random spawnpoints

[DakiLLa]

Hello. I have one question about randoms:

let's suppose that i have 3 spawnpoints with coordinates

X1 Y1 Z1,

X2 Y2 Z2,

X3 Y3 Z3.

How to make that player will be spawns randomly in one of these spawnpoints ?

[Willy]

  
spawns = {} --table that will hold all the spawn points 
  
spawns[1] = {123,423,1}--{ x1,y1,z1 } 
spawns[2] = {342,-2341,3}--{ x2,y2,z2 } 
spawns[3] = {-5,3,8}--{ x3,y3,z3 } 
  
--use math.random to generate a number between 1 and #spawns (the length of the table spawns) 
randomNumber = math.random(1,#spawns) 
  
--assign the numbers within the table to x y and z 
x = spawns[randomNumber][1] 
y = spawns[randomNumber][2] 
z = spawns[randomNumber][3] 
  
spawnPlayer(player,x,y,z) 
  
  

there is an easier way to declare the initial table, but i did it that way so you would understand it. If you don't get it then post back.

[DakiLLa]

well, and if i want to use more than three spawnpoits, how will be looking this part of script ? in my first post we have three sp.points and three coordinates (xyz). how to be with five sp.points and three coordinates ?

i mean this part:

x = spawns[randomNumber][1]

y = spawns[randomNumber][2]

z = spawns[randomNumber][3]

[Willy]

if you look at the code, i'm generating a random number based on how many entries you have in the table, all you would need to do is add the extra spawns to the spawns table, like this:

  
spawns[4] = {-934,133,418}--{ x4,y4,z4 } 
  

the last bit of the script will stay the same, for example if we generated a random number, and the randomNumber variable was 2, the last bit is the same as:

  
x = spawns[2][1] 
y = spawns[2][2] 
z = spawns[2][3] 
  

instead of the variable "randomNumber" we are using the number value 2, because randomNumber = 2.

which would mean that the x, y and z values would be:

  
--spawns[2] = {342,-2341,3} 
--spawns[2][1] = 342 = x 
--spawns[2][2] = -2341 = y 
--spawns[2][3] = 3 = z 
  

[DakiLLa]

Great, thx for help. This is what i need..