Get Random Delay

TheTinman

Can different actions be assigned to each number between the minimum and maximum numbers?

float GetRandomDelay(float fMinimumTime = 0.4,float fMaximumTime = 1.1);

Melkior

Not directly, and there are easier ways to get what you want, such as with a custom function.

int GetRandomRange(int iMinVal=1, int iMaxVal=10)
{
  int iDiff=iMaxVal-iMinVal;
  if(iDiff<1) return 0;  
  return iMinVal+(Random(iDiff));
}

I'm not sure this will do exactly what you want, but it'll be a good starting point at least.
Then you use the value output by this function in a "switch-case" command in order to select a different action for each number.

.....
int iVal=GetRandomRange(2,5);
switch (iVal)
{
case 2: //something to do
break;
case 3: //something else to do
break;
case 4: //still another thing to do
break;
case 5: //yet another thing to do
break;
}
.....

(The one thing I'm not sure about in the function is whether or not the math allows every number from iMinVal to iMaxVal to appear, or if one of the extremes is excluded from the range)

Terrorble

What kind of actions?

GetRandomDelay() returns a single float value between those numbers and you won't know what it is, other than it's in that range.
In a cutscene where I have several NPCs speaking to each other, I use DelayCommand() to time their speaking parts, movements, and facing - all using DelayCommand(float,AssignCommand()). You could easily throw in DelayCommand(GetRandomDelay(),AssignCommand()).

Hopefully that helps.

TheTinman

Thanks for the replies. I got it sorted now.