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Why math.random is unreal random?
local pathpart = workspace.IslandParts.islandpaths.islandpath
for i,pathpart in pairs(pathpart.Parent:GetChildren()) do
if pathpart.Name == "islandpath" then
local palmgen= math.random(30)
if palmgen == 2 then
print("PALM GEN IS: ",palmgen)
local palm = game.ReplicatedStorage.Assets.islandnature.palm:Clone()
palm.Parent = workspace
palm:MoveTo(pathpart.Position)
else
print("PLAM GEN IS: ",palmgen)
end
end
end
Facilities should create a random object if palmgen = 2, but math.random ALWAYS produces the same random numbers. How to make this feature really random?
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math.random uses a seed to calculate its 'random' output. In studio, the seed doesn't update when you test it again and again. It will be different in an actual game, though. OldPalHappy 1477 — 7y
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You need to warm the pseudo random generator by using math.randomseed(x). Where x is the seed for the generator. One of the most common ways for warming it up is to use tick() as the input. Applying this to your script would make it into.
local pathpart = workspace.IslandParts.islandpaths.islandpath
math.randomseed(tick())
for i,pathpart in pairs(pathpart.Parent:GetChildren()) do
if pathpart.Name == "islandpath" then
local palmgen= math.random(30)
if palmgen == 2 then
print("PALM GEN IS: ",palmgen)
local palm = game.ReplicatedStorage.Assets.islandnature.palm:Clone()
palm.Parent = workspace
palm:MoveTo(pathpart.Position)
else
print("PLAM GEN IS: ",palmgen)
end
end
end
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Important fact about randomseed: you only ever want to use it once or 0 times. Setting it too often can result in extremely biased results, as it 'reboots' the RNG algorithm, which is only non-biased over a long period of time. adark 5487 — 7y