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  • Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…

    ... asm and it looks very random (using the XOR shift). I ... />
    I take this RND generator for granted now because it ...
    R-Tape R-Tape September 2013 Development
  • Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…

    ... />
    I take this RND generator for granted now because it ... () AS UBYTE
    ASM
    random:
    ld de,$A280 ; xz ... ; yw -> zt
    ld (random+1),hl ; x = y, z ... a ; w = t
    ld (random+4),hl
    ;ret (NOT ...
    Gedlion Gedlion September 2013 Development
  • cluless journo's talk retro[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2479087/Over-30-Then-game-Tetris-Pac-Man-Atari-classed-digital-ARCHAEOLOGY.html[/url] magic mine…

    ... the Spectrum's not-very random number generator would limit the results ...
    Matt_B Matt_B October 2013 Chit chat
  • Favourite things to do in a power cut threadApparently we have yet another power cut at home, this is after 35 hours without any leccy over Christmas Eve/Christmas Day. Suggestions for favouri…

    go out and by a generator :p

    (or perhaps get the 2014 calendar out, open July, and write "go out and buy a generator" in any random day - I guess they're a bit hard to come by at the moment dahn sahf)
    guesser guesser December 2013 Chit chat
  • Deterministic random number generatorI'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a …

    Patrik Rak's XOR random number generator works a treat and it's incredibly compact. Exactly what I needed, thanks :)
    na_th_an na_th_an February 2014 Development
  • Deterministic random number generatorI'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a …

    Patrik's XOR generator is a good one but ... degrades the quality of the random numbers generated.

    I ... put together a 15-bit random number generator (as required by the ... = 32767
    ;
    ; This random number generator is a 32-bit XorShift ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2014 Development
  • Deterministic random number generatorI'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a …

    [QUOTE=na_th_an;751611]Patrik Rak's XOR random number generator works a threat and it's incredibly compact. Exactly what I needed, thanks :)[/QUOTE]

    Totally agree, Patrick's XOR RNG is the dogs b*******...

    Paddy
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman February 2014 Development
  • Deterministic random number generatorI'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a …

    ... ;751610]Patrik Rak's XOR random number generator works a treat and ...
    Gedlion Gedlion February 2014 Development
  • New bicolour game: El Stompo.Phew! Finally finished my first game using Einar's fantastic Nirvana engine. [B]El Stompo.[/B] [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/davey…

    ... levers, I thought it was random". At least you can make ... (unlike, say, the Solar Power Generator in MM which is just ...
    leespoons leespoons April 2014 Brand new software
  • Sorting BusinessThis is a little bit different from the usual game-related fare but I know there are a few people here who like this sort of thing. This is about so…

    ...
    ps. I hope your random numbers are the same for ... the same seed so the random number sequences are always ... resides uses a different random number generator so the shellsort result ... is for a different sequence of random ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2014 Development
  • Beautiful codeSome people see beauty or something sublime in maths formulas and equations, can anyone suggest examples of beautiful or sublime programming?

    ... /forums/showthread.php?p=651670"]Random number generator[/URL]
    [URL="http ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak May 2014 Development
  • Name the Character for my new StoryI know this is utterly stupid, but I feel as if I have no choice. Let me explain: I am currently writing a second novel (after the positive receptio…

    ... looking for is [url]http://random-name-generator.info/[/url]


    Anyway, the ten random "rare" style female names it ...
    richl richl June 2014 Chit chat
  • Name the Character for my new StoryI know this is utterly stupid, but I feel as if I have no choice. Let me explain: I am currently writing a second novel (after the positive receptio…

    ... : I just tried that random name generator and the first name to ...
    leespoons leespoons June 2014 Chit chat
  • Deterministic random number generatorI'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a …

    I use Patrik's XOR random number generator and think it is excellent.

    Paddy
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2014 Development
  • CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…

    ... calls to the 8-bit generator. It would be interesting to ... will do the same for random numbers, eventually. C++ now has ... a means to select a random number generator and shaper to generate ... want the 8-bit uniform generator.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2014 Development
  • Game of Life.Last year (I think) or maybe the year before, I entered a Game of Life simulator into the CSS CGC compo but for the Sinclair ZX81. I decided to port…

    ... -9 start off with a random "*" pattern of that density; 0 ... to a keypress, as the generator disables interrupts, so it's ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Manic Miner - how far can you get?Been playing it now and then over the last few weeks on my 48K. I'd like to master it so I can astound friends and colleagues with my 8-bit "gaming s…

    ... ]Am dreading the solar power generator if/when I get there ... solar rays move about at random, which is a bit cruel ...
    leespoons leespoons December 2014 Games
  • Manic Miner - how far can you get?Been playing it now and then over the last few weeks on my 48K. I'd like to master it so I can astound friends and colleagues with my 8-bit "gaming s…

    ... , but the [I]Solar Power Generator[/I] is a tough one ... your time. It's not random - the ray reflects off the ...
    joefish joefish December 2014 Games
  • Manic Miner - how far can you get?Been playing it now and then over the last few weeks on my 48K. I'd like to master it so I can astound friends and colleagues with my 8-bit "gaming s…

    ... , but the [I]Solar Power Generator[/I] is a tough one ... your time. It's not random - the ray reflects off the ...
    leespoons leespoons December 2014 Games
  • RANDOMIZE - still not sure what it does...Whenever I wish a random number I use RND like: 10 LET a=RND*100 20 PRINT a 30 GO TO 0 and "a" will truly be random. But if is do the following: …

    ... .org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator"]Pseudo-random number generator[/URL] (PRNG). It ... generated in a truly random fashion but instead employ ... are being generated in a random fashion.

    ... html"]chapter[/URL] on Random numbers in the Spectrum ...
    Arjun Arjun January 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • RANDOMIZE - still not sure what it does...Whenever I wish a random number I use RND like: 10 LET a=RND*100 20 PRINT a 30 GO TO 0 and "a" will truly be random. But if is do the following: …

    ... />
    [B][COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]Random Number Generator Routine[/COLOR][/B]


    To generate a random number between 1 and N ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman January 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • WOSers' PSN UsernamesI bought a PS4 the other week! (I wasn't going to get one until later in the year but I was saving up, had some unexpected money for Christmas and A…

    ... the game is random every time, with a game generator creating a ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob January 2015 Chit chat
  • CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…

    ... correct, best options for random number generators should be:
    random number generator[/URL], 28 bytes, ... Patrik Rak's CMWC random number generator (unaligned)[/URL], 43 ... Patrik Rak's CMWC random number generator (aligned)[/URL], 41 ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas February 2015 Development
  • Random object placementI'm looking for some advice on placing objects randomly in a game. I have a routine that reads a table and prints the corresponding object: 0 prints…

    ... doesn't always fetch two random numbers. There is nothing wrong ... (lines, planes, hyperplanes), then the generator is flawed. Marsaglia for example ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak February 2015 Development
  • CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…

    ... Now the best options for random number generators are:
    < ... Rak's Xor-shift random number generator[/URL], 28 bytes, ... Patrik Rak's CMWC random number generator (unaligned)[/URL], 43 ... Patrik Rak's CMWC random number generator (aligned)[/URL], 41 ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas February 2015 Development
  • CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…

    ... be called for independent random sequences.  It's also ... random number from a 75-bit seed
    ; CMWC generator ... org/forums/discussion/39632/cmwc-random-number-generator-for-z80
    ... />    ;
       ; exit  : a = random number [0,255]
       ;         seed ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2015 Development
  • CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…

    ... you google for "z80 random number generator", the top hits are still ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak May 2015 Development
  • Would you like to test my astrology life calculator?<font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">While the forum was down I got into astrology</span></font><div style…

    You should convert this to Z80 so we can use it as a random number generator!
    joefish joefish May 2015 Chit chat
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