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[BigSHinyToys]

sjele, on 15 August 2012 - 07:54 PM, said:

Make sucsess scrip a function?

function sucsess()
--Code for sucsess
end

And for fail code

function fail()
-- Code for fail
end

And then do something like this

chance = math.random (1, 5)

if chance == 1 then
sucsess()
elseif chance == 2 then
sucsess()
elseif chance == 3 then
sucsess()
elseif chance == 4 then
sucsess()
elseif chance == 5 then
fail()
end

Improved your script a little

chance = math.random (1, 500) -- much longer shot
if chance == 1 then
	sucsess()
else
	fail()
end

[KaoS]

yes but we are looking for a 15% chance of success here

unless I misunderstood OP

[KaoS]

lol, looks like I was wrong, apologies Pharap, misread

[BigSHinyToys]

KaoS, on 16 August 2012 - 10:33 AM, said:

yes but we are looking for a 15% chance of success here

unless I misunderstood OP

Ok here

chance = math.random (1, 100) -- much longer shot
if chance <=15 then
	fail()
else
    sucsess()
end

[Pharap]

KaoS, on 16 August 2012 - 10:39 AM, said:

lol, looks like I was wrong, apologies Pharap, misread

I had the feeling you did since I swapped the order of the test.
Programmers have to be on their toes, you know.

BigSHinyToys, on 16 August 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

KaoS, on 16 August 2012 - 10:33 AM, said:

yes but we are looking for a 15% chance of success here

unless I misunderstood OP

Ok here

chance = math.random (1, 100) -- much longer shot
if chance <=15 then
	fail()
else
	sucsess()
end

We've passed that and established

if math.random (1, 100)  <=15 then
	fail()
else
	sucsess()
end

is shorter, but if you want to be able to set chance to the percentage chance, use

chance = 15
if math.random (1, 100)  <= chance then
	fail()
else
	sucsess()
end

After this, if anybody ever asks how to manage random chance occurrences, I'm going to throw my computer out the window.

[KaoS]

hahahahaha, I dealt with this forever in DOS, its random function/re-evaluating var is harder to manipulate especially as you have to be VERY careful with maths in dos as at every step it rounds off to the nearest integer /> what a nightmare

[Pharap]

KaoS, on 16 August 2012 - 10:55 AM, said:

hahahahaha, I dealt with this forever in DOS, its random function/re-evaluating var is harder to manipulate especially as you have to be VERY careful with maths in dos as at every step it rounds off to the nearest integer /> what a nightmare

I would like to take this moment to thank programming for the modulo feature, and pray that someday it comes as standard on calculators.