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[omar_omar]

im making a small shooting game and i want some artificial coding help wut type of codes do i have 2 use and is math.randoomseed(os.time()) needed?
thnx in advance ;)
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[omar_omar]

can some body replay ASAP!!!
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[JC]

You need the math.randomseed(os.time()) to ensure you random numbers really are random. If you don't seed the random number generator (or if you seed it with a known value) then the number sequences will be the same each time. By using os.time to seed it you use a different number each time the program runs.


As for what type of code you need, I think you'll need to be a bit more specific.

Let us know a bit more detail and I'm sure someone can help.

HTH,
JC

[omar_omar]

ok as i said before i need to code an enemy

so wut exactly this enemy is supposed to do is shoot with a gun at the player
run towards the player if the player is far etc
so do u get the idea :S ?
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[Drakonite]

This is not an "OMG TEACH ME TO CODZ0R!" forum. This is ps2/psp specific homebrew dev discussion. Learn how to code before you come here, because we are not going to teach you.
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[omar_omar]

i already know how to code but i just need alil help with artificial coding thats all can some one help me with my previous question if thats not a prob.
thnx
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[JC]

It's pretty easy once you break down what you want to do:

1) See if you enemy is lined up with your character (check the X or Y setting were appropriate)
2) If he is lined up use a random number to decide whether or not to shoot (if math.random(1,3) = 1 then ......... end)

As far as movement is concerned this is slightly more complicated. You first need to decide if your enemy will 'chase' your character or just move randomly.

[omar_omar]

thnx man that helped
and for the math.random()
the # i pot between the bracets e.g. 2,6
it will chose a random # between 2 and 6 right :S ??
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[JC]

Yep, that's correct.

Check out these links, they are pretty usefully

http://www.lua.org/pil/
http://www.lua.org/manual/5.0/manual.html
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[omar_omar]

thnx DC, that was alot of help.
and i know i shoud'nt be askin this but
wuts the definition of
math.pi
math.( dunno diffrent words here )
can somebody answer my question please if thts nnot a prob.
thnx so much ;)
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[be2003]

pi =3.14
pi is a number used when messing with circles, maybe you should take an online geometry review(alot of the math.something is based on geometry and algebra and maybe some trig)
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