Like i am trying to make a camping game(by samsonxvi) so i need to make it choose a random player's https://www.roblox.com/Thumbs/Avatar.ashx?x=100&y=100&username= different players also i want it to choose a random players name. SOMEBODY PLS HELP ME!!!
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How do I make the script choose a random player?
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You can use :GetPlayers() to get a table of players and then use math.random(smallestNumber, biggestNumber) to pick a random player in that table.
# means number of items.
if you say print(#players) you are printing out the number of players.
here's what the code would look like:
players = game.Players:GetPlayers()
randomPlayer = players[math.random(1,#players)]
keep in mind, if you try running this in a script immediately like this, there won't be any players and you'll get the error: bad argument #2 to 'random' (interval is empty) so make sure you're using the code above when there's actual players in game.
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^ This, but it's pseudorandom. If you want completely random results, create a random seed of tick() using math.randomseed() before using math.random().
false, both are psuedo-random , roblox uses an internal entropy source when you dont provide a seed. A psuedorandom number generation algorithm generally uses a seed, performs some artihmetic on that number, then uses the modulus operator to give the appearance of randomness. In this case, its either you give it a seed or roblox gives it a seed, not one being completely random, and the other not.
Thanks!