How accurate is randomtest and am I allowed to modify it?

[LightningGarfunkel]

Howdy fellas

I’m in a bit of a pickle here. I need to check the stats at the end of a scene, of every combination of choices…

So yeah, I’m wondering if anyone knows if randomtest will run a game exactly like how a reader would see it? Or is it more like quicktest where it pretends, and skips bits?

Also how does CoG feel about people messing with their code?

Thanks for any replies!

[Eiwynn]

@LightningGarfunkel

So yeah, I’m wondering if anyone knows if randomtest will run a game exactly like how a reader would see it? Or is it more like quicktest where it pretends, and skips bits?

Randomtest is an automated process, so, no, it will not run a play session like a human would everytime.

It has been known to get itself stuck in a loop by choosing choices that a human would not necessarily choose in sequence…

It does not act like quicktest, though.

@LightningGarfunkel

Also how does CoG feel about people messing with their code?

I would contact them directly about what you want to “mess” with, as they do evaluate each submission individually. In general, they do not like most changes that mess with their code.

[LightningGarfunkel]

@Eiwynn

Randomtest is an automated process, so, no, it will not run a play session like a human would everytime.

perfect, cheers

[cup_half_empty]

Take a look at this, seems like it would be helpful to you.

Generate Statistics About Your Stats

To help me balance my stats in my work-in-progress, I modified randomtest to take snapshots of my stats and put them in a .csv file, which Excel and other spreadsheet programs can open. I put the changed code on Github for anyone who wants to give it a try. You should be able to use it just like you would ChoiceScript from the main repository. To try this out, in your startup.txt file, put a special comment that sets up what variables to save: *comment savestatsetup [stat1] [stat2] [stat3] Re…