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How would I random seed this script to make an object change the game starts???!??!?

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gold = game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats.Gold
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(function()
	if gold.Value >= 100 then
		gold.Value = gold.Value - 100
		local a = game.ReplicatedStorage.CharactersLevelOne:GetChildren()
		local b = a[math.random(1,#a)]:Clone()
		b.Parent = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Monsters")
		b.Monster.Value = b.Monster.Value + 1
		b.Parent = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Monsters")
		script.Parent.Parent.MonsterCount.Value = script.Parent.Parent.MonsterCount.Value + 1
		script.Parent.Parent.FirstSummon.Text = "Summoned monster"
		local x = game.Players.LocalPlayer.SaveMonsters:WaitForChild(b.Name)
		x.Value = x.Value + 1
		wait(3)
		script.Parent.Parent.FirstSummon.Text = "1 ~ 3 100 gold"
	end

	if gold.Value < 99 then
		script.Parent.Parent.FirstSummon.Text = "Not enough money"
		wait(3)
		script.Parent.Parent.FirstSummon.Text = "1 ~ 3 powered 100 gold"
	end
end)

So where is says a[math.random(1,#a)]:Clone() I want it to be a randomseed and I am not sure how so when I play the game, the item changes everytime you start the game..

Anonymous

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Well, just as I said in the website chat, you'd put math.randomseed at the start of your script, then as I've seen before, call upon math.random (no arguments) and it should work.

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As I've talked about and said about the math.randomseed function, although I can't confirm this definition, how it works is that it sets the primary seed for math.random; again, however, I can't confirm this.

math.randomseed can be very buggy and confusing from what I've seen, but I've also seen answers on how to fix this, but I can't find them, so I'll try and repost the answers here:

First, we need to set up randomseed:

math.randomseed()

BUT! Before we continue, we need to give the function an argument; a number of some sort. Many recommend using tick, as it always changes and becomes more random. Lets apply that:

math.randomseed(tick())

Now it'll work!! :D

Now, I'll be off...

ANSWER THE DANG QUESTION, YOU DIDN'T SAY THE REST!!

Fine. ;-;

After that, from what I've seen, you then call just the math.random function, without giving any argument(s), after you set up the seed. Here's how I've seen it:

math.randomseed(tick())
math.random()

That's how I remember others set it up, at least. e-e Now, when you fire it, it should produce a randomized number:

math.randomseed(tick())
math.random()

print(math.random(1, 100)) -- Random Num Generated

Welp, sadly, that's all I know about it, and how others did it to prevent it from producing the same number over and over again. I'm sorry if this didn't answer your question. ;(

Functions and junk talked about To note: I've already talked about these previously, so I wont post any definitions again. ;C

  1. The Randomseed Function

  2. The Random Function

Although, I hope this helped you in any way! :D

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