Help! Randomizing Random

RocketBrain

Is it me or does the random command only load once.

how do i get it to randomize a number each time i do the command?

right now i have it so i hit a button it change = random (1,4)

but each time i do it, it always generates the same number.

Chaser

Put it in a timer like every .5 seconds change to random (1,4)

But if it always gives you the same number something is wrong

Asymptoteell

That's how it does the random. There's a weird workaround.

DEMO: http://gamesalad.com/game/2197

Hope that helps.

Asymptoteell

RocketBrain

for some reason i cant load the demos. drives me nuts

Chaser

Go to the creator and try to find the demo and just double click the icon on the left pane don't click the right where it says play and such

old_kipper

I had this problem and had heard that a way around it was to use a timer to generate an apparently random number. Working on the assumption that kids playing the game were going to take a fairly random time between goes (with less accuracy than 5th of a second), I put the game time in an index number to remove the decimal points and deducted that from the the actual game time, multiplied it by five and added 1. This gave one of six numbers that I pegged the dice animation throw to so it came out with much more random seeming number than the 'random'. If you sit and hit it again and again (on a beat in your head) you can on occasion get it to throw the same number but takes some practice.

cheers kipper

Valan

An attribute can be setup in a control actor that gives random numbers from the start of the game.
Access this attribute whenever you need a random number. As it only starts once there should be no sequencing.

Cheers

Valan