Pseudo-random Number Generator
Revision as of 11:34, 23 September 2007 by Xaviar Czervik (talk | contribs)
Heres a Pseudo-random Number Generator - I just made it up off the top of my head - so it has no mathematical research behind it to prove it's random... I've tested it for a while and it looks random to me, about the same as llFrand(). But what ever. Sue me.
I use this for determining a random channel for two (or more) objects to talk on. This allows the scripts to talk without users being able to intercept the messages - and even if they do - then the channel will change in a minute or two - so no harm done.
I recently compared this with llFrand() and it is on average 5% faster.
// IMPORTANT: Change the following number before using! integer seed = 0x61FA687C; integer rand() { seed = (integer)(seed * 0x71B5F252 + 0xD); return seed ^ 0x7FFFFFFF; }
Example code to test the randomness (Is that a word?) of the generator.
default { state_entry() { integer i = 0; integer min = 0x7FFFFFFF; integer max = -0x7FFFFFFF; integer total = 0; while (i < 100000000) { integer r = rand(); if (r < min) { min = r; } if (r > max) { max = r; } total += r; i++; } llOwnerSay("Min: " + (string)min); llOwnerSay("Max: " + (string)max); llOwnerSay("Average: " + (string)(total/100000000)); } }