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Fish
Gamorrean
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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 Posted: Aug 30, 2004 11:38 Post subject: Random generators in DF |
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Does anyone know an effective way to create a random generator in Dark Forces?
One of the tricks might be to create a dummy sector with an enemy generator, surrounded by several sectors that will be triggered as the enemy enters them. As far as I know, after being created, enemies walk randomly through a room for a while. Any other ideas?
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Nottheking
Kell Dragon
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Aug 30, 2004 14:39 Post subject: |
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I know a wandering Gran controlled the slot machine in the open Project... He never does seem to repeat a pattern, so you could use that, tied to sectors with generators... It'll take a lot of sectors for single-enemy generation, though, as you cannot turn off a generator once it's on... (A solution might be to have an infinite generator, then just seal the wall between it and a the teleporter to the real level. Meethinks I'll make a showcase of this in a few days)
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Fish
Gamorrean
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Aug 30, 2004 15:23 Post subject: |
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Well, yes, that method should easily suffice for me. I basically need a binary (yes/no) generator, and that Wandering-Gran-trick is totally OK for this purpose.
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Nottheking
Kell Dragon
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Aug 30, 2004 15:56 Post subject: |
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Glad to know I could be of some help.
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Fish
Gamorrean
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Aug 30, 2004 19:09 Post subject: |
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Yes. Thank you.
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Darth Oosha
Trandoshan
Joined: 24 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Aug 31, 2004 03:04 Post subject: |
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I figured it would have something to do with the player's timing. Like, an elevator keeps spinning through possible values at a high speed, then stops when the player crosses a certain border.
Except, if you follow the exact same trajectory each time, you might get the same result, or one of a set of results. If it was related to the number of times the player did something, it might be worse.
What about stopping the count when a stormtrooper shoots a particular area of wall? Their aim is pretty random. But they can only shoot in the diretion of the player, so you might manipulate it that way.
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Fish
Gamorrean
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Aug 31, 2004 15:16 Post subject: |
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The quickly moving elevator triggered by Kyle (or whoever) entering a certain sector sounds quite interesting. Thanks for the idea.
Also the trick with a stormtrooper firing at a wall could work, but I think that would be quite difficult and complicated to implement. The previous option sounds better.
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Aug 31, 2004 17:28 Post subject: |
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I always wondered how that slot machine was randomized.
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Nottheking
Kell Dragon
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