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How do I make a... weighted? math.random?
01 | local Egg = game.Workspace.Eggs.TestEgg.ClickyBrick.Thebrick |
02 |
03 | Egg.ClickDetector.MouseClick:connect(function() |
04 | print ("click from egg was detected") --Prints a message when the part is clicked. |
05 | local EggValue = math.random(1,4) --Gets a random number for the pet which can be hatched. As EggValue. |
06 | print ("EggValue") --Prints the number got |
07 |
08 | if EggValue == 1 then |
09 | print ("You have pet number one.") |
10 | end |
11 |
12 | end) |
How do I make 1, 2, and 3 more likely to appear, and 4 rarer?
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You can create a custom function which maps values in the interval from 0 to 1 to 1, 2, 3 and 4. For example, if you wanted the first three to appear with a 30% chance and 4 to appear with a 10% chance, you could use a function like this:
01 | local function WeightedRandom() |
02 | local Random = math.random() -- uniformly distributed decimal number from 0 to 1 |
03 | if Random <= 0.3 then |
04 | return 1 -- 0 to 0.3 |
05 | elseif Random <= 0.6 then |
06 | return 2 -- 0.3 to 0.6 |
07 | elseif Random <= 0.9 then |
08 | return 3 -- 0.6 to 0.9 |
09 | else |
10 | return 4 -- 0.9 to 1 |
11 | end |
12 | end |
Please note that math.random is considered deprecated on Roblox. The preferred way to generate random numbers is to use the Random object. [1]
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If ROBLOX hasn't 100% depreciated it, then I wouldn't recommend using it. This is because the new Random could have bugs, which will mean it won't work right. matiss112233 258 — 5y