How do I fix this math.random() inside my game.Players.ChildAdded function?
So in the following code, the math.random() only prints out 5 every single time, so here's the code, and thank you for answering in advance.
game.Players.ChildAdded:connect(function(player)
local color = Instance.new("StringValue")
color.Name = "TorsoColor"
color.Parent = player
local b = math.random(1,5)
print(b)
if b == 1 then
color.Value = "Medium stone grey"
elseif b == 2 then
color.Value = "Dark Blue"
elseif b == 3 then
color.Value = "Maroon"
elseif b == 4 then
color.Value = "Earth green"
elseif b == 5 then
color.Value = "Brown"
end
end)
1 answer
That's because math.random() is not truly random. You will want to set math.randomseed() to a value that will be new or different each time the function is run. To accomplish this, you can set math.randomseed() to tick().
Tick is defined as:
Returns the number of seconds that have elapsed since the UNIX epoch (January 1st, 1970), on your computer.
Since time is constantly moving forward, tick() will give you a different value every time it is used. Therefore, it is a good value to set as math.randomseed().
It would look like this:
math.randomseed(tick())
You would put this at the beginning of your function, so that is is called prior to math.random().
Below is a link to a Roblox Wiki page regarding random numbers. I highly suggest you read it.
I hope this helps!
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