question about math.random() function

[ErikF]

Hi, I have a script in which math.random generates a number and I don't want the number I generate to be decodable by the user.
Therefore, if someone has been in a similar situation, could you explain how exactly this function works if I don't use the math.randomseed() function?
Perhaps someone knows what seed is pulled in by default that is used to generate the number?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[Tekken]

Hi, think of math.randomseed() like the starting poit of your randomness, the seed, in order to have unpredictable random numbers you have to provide a integer seed to this function and from now on in your script the random numbers will be generated from this seed, like:

This will give you the same results every single time the code is generated

for i = 1, 10 do
	print(math.random());
end

While this will change every single time due to getRealTime().timestamp never returning the same number.

math.randomseed(getRealTime().timestamp);
for i = 1, 10 do
	print(math.random());
end

 

[FernandoMTA]

shorter version:

math.randomseed(os.time())

 

[Tekken]

On 26/01/2024 at 12:30, FernandoMTA said:

shorter version:

math.randomseed(os.time())

 

Not sure os functions work in MTA, but I may be wrong

[FernandoMTA]

On 27/01/2024 at 12:37, Tekken said:

Not sure os functions work in MTA, but I may be wrong

The ones that haven't been blocked do work! os.date can be useful to format dates for example