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Artem Flo / aturbidflow / kubikámi4 years ago

Hello again. I've cant get how to use the "random" function. I've got this code:

integers {
   s_code_1: integer {(random(1))};
   s_code_2: integer {(random(1))};
   s_code_3: integer {(random(1))};
}

And then this:

strings {
   s_code : dynamic_string {(
      s_code_1 + "" + s_code_2 + "" + s_code_3
   )}
}

And after printing I get:

-2147483648-2147483648-2147483648

If I don't use "random", everything is ok:

integers {
   s_code_1: integer "1";
   s_code_2: integer "0";
   s_code_3: integer "1";
}

Prints as:

WAIDW?

Adventuron4 years ago (1 edit)

Hi,

Sorry about this,

Try this:

 integers {
   s_code_1: dynamic_integer {(random(1))}
   s_code_2: dynamic_integer {(random(1))}
   s_code_3: dynamic_integer {(random(1))}
}

Artem Flo / aturbidflow / kubikámi4 years ago

Yeah, that works, but it changes on every tick what is against the idea that it should be randomized only on game start.

Adventuron4 years ago

Yes, dynamic integers are reevaluated every time you reference them.

What you want then is something like this:

integers {
   s_code_1;
   s_code_2;
   s_code_3;
}
on_startup {
   : set_integer var = "s_code_1" {(random(1))}
   : set_integer var = "s_code_2" {(random(1))}
   : set_integer var = "s_code_3" {(random(1))}
}

Artem Flo / aturbidflow / kubikámi4 years ago

Oh, so this is what the right solution looks like. Thank you.

Adventuron4 years ago

Glad I could help :-)

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