Random Locations

TheTinman

What does the number 360 stand for in this line?

float fRandomSpawnPoints = IntToFloat(Random(360));

Proleric

It's requesting a random number in the range 0-359.

Without context, it's anyone's guess why 360 rather than some other number. Perhaps it's a random bearing (360 degrees in a circle) which, combined with a random distance, would give a random location relative to a fixed point?

TheTinman

That makes sense. So would that mean there would be 360 random locations that an object could spawn at?

Proleric

Without the context (more of the script) I can only speculate, but I'd guess it's one spawnpoint in a random direction.

Melkior

What Proleric says. Since there are 360 degrees in a complete circle, my first guess too would be that it's a "facing" rather than anything else. It ensures that whatever is spawned won't spawn facing a particular direction, but a random direction.
But, again like Proleric says, we'd need context to confirm exactly what it's being used for.