From: "Oleg Shamshura" <oleg AT channel12 DOT ru>
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Subject: Re: Random numbers
Date: 2 Jun 1997 15:50:03 GMT
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Try to use current timer value as a new seed.

Oleg

cjwhite <cjwhite AT nxus DOT com> wrote in article <339110F2 DOT 7537 AT nxus DOT com>...
> I have been playing around with random numbers for a few days using
> random() % (whatever) but the numbers to not appear to be random. It
> seems to only randomize when i recompile. I can manually enter a new
> seed, but i am using this for a game so i need to have the computer
> generate truly random numbers by itself.
> 
> Chris
>