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How do i make a random chance to do something efficently ?
i know how to do this
1 | local num = math.Random(1,3) |
2 | if num == 3 then |
3 | end |
but can i have something that does something like this
1 | local chanceToDoThing = 10/100 --10% |
and then it only does something 10% of the time
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You can just insert a value into a table 10 times and make one of those values a different value and then you can detect chance:
For example:
01 | local rng = Random.new() |
02 |
03 | local tab= {'Rare', 'Common', 'Common', 'Common','Common', 'Common', 'Common','Common', 'Common', 'Common'} |
04 |
05 | local function returnChance() |
06 | local chance = rng:NextInteger(1, #tab) |
07 | return tab[chance] |
08 | end |
09 |
10 | print(returnChance()) |
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How does :NextInterger() work? mattchew1010 396 — 6y
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It's basically the same thing as math.random, it takes two parameters: first one is the minimum value and second one is the maximum value, if you do :NextInteger(1, 10) it will choose a number randomly from 1-10, that's what I did here, it chooses a number from minimum 1 to the maximum which is the length of the table then you index the number it returns. YabaDabaD0O 505 — 6y
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Thanks! :) mattchew1010 396 — 6y