Random scripting actions

[berelinde]

How do you make it so that sometimes one thing happens, sometimes, something else happens. I'm fairly sure it's a function of the RESPONSE #100 line, but I'm not sure how it works.

 

If I wanted a weighted random chance, would this work?

 

IF

Conditions

THEN

RESPONSE #70

Action A

RESPONSE #30

Action B

END

 

Would Action A happen 70% of the time and Action B 30%?

 

Also, what is the deal with RESPONSE #200, RESPONSE #300, etc?

 

Thanks.

[Guest Guest_Nythrun_*]

Response #100 is just an arbitrary convention; RESPONSE #400 a bunch of times will still give you equal weights (well, equal inasmuch as the RNG is suspect).

 

What you're doing is fine

[cmorgan]

To expand on what Nythrun is saying,

IF
Conditions
THEN
RESPONSE #200
Action A
RESPONSE #200
Action B
RESPONSE #200
Action C
RESPONSE #200
Action D
RESPONSE #200
Action E
RESPONSE #200
Action F
END

is supposed to put equal weight on each; there are some posts by the modding gurus that indicate that while it is supposed to be random, for some reason the first response shows up "more radomly" - apparently, to the game engine, all pigs is equal, just some pigs is more equal than uthurs

[berelinde]

Thanks for the complete responses!

 

I understand that it doesn't always have to be #100, or that assigning multiple values that are all equal will not produce results that are any less random than otherwise would be the case.

 

If I'm understanding correctly, then #70 and #30 would be more or less 70% the first, with taking game quirkiness into account.

[devSin]

You're understanding correctly. It's been noted that the first response is weighted (occurs more frequently), but it could just be (un)luck of the draw and actually is random.

 

It's not worth worrying about in any case.