I made my Around() function and I compared it with the LSPDFR Around() function spawning 100 peds with the same radius(10f) and this is the result:

The cops at the left is using the LSPDFR Around() function that @LMS posted and the marines at the right is using my function. So my question is, there is a reason why the LSPDFR team decided that way of doing it?

 

Also here is my code:

 

public static Vector3 AroundPosition(this Vector3 v3, float radius)
{
   return v3 = v3 + new Vector3(MathHelper.GetRandomSingle(-radius, radius), MathHelper.GetRandomSingle(-radius, radius), 0.0f);
}

Edited August 5, 201510 yr by alexguirre

It's just that you have a random distribution between 0 and radius, while my function guarantees to return a position away radius meters from the origin. This is mostly because we randomize the radius before calling the function (also often preserving a required minimum distance).

What is the minimum distance and how is it calculated?

You simple pass a floating point value as radius that is higher than your minimum. We randomize before the call/have a helper call to do minimum and maximum logic. The function itself has no limits.