 1
• m_flCycleTime: 0.5 s
• m_flIntraBurstCycleTime: 0.1 s
• m_flBulletDamage: 35.0

Both weapons are single shot per trigger (m_iBurstShotCount == 1), yet both carry a non-zero m_flIntraBurstCycleTime. With only one bullet per shot, there is no “between-bullets” gap for that value to represent; the time between shots is just m_flCycleTime.

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How the three numbers line up​

Using base bullet damage, no falloff, no headshot, no reload.

Suspected incorrect single shot model (matches in-game tooltip + wiki):

period = m_flIntraBurstCycleTime + m_flCycleTime
BPS = 1 / period
DPS = m_flBulletDamage * BPS

Corrected single shot model (matches hud_damagemeter primary DPS on a practice dummy):

period = m_flCycleTime
BPS = 1 / period
DPS = m_flBulletDamage * BPS

Hero	Period (wrong)	Period (right)	BPS (wrong)	BPS (right)	DPS (wrong, ~ tooltip + wiki)	DPS (right, ~ hud_damagemeter)	Delta
Doorman	0.05 + 0.63 = 0.68 s	0.63 s	~ 1.47	~ 1.59	~ 43.0 DPS	~ 46.4 DPS	+3.4 DPS (~+7.9%)
Paige	0.10 + 0.50 = 0.60 s	0.50 s	~ 1.67	2.00	~ 58.3 DPS	70.0 DPS	+11.7 DPS (~+20%)

So the tooltip/wiki value is strictly below the value you get from actually firing into a dummy in the client.

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Repro​

1. Enter Sandbox and pick Doorman (or Paige).
   • No Reload
   • No Death
2. Note the weapon DPS and Bullets per sec shown in the in-game tooltip and on the Deadlock wiki. Confirm they agree.
3. In the console, run hud_damagemeter 1
4. Fire the primary continuously into a practice dummy at point-blank, body shots, no items, no boons
5. Compare measured DPS from hud_damagemeter to the tooltip/wiki number.

Expected: all three values agree.
Observed: tooltip = wiki < measured.

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Suspected fix​

The display path for weapon DPS is likely treating the shot period as:

period = m_flIntraBurstCycleTime + m_flCycleTime

for every weapon, including those with m_iBurstShotCount == 1. Intra-burst time is only meaningful between bullets inside a burst; when the burst is one bullet long, it should be ignored:

period = (m_iBurstShotCount > 1)
? m_iBurstShotCount * m_flIntraBurstCycleTime + m_flCycleTime
: m_flCycleTime

Or sanitize vdata so m_flIntraBurstCycleTime = 0 whenever m_iBurstShotCount == 1

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Scope​

At the moment, Doorman and Paige — though it will affect any future primary where m_iBurstShotCount == 1 and m_flIntraBurstCycleTime > 0.

 

[mywip]

Sorry, this seems to be a duplicate of this:

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Thread 'in-game BPS(and DPS) stat is wrong'

Oct 30, 2025

atleast for Paige, the starting DPS of 58 is wrong because her BPS is 2:
BPS = m_iBurstShotCount/((m_iBurstShotCount-1)*m_flIntraBurstCycleTime+m_flCycleTime)
m_iBurstShotCount = 1
m_flCycleTime = 0.5
m_flIntraBurstCycleTime = 0.1
BPS = 2
but not 1.67


which makes the formula DPS = (m_flBulletDamage*BPS*m_iBullets) to fail:
m_flBulletDamage = 35
m_iBullets = 1
right calculation: DPS = (35*2*1) = 70
in game: DPS = (35*1.67*1) = ~58
to prove the formula i changed hud_damagemeter to true and...

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