Selector Combinator can do random input, but we don't have enough different signals to turn that into a random number.
Can we get a "random number" option, or is there a design call to only do things you can't do otherwise?
Random Number on Selector Combinator
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Re: Random Number on Selector Combinator
It is already possible to build a pseudorandom number generator, see e.g. viewtopic.php?p=610098.
Re: Random Number on Selector Combinator
I second this. It would be really great if selector combinator had a [0,N) random option with N being an input signal or a constant. It could also support the Each wildcard giving one roll per input signal.
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Re: Random Number on Selector Combinator
Illiander42 wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 2:00 ambut we don't have enough different signals to turn that into a random number.
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You can chain multiple of these together to get arbitrarily random numbers from 0-99; 0-9,999; 0-999,999; or you can remove signals to get a smaller range. Or you can add "Quality" variants of each signal to expand the range even further while maintaining an even Numerical distribution.
If you want to dynamically set the Random range (example: between 10 and 90), use a Decider Combinator to "Filter" the signals according to their Values before feeding them to the Selector.
Good Luck!