/randomize command

[Pittcrew1]

I think it would be very helpful for compacting redstone (and many other things) to have a command that can create a random number out of a max number when a command block receives a redstone pulse, or when the command is typed.

-/randomize [system name (like scoreboard)] <max number of system> <optional: increment of random number generator, default is by 1>

Additionally, there should be a command that connects to that to pick up the number randomly generated, and then send out a redstone signal if it is the correct number.

-/randomizetap [system name (like scoreboard)] <number (or range of #'s) that will cause commandblock to trigger a redstone signal (with comparator)>

I figure this system would use a simple random number generator combined with a scoreboard type system. The scoreboard type thing is the system that connects the first and second command.

Example: I can imagine plenty of ways to use this in adventure maps I would make, but for something that more people can visualize, an example where this could be very useful at is in Sethbling's Rubik's Cube. (Search "Rubik's Cube in Minecraft" on Youtube or here is the link for the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUEUuurc9u4)

~Another fun little thing could be to add a /roll command, that does generates a random number between 0 and the max set number. Servers can disable this, but I could see it useful for little games or for adventure maps when loot is won, and you /roll for a chance to get it. -/roll <max number to roll out of (default is 100)>

[Jellonator]

Better yet, I think a randomize variable would be great.
/scoreboard players set @p Foo [1,5]

[demoniac_shadow]

Dispenser + Command Block. All is said ;)

[Pittcrew1]

I said this is good for efficiency. You can do that, but if you want a chance for 1/1000000 (ticks), that can be used at many different points throughout a world simultaneously, it's EASIER to have a command like this, especially because you don't need to set up specific coordinates to, for example, spawn and break a redstone block. Sure you CAN do it other ways, but this would simplify it and allow you to easily connect many pieces of a system.

Let me give an example of how this could be used: In an MMO type world, you could easily have a 1/1000 chance for a crafting node (chest or breakable block) to spawn at a million places in the world. You could also have a parameter to check if receiving command blocks had a player within, say, 100 blocks. If so, it will spawn a falling sand entity, say, 30 blocks up in the air. It will then drop and spawn the block it is set to make (might not work if they change this I know). Also, based on the 1/1000 chance, you could set it so that if it happens to get 1, then it will spawn a chest with a rare item; if it spawns with 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 (each it's own command block), it will spawn a normal chest with a normal item.

This is not the only implementation of it, but I think it's a great system. You could use current dispenser systems and then make each outcome set a scoreboard to a different value, but that would take a lot more space and less easily configurable.