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<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:35:56 -0800</LI>
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:08:31 -0800
Sellers, Michael <MSellers#maxis,com> wrote:
> JC wrote:
>> Given a rand() function that will always return the same value
>> for the same argument, yes. Without that you merely have a more
>> expensive PRNG with odd distributions -- ie little to no gain.
> Right. The ability to get the same PRN out of a PRNG given the
> same seed can be extremely useful in a lot of ways, if it can be
> shielded from the player.
Aye. Given the obviousl lengths that UOL players went to
empirically calculate and then graph the stat and result curves of
UOL (there are hundreds of K of carefully tabulated results on the
web), yes, this is important.
Rephrasing: It is imperitive that the relationship between the seed
value and the result of the rand() not be even slightly predictable.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00648" HREF="msg00648.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Sellers, Michael <a href="mailto:MSellers#maxis,com">MSellers#maxis,com</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 23:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00653" HREF="msg00653.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00656" HREF="msg00656.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00661" HREF="msg00661.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00663" HREF="msg00663.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00510" HREF="msg00510.html">[MUD-Dev] (fwd) Re: Artificial Language for MUD programmers</A></strong>,
claw <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Fri 26 Nov 1999, 19:06 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00503" HREF="msg00503.html">[MUD-Dev] volunteerism on muds (fwd)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Thu 25 Nov 1999, 01:47 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00502" HREF="msg00502.html">[MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Thu 25 Nov 1999, 00:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00508" HREF="msg00508.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>,
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