I'm having some issues with some of my random numbers always being the same. I did some digging and realized that it's an issue in C# when you have too many NEW randoms close together because they use the same seed.

I have currently been using this:

int cophelps = new Random.Next(1, 3);

int suspectAttacks = new Random.Next(1,9);

however I am assuming I need to switch to:

int cophelps =  myRand.Next(1, 3);

int suspectAttacks = MyRand.Next(1, 9);

 

with private Random myRand; up top with the peds/vehicles etc at first time declaration. Is that correct?

Edited January 19, 201610 yr by download500

You could just sleep the fiber for like.. 5ms in between.

22 minutes ago, tanu1215 said:

You could just sleep the fiber for like.. 5ms in between.

Question about that as well. When I have slept the fiber it seems to pause the whole system until sleep is complete.

Can I have unlimited sleeps (that wont affect other processes, if I use 

 

            GameFiber.StartNew(delegate
                {
                    GameFiber.Sleep(5000);

?

 

If so, can I make it GameFiber.StarNew(Delegate each time, or do I have to call it something different every time?

Edited January 19, 201610 yr by download500

1 hour ago, download500 said:

Question about that as well. When I have slept the fiber it seems to pause the whole system until sleep is complete.

Can I have unlimited sleeps (that wont affect other processes, if I use 

 

            GameFiber.StartNew(delegate
                {
                    GameFiber.Sleep(5000);

?

Well, if you're only using GameFiber.Sleep() to separate the seeds, then it shouldn't really be a problem as you're only sleeping for 500 milliseconds, which is half a second. You could sleep even less than that, because I think seeds go down to the millisecond (correct me if I am wrong).

But yes, start a new fiber for when you want to sleep.

It will keep from other things not being processed.

 

Edited January 19, 201610 yr by tanu1215

1 hour ago, download500 said:

however I am assuming I need to switch to:

int cophelps =  myRand.Next(1, 3);

int suspectAttacks = MyRand.Next(1, 9);

 

with private Random myRand; up top with the peds/vehicles etc at first time declaration. Is that correct?

Yep, this is the way to go.

33 minutes ago, download500 said:

Question about that as well. When I have slept the fiber it seems to pause the whole system until sleep is complete.

Can I have unlimited sleeps (that wont affect other processes, if I use 

 

            GameFiber.StartNew(delegate
                {
                    GameFiber.Sleep(5000);

?

 

If so, can I make it GameFiber.StarNew(Delegate each time, or do I have to call it something different every time?

Yeah, if you're wanting to sleep you should start a fresh GameFiber. The 'delegate' is the method used for starting the gamefiber, not its actual name, though you can name a GameFiber like so:

 

GameFiber.StartNew(delegate
	{
		GameFiber.Sleep(5000);
		Game.LogTrivial("I'm a sleepy fiber");
	}, "Sleepy Fiber Name");

 

 

 

Although I haven't quite figured out if this is actually useful in any way (though it does appear to at least show the name of the active fiber in logs, which can be good for troubleshooting)

Edited January 19, 201610 yr by Darkmyre
code formatting

Thanks! headed to bed in a minute but I will try this out tomorrow.

You could also use a static random instance with a semi-random seed (system tick count for example). This way calling the function again in short period of time will get you different results because you don't initialize a new instance every call.

4 hours ago, LMS said:

You could also use a static random instance with a semi-random seed (system tick count for example). This way calling the function again in short period of time will get you different results because you don't initialize a new instance every call.

What he said. If you create new instances of Math.Random within a short period of time, you are going to get the same results.

Instead, create one global static instance of Random, and use it everywhere in your plugin.