so its becoming increasingly clear to me that i dont understand the whole syntax thing, or the rules surrounding it. can someone link me an article or something explaining the syntax and the advanced calculator in mmf2? i cant seem to find anything.
[Game design makes my brain feel like its gonna explode.]
They are basic (well) math expressions, not inherent to Fusion. So you're better off googling them.
Look at the help file, at the special object, and most of these are explained there.
Of course, someone could probably explain them to you here, but I suck at math so I won't try
There functions which you can use in the expression editor, more or less like you would use them on your pocket calculator. Although Mod might not be on that one.