Questions tagged [random]
Algorithms or methods to produce events or behavior that is random in nature.
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array of classes then give each class different properties, class selection random
So iam trying to practice java with a text based adventure game. This code gives out an enemy of an array(random) and then gives it a Randoam health between 0 and 100. What I want to do is give each ...
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Spawn crops/3D game objects randomly on a mesh/plane surface
I am stuck on a problem that might be quite simple yet it's getting on my nerves.
I want to spawn crops on different plane shapes like in the attached screenshot.
So far my progress is that I am able ...
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Should in-game events (raids) be announced?
Many survival games such as Rimworld will announce when significant events happen in-game. For example, when a raid, a disaster or a significant event occurs, the game will send a notification and ...
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How do I generate random worlds like Yoda Stories and Indiana Jones? [duplicate]
Hello I'm working on an adventure/RPG in C with solvable puzzles in the vein of Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures and Yoda Stories.
I'm trying to generate a random world from maps pre-made in ...
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How to assign a new value to a global variable in GML
I have a variable called global.goldchance = irandom(99);. I use it to get a random number from 0 to 99. However, I need to be able to run it again so that the ...
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How to lerp between diferent spot angles
I have this code that Change spot angle randomly between 'minAngle' and 'maxAngle' each 'interval' seconds:
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how to raycast against a mesh instead of the object in unity
So I am trying to make random map generation for a game, and right now I am trying to use a raycast to get the height of the spot where a prefab will be generated, I am using a terrain and generating ...
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How to make random spawn objects in unity 3D
I created an infinte runner game.
I need to make random spawning obstacles ON 3D.
How do I randomly spawn prefabs on the X axis using a C# script?
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Slots - Reel with a predefined symbol positions or make each symbol change independently on the others
I'm making a slot machine game and I need some advice on how to implement the spinning reels or how it's usually done. Right now, I'm thinking about two different approaches that would make sense - if ...
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Deriving multiple properties from a single random seed
I'm interested in designing a game with a randomly-generated world. I'd like the world to be generated from a seed value, so that players could share these seeds among each other and play in the same ...
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RNG random numbers/preset payout rate contradiction
Taking a casino slot machine for example: How can the probability of a payout TRULY be random with a preset payout rate?
If a casino has slots programmed to a specific rate or percentage of payout, ...
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Random Spawning Traffic at Pace Fitting "Frogger"-style Gameplay
In my game level, you have to cross a busy road to buy something and then cross back again. The general gameplay mechanics are now set up and playable. But I wanted to know if this routine I used to ...
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Can you show rng code running in real time in a game?
First off, I know almost nothing about game development/rng but I will learn. So apologies for sounding uninformed.
I want to make a sandbox ios game with several activities to do within, one of which ...
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Why is Random.Range(0,3) generating only 0, 1 or 2 when 3 is supposed to be inclusive?
I'm currently having trouble getting my head around how Random.Range() and Array[].Length are working in the script below.
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How to randomly change the color of a Shader Graph Material for only a specified GameObject, with C# script?
I'm working on a game, in Unity3D, where the player picks up trash from Trash cans, and dumps the trash from the Trash cans into a Trash Truck. The world of the game itself is randomly generated, with ...
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Given a 2D array, how do I generate a random path of fixed length from a random point at length 0 to a random point at max length?
I'm trying to generate a random path on a 2D grid given that:
The width and height of the grid are given
The length of the path to generate is given
The path can't move "back"
The path ...
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How do I generate platforms in a specific position in godot?
I am making a rogue-like game in Godot. Currently, I am stuck with the world generation. I know how to add children, but I am wondering if there is a way to add those children in a specific position. ...
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Preferred way of calculating run chances in Game of Cricket
For modelling a simple game of cricket, Considering a batsman has a single attribute rating. I can go about deciding run chances by weighted probabilities. ...
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How to create a random, warped 2D grid?
How do you create a random grid where the lines aren't orthogonal (and cells aren't a perfect square), but are warped?
Here's an example of what I mean:
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How can I create a persistent seed for each chunk of an infinite procedural world?
I'm coding a chunk-based 2D game.
I generate chunks as the player explores the world. Chunks follow a procedural generation algorithm (with only one biome implemented at the minute, but I'll ...
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Random.range giving me the same value at the same time
I created a random direction in x and y-axis at where to move, then my problem is when I tried to randomize it sometimes I get the same value at the same time on both x and y-axis. How do I not let ...
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How can I make an instantiation random?
I'm trying to do it so when I have an instantiated an item upon the game starting, it is random as to whether it actually instantiates or not. Here's the code I have so far:
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Random enemy generation algorithm help
I've been working on a program for my friends to use for a homebrewed roleplay system that we all use for our campaigns that can generate random enemy statlines with certain constraints.
The program ...
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If and why is randomness a bad thing in competitive games?
AFAIK it is a consensus within esports that randomness should be reduced? League of Legends has little RNG, Dota has more but both games employ rng smoothing algorithms (details for Dota, LoL).
The ...
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Random world Points in GLSL for tree placement
I'm doing tree placement in the geometry shader in GLSL. I've made a seeded random vec3 function based on gold noise that looks like this:
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C++ Generate random float values between a range
In my current situation I have a game world, in that game world I want to place loads of tree models. It is a waste of time for me to actually explicitly define the x y and z values of each tree model,...
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How to generate random waves for a bullet hell game that feel balanced and natural
My game consists of 'waves' of objects called 'spawners', which once every certain amount of time (their firetime), move to a new place on the screen and spawn an enemy. Each wave has 4 important ...
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Random point on a square floor
I have a flat 10x10 surface (floor) made out of cubes of 1x1x1.
I am spawning objects from the "sky" and I want them to fall on random points of the surface without exceeding the surface limits.
Is ...
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Is it possible to find a seed based on 10,000 generated random numbers?
I'm currently entertaining an idea I've had about procedurally generating a world. I would like the entire world to be procedurally generated on the fly. So when a chunk is loaded, it uses a seeded ...
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How can I make my race game fair with all players and keep it climatic?
I'm making a minigame where up to 5 players have to race against AI or another player(the "enemy"). The race consists of prompts, the current player is asked to press a key in a given amount of time ...
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Saving predesigned tilemap "rooms" and access them in script in Unity3D?
I'm working on a top-down rogue-like in Unity3D, and I already have some kind of dungeon generation.
The next feature I'd like to implement, is to predesign some kind of "event rooms" (i.e. boss ...
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Quick way to approximate a truncated gaussian distribution?
I'm doing some procgen stuff and I need a truncated gaussian distribution. Basically, I need a way to get the same thing as this:
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How to create characters randomly with a given skill and weighted abilites
I am trying to create random characters in my game.
Each character has 33 abilities and one of 6 jobs. For each job you need to skill/increase other
abilities. I am calculating an overall skill (...
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How do I add a random number of points to my score stored in Player Preferences?
My problem is the value I get from Random.Range is not stored, but I get another value instead.
In level 1 I press the "claim" button to store a randomly-chosen score
In level 2 I retrieve the level ...
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How can I create a random deck of 7 cards every time they are all used?
I'm trying to create a Tetris like game in C# (Unity) and I've run into quite a problem on how I can generate 7 cards (tetrominoes) of which none are the same and when I run out of cards, I regenerate ...
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How can I change the parameters of the random events for each game entity?
I'm trying to write an easy-to-use random event system that has certain conditions and effects in Unity. It's a simulation game that contains multiple Person, City, Country, Faction elements. I have ...
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Random range issues
i tried to make a random spawn system, but when i tried to start it, it spawns more than 1 prefab, which is not intended as i wanted to spawn only one by one.
tried some method to prevent from ...
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Calculate a random position inside a 2D area excluding a subset
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Optimal way to select a random item from a list based on its chance to appear in Unity [duplicate]
I am creating a random object spawning script in Unity with c#, and am wondering what the ideal way to do this task would be. So I have a list of 31 objects or so, of my special class type. Each one ...
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How to store information about a simulated sport match in a browser game?
There is a browser game called Soccerstar where users play in a soccer team and compete in matches against other teams. Matches are scheduled at specific times of the day and played automatically and ...
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Are dice-rolls for damage calculation bad design for a tactic focused game?
I'm trying to come up with a combat system for a turn-based RPG that is inspired by pen & paper RPGs, but with more importance on positioning and strategy.
I feel like in games where a good ...
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Weighted random events with conditions
I'm building a system for distributing ingame events for a strategy game. The game is heavily driven by the events and each country/player should receive one or more per time unit.
The algorithm is ...
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Spawn chance, modulated by probability weighted by progress
I've been struggling with this for over a day now. What seemed a simple task, has just wrecked me. I hope someone here can help me figure out what I'm missing. Please, please help me :)
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how can this random scene code run well when it is reloaded?
I have a code for random scenes, the scenes that I have are 10 randomized scenes, but when I reload the scene there is only one scene.
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Are there any formulas/algorithms that could allow level to decide how many dice can be used for a roll?
See, I'm trying to work on an cRPG system and I want a formula or algorithm I guess, where the level affects how many dice can be rolled for any action (in addition to a default number of dice and ...
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How simulate a random distribution?
I'm working on a battle algorithm for a text-based game and I stumble when it comes to randomly distributing attacks on a set of units.
E.G, 100 archers shoot 100 targets at the same time. I thought ...
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Bullet Spray RNG
So I have a Nuclear-Throne like weapon system in my game, and I'm working on bullet spray. Originally, there was equal odds that the bullet sprayed at any angle within the spray range.
That felt ...
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Figuring out damage distribution
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Each round, each of the 5 champions get to strike each of the 99 monsters once; however, their attacks are such that one third of each champion's attacks are ineffective, causing 0 ...
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How do I create a weighted collection and then pick a random element from it?
I have a loot box that I want to fill with a random item. But I want each item to have a different chance of being picked. For example:
5% chance of 10 gold
20% chance of sword
45% chance of shield
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