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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Randomizing problem

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Dragon Tycoon
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Posted: 5th Feb 2004 01:57
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I am trying to make a text RPG to give me some practice in basic code, and I decided I might as well throw in a battle system, just for kicks. However, when I try to add a random number to the power of the attack (like real RPGs do) I run into my problem. Whenever I run my little battle-demo thing the randomized numbers are always the same! I can't quite figure out how to work the RANDOMIZE command, and I'm pretty sure that's the solution. Can someone help?
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indi
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Posted: 5th Feb 2004 01:59 Edited at: 5th Feb 2004 02:00
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add this to the top of your project source code.

randomize timer()

this will seed the random numbers from the current seconds of time from 12 am


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Dragon Tycoon
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Posted: 5th Feb 2004 13:50
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Thanks for the help, it really works!
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indi
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Posted: 5th Feb 2004 14:39
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dont sweat it


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jasuk70
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Posted: 5th Feb 2004 15:13
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I've done this simple dice function if it comes in handy for anyone... (You still need the randomise timer() in the code as well...



Say to roll 3d6, you just need to do


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