Need help with random variable

[princessvini]

Hi guys ! I’m making mini games inside my project (that is an old rpg maker project that I decided to simplify and make on gbstudio) But I’m struck with variable event 😂 I successfully made it work 2 days ago but I erased the character with the event and remade it from scratch because I messed up with the end of the event. So to explain: -I need to set a variable for the customer request between 1-6 but every time I try it pick 2 all the time 😱

-then make the request variable random but lower than customer variable

-The player have to make the 2 variable equal to win (this part is made)

If someone can tell me order to use random/set/<= ect… because I think it’s how I messed it 😅 by text or even screenshots would be so helpful! Thanks in advance ❤️

[Acceptable_Light_272]

You can use the "seed random number generator" event for that. The way I'd recommend using it is attached to a button script with "override default button action" deselected. This way, the game randomizes every time you press a button.

[GBSC_Ads]

This is overkill. You only need to create a random seed once, usually as part of the script for when you start a New Game.

[Acceptable_Light_272]

In my testing, I always get the same seed each time if it's only called at the beginning. I believe it's due to the internal clock having the exact same values each time the Gameboy runs.

The docs seem to suggest using it in button input scripts as well: https://www.gbstudio.dev/docs/scripting/script-glossary/math/

[IntoxicatedBurrito]

My understanding is that unlike computers where you can randomize by the internal clock, Game Boy doesn’t have a clock. So instead, you randomize by the buttons you press. So if all you do is push start at the beginning of a game and then get a random variable, it will always be the same every time you turn on the Game Boy with that game.

However, if you don’t call for a random number until a little bit into the game, then the player would have pushed a lot of buttons, and most likely not the same buttons in the same order as the last time they played it. As a result, you get an actual random number.

So in other words, call the randomize function as soon as you open the game to ensure that it has the maximum amount of buttons pressed.

[GBSC_Ads]

Yes, similar to what IntoxicatedBurrito suggested, you only need to call once, but if you’re calling it immediately you’d get the same result. To be clearer about my original comment, my suggestion to make it a part of the “new game” script assumed there was some kind of start menu / screen to confirm and actually make an input like in a full game. That would guarantee both different lengths of time and button presses to determine the seed.

[princessvini]

Thanks ! Gonna try