Subj : umm...
To : Hax0r
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jul 16 2001 12:03 pm
RE: umm...
BY: Hax0r to Digital Man on Mon Jul 16 2001 07:22 pm
> RE: umm...
> BY: Digital Man to Hax0r on Sun Jul 15 2001 10:27 pm
>
> > I don't think the screen line has anything to do with it, but more likely
> > timing. Have you tried doing a small mswait before getting your random nu
> > Or perhaps getting a few random numbers first (as Evan suggested).
>
> i tried getting several random numbers in a row -- 5 to be precise, and all
> were zero. the baja code is fairly simple -- its pasted below. I just took
> my stock ANSWER.ASC file and replaced the logo/graphic/etc with this:
>
> (at)EXEC:ANSWER(at)
>
> then, ANSWER.BIN does this...
>
> # ANSWER.SRC/ANSWER.BIN
> # random logon screen for synchronet
>
> cls
> int x
>
> # seed x with a random number between the fixed range
>
> random x 3
>
> compare x 0
> if_equal
> pause_reset
> printfile "%zANSWER1.ANS"
> end_if
>
> compare x 1
> if_equal
> pause_reset
> printfile "%zANSWER2.ANS"
> end_if
>
> compare x 2
> if_equal
> pause_reset
> printfile "%zANSWER3.ANS"
> end_if
There's definitely a problem with random numbers currently in v3.00 and it will
be fixed before the release of v3.10.
In the mean-time, I'd suggest you use the current time to generate a
pseudo-random number. Example:
# display answer0-3.ans
int t
str fname
time t # get time (in seconds)
and t 3 # just use lower 2 bits
sprintf fname "%%zANSWER.%ld" t
printfile fname # display file
-Rob
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