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I think it's happened before but is it possible for a server to crash if the [PrizeWeight] values are too close together or there are a lot that are the same value?

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 1:22 pm Post subject:

No, it should never crash as long as they are not all 0.
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D1st0rt · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 1:31 pm Post subject:

lol that was fun

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Lumenesc · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 1:32 pm Post subject:

If you have alot the same level, then youll just have alot with an equal chance of getting picked, no reason for it to crash.

And you couuuld have them all zero..if you didnt have any greens
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Cyan~Fire · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:12 pm Post subject:

Death Prizes. They're always generated.

Mr Ekted · Movie Geek Gender: Joined: Feb 09 2004 Posts: 1379 Offline

Say there were 3 prize types A, B, and C with weights set. You want to pick one randomly based on the weights. You start by generating a random number from 0 to A+B+C-1, then walking list weight array, subtracting weights from the random number until it is < the current prize's weight. Generating a random number from 0 to n-1 is usually done by

rand() % n;

If n is 0, you get divide by zero error. Bling.
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Lumenesc · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:44 pm Post subject:

Buut couldnt you make the death prizes last for like 1 millesecond? or for 0 maybe im pretty sure there was a way to not have death prizes