Is there a way to use *rand with a text variable and a number instead of two numbers?
*rand blah 1 "Variable"
(“Variable” is a variable that holds a number defined previously by the user using *input_number)
Thank you!
Not sure what you want exactly but rand requires two numbers to defind what it is rolling such as 1 5 or 20 30. As far as using text var I have seen it in if only so far, of course I am not good with the updated code
*rand var 1 5 *if (var=5) *set text_var "something" *goto some_place *if (rand=4) *set text_var "something_else" *goto some_place
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Alright, thanks.
It’s too bad, really; that’ll limit my program exponentially.
Edit: Never mind. That doesn’t make any sense.
What exactly do you want to happen as there many ways to tackle a problem in CS and someone may have a better answer for you 
Alright, so.
That dice game I published a couple of days ago. I originally wanted for the player to be able to input a crazy number and watch it get multiplied and randomized by another number they entered.
The player inputs one number. It is the number of dice being rolled.
Then s/he/it inputs another number. It is the number of faces each die has.
Each die’s number is randomized by the number of sides, then added to form a sum dependent on the number of total dice.
However, I’ve found another solution. I’m just going to have a *choice between the most commonly used variants of dice that I found here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice#Variants
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I’m pretty sure you can pass variables for the min and max values of rand, if that’s what you’re asking?
Yes. How would I go about doing this?
I believe
*Rand var 1 6
would generate a number between 1 and 6. You could use a gosub to roll that dice as many times as the user specifies. I have a dice mechanic that will generate creature stats based on the hit dice (sides) and the number of dice (determined by level).
So here is my code to generate a random amount of hit points for an enemy:
Level ${enemy_level} ${enemy_description} (${hit_dice_count}d${enemy_hit_dice_sides})
*label health_gen
*if hit_dice_count > 0
*set hit_dice_result 0
*rand hit_dice_result 1 enemy_hit_dice_sides
*set enemy_health + hit_dice_result
The roll for die ${hit_dice_count} is ${hit_dice_result}.
*set hit_dice_count - 1
*goto health_gen
The ${enemy_description}'s base health is ${enemy_hit_dice_sides}. The ${enemy_description}'s total health is ${enemy_health}.
So this would read:
Level 3 Goblin (3d8)
The roll for die 3 is 6.
The roll for die 2 is 7.
The roll for die 1 is 5.
The goblin’s base health is 8. The Goblin’s total health is 26.
(That’s 8+6+7+5)
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Yeah. That’s pretty much what I ended up doing.
Your method looks like it could be more robust, though.
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After doing this for a while you learn some tricks to simplify long bits of code. :] Feel free to copy!
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