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Aznvt33 (18 posts) Bio

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Fri 16 Mar 2007 03:50 PM (UTC)

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I wanna do a script where I cast a random staffcast while bashing, except I have no idea how to use the math.random function.

There are 4 different staffcasts:

STAFFCAST DISSOLUTION AT <adventurer/denizen> (magical damage)
STAFFCAST LIGHTNING AT <adventurer/denizen> (electric damage)
STAFFCAST SCINTILLA AT <adventurer/denizen> (fire damage)
STAFFCAST HORRIPILATION AT <adventurer/denizen> (cold damage)

I'm thinking that I should make an alias for each one, and use math.random to assign a number for each alias and Execute ("the proper alias"). How would I do this?

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Posted by David Haley USA (3,881 posts) Bio

Date Reply #1 on Fri 16 Mar 2007 04:03 PM (UTC)

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You could have a function that does something like this...


function random_cast(target)
  local spells = {
   "dissolution",
   "lightning",
   "scintilla",
   "horripilation",
  }

  local spellNum = math.random(1, #spells)

  return "staffcast " .. spells[spellNum] .. " at " .. target
end

Then whenever you want to cast a random spell, have your alias call this function, passing in the target you want, and send the result to the world.

David Haley aka Ksilyan
Head Programmer,
Legends of the Darkstone

http://david.the-haleys.org

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Posted by

Aznvt33 (18 posts) Bio

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Reply #2 on Fri 16 Mar 2007 07:21 PM (UTC)

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Thanks, I figured it out. Works great.

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