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  • The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…

    ... user interaction to generate a "random" number.[/QUOTE]

    Sorry don ... 't it? And sets a 'random' seed for RND? Just tried ...
    R-Tape R-Tape February 2014 Games
  • R.I.P. Bob Hoskins:( [url]http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/30/bob-hoskins-dies[/url] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27224995[/url]

    ... !"

    He dials a random number and gets some half-asleep ...
    Grunaki Grunaki May 2014 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... , having graded the same number of assignments as took me ... the same seed so the random number sequences are always the same ... shellsort resides uses a different random number generator so the shellsort result ... better pivot will mean the number of items in the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2014 Development
  • 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…

    [QUOTE=Einar Saukas;768335]Use the middle element of the partition as pivot. This should be good enough in all practical cases.

    There are even better, more sophisticated strategies for choosing a pivot, but they have an additional overhead ...
    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
  • + 3 floppy drive clicking then nowtJust picked up a split mint +3 so i expected it to work perfectly but when i switch it on or reset it the floppy clicks about 10/12 times and then no…

    The answer is yes. I'm just not sure if the question is: "is 42 a nice random number"? :D:p:lol:

    [B][I]Mark[/I][/B]

    Posted on my earth computer
    1024MAK 1024MAK July 2014 Hardware
  • 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]…

    ... a means to select a random number generator and shaper to generate ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous 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]…

    ... not easy to get a random number between arbitrary values from data ... way, of course. Adding multiple random numbers together always converges to ... it. Simply sum 2^k random numbers, then shift the result ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak September 2014 Development
  • 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). ... value of [I]number[/I] itself random, we would ... like the number are being generated in a random fashion. ... and therefore leading to different number sequences.

    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 use ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman January 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…

    ... be not longer than some random number.

    [QUOTE][QUOTE]As ...
    Timmy Timmy January 2015 Brand new software
  • 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…

    [QUOTE=Jerri;817782][QUOTE=Einar Saukas;817774]I just run a simple empirical test (plotting randomly on screen) to compare the random generator algorithms mentioned here:

    [CODE]10 FOR f=0 TO 20000
    20 LET y=USR 32768: IF y
    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]…

    ... correct, best options for random number generators should be:
    ... Rak's Xor-shift random number generator[/URL], 28 bytes ... Optimized Patrik Rak's CMWC random number generator (unaligned)[/URL], ... Patrik Rak's CMWC random number generator (aligned)[/URL], ...
    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]…

    ... /> Now the best options for random number generators are:

    random number generator[/URL], 28 bytes ... Optimized Patrik Rak's CMWC random number generator (unaligned)[/URL], ... Patrik Rak's CMWC random number generator (aligned)[/URL], ...
    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 ... /> ; Generates an 8-bit random number from a 75-bit seed ... org/forums/discussion/39632/cmwc-random-number-generator-for-z80
       ; exit  : a = random number [0,255]
       ;         seed updated ...
    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]…

    ... . If you google for "z80 random number generator", the top hits are ...
    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
  • Procedurally generated levelsThere seems to be a myth roaming the internet that Spelunky was the first game to use procedurally generated levels. I'm pretty sure there are ear…

    ... really just 'pseudo-random'. They appear to be random but they're ... to make sure that a 'random' sequence of numbers is actually ... repeat.

    Some crap random number generators will output each possible ...
    joefish joefish June 2015 Chit chat
  • Full-screen 32 columns bicolor engine NIRVANA+I'm glad to announce the release of [b]NIRVANA+ ENGINE[/b], providing support for bicolor graphics (multicolor 8x2) in 32 columns for all standard Sp…

    ... "]fprand()[/url]" that returns a random number between 0.0 and 1 ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2015 Brand new software
  • New Game: The Order of MazesI'm pleased to announce my first full game release since Flynn's Adventure in Bombland 4 years ago. It is called The Order of Mazes and you can downl…

    ... are etc... It uses a random number generator to determine all of ... will have different mazes. The random number generator it uses is [url ... /forums/discussion/23070/xor-shift-random-number-generator-for-z80/p1"]Patrik ...
    TomD TomD October 2015 Brand new software
  • New Game: AmnesiaHello! First of all, sorry for my English. I have developed my first game. It is called "Amnesia", and I have used the Freescape engine "3D Con…

    ... which is triggered utilising the random number variable. Have you checked out ...
    Flanimal Flanimal December 2015 Brand new software
  • Mr. Jido makes some noiseA little something to analyse and discuss for you. [code] ORG 60000 ; RND Generator: RND LD HL,EARTH LD A,(WIND) ADD A,L LD …

    ... to be some sort of random number generator, perhaps pausing for a ... random period, or something like that?... ... plant and its prerequisites as random conditions, when you look at ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil December 2015 Development
  • Mr. Jido makes some noiseA little something to analyse and discuss for you. [code] ORG 60000 ; RND Generator: RND LD HL,EARTH LD A,(WIND) ADD A,L LD …

    This is a Random Number Generator together with an initialisation ... first results. They are not random enough. To get the idea ... one needs to have 256 Random Numbers fast. Code can generate ...
    Andy Schraepel Andy Schraepel December 2015 Development
  • New Game: AmnesiaHello! First of all, sorry for my English. I have developed my first game. It is called "Amnesia", and I have used the Freescape engine "3D Con…

    ... which is triggered utilising the random number variable. Have you checked out ...
    huelvy huelvy December 2015 Brand new software
  • London - recommendations for things to doHello folks :) Heading down to London for a few days (1st-3rd March) with my girlfriend. It's been quite a while since I was last in the Big Smoke…

    ... weird computers, including ERNIE (1950s random number generator) and a gold plated ...
    textvoyage textvoyage February 2016 Chit chat
  • New game: SolarGun 1.0[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75238938/solargun4.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75238938/solargun5.gif[/img] (that g…

    ... /> HeHeHe......with screenshots.. otherwise a random number could be typed in and ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins March 2016 Brand new software
  • What is it?One of the ideas for new features on WoS that seems to be popular is to maintain a repository of code/music/graphics/other for people to use in their…

    The different assets (code, music, graphics, etc) could be different sections. Inside these sections, it could be managed under tags. If you upload a random number generator for example, it will be put in the code section with the 'random' subject tag.
    PROSM PROSM May 2016 Repository
  • Simple snake clone (Znake)I wrote a simple snake clone: https://github.com/chriswyatt/znake It lacks a title screen, difficulty selection and has some timing issues, but…

    Thanks. Appreciate the feedback. The random number generator is pretty bad; I ...
    chriswyatt chriswyatt May 2016 Brand new software
  • What is it?One of the ideas for new features on WoS that seems to be popular is to maintain a repository of code/music/graphics/other for people to use in their…

    ... except for Patrik Rak's random number generators.
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2016 Repository
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