Random Fuction giving me grief

[PBrain]

In my mission I have six guys. A random number of them are supposed to be chosen as casualties along the way for you to encounter. It is done by assigning each guy a random number (between 0 and 1) and if that number is greater and .5, they are chosen to be casualties and put in their place. Unfortunately, it is not working because only one guy has ever been a casualty at any one time (and its only ever rifleman1 or rifleman2) in my 10 tests so any suggestions on my script would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

_rifleman1number = random(1); assigning each guy his number
_rifleman2number = random(1)
_rifleman3number = random(1)
_rifleman4number = random(1)
_machinegunner1number = random(1)
_ATriflemannumber = random(1)

#checker
?(_rifleman1number > .5): goto "rifleman1dead" ;checking to see if they are chosen to be a casualty
?(_rifleman2number > .5): goto "rifleman2dead"
?(_rifleman3number > .5): goto "rifleman3dead"
?(_rifleman4number > .5): goto "rifleman4dead"
?(_machinegunnernumber > .5): goto "machinegunnerdead"
?(_ATriflemannumber > .5): goto "ATriflemandead"
exit

#rifleman1dead ;the part that makes them a casualty (killing them and putting them in a fixed location)
~.01
rifleman1 setpos (getpos rifleman1dead)
rifleman1 setdamage 1
_rifleman1dead = 0 ;set its number to 0 so it doesn't keep checking the same guy
goto "checker" ;go back to checking others

#rifleman2dead
~.01
rifleman2 setpos (getpos rifleman2dead)
rifleman2 setdamage 1
_rifleman2dead = 0
goto "checker"

#rifleman3dead
~.01
rifleman3 setpos (getpos rifleman3dead)
rifleman3 setdamage 1
_rifleman3dead = 0
goto "checker"

#rifleman4dead
~.01
rifleman4 setpos (getpos rifleman4dead)
rifleman4 setdamage 1
_rifleman4dead = 0
goto "checker"

#machinegunnerdead
~.01
machinegunner setpos (getpos machinegunnerdead)
machinegunner setdamage 1
_machinegunnerdead = 0
goto "checker"

#ATriflemandead
~.01
ATrifleman setpos (getpos ATriflemandead)
ATrifleman setdamage 1
_ATriflemandead = 0
goto "checker"

[hoz]

I'm not sure whats causing your problem off hand, but why not try to increase the randomness to 10 and set the .5 value to 5.  I'm guessing here but I think that random(1) only gives you the random number between 0 and 1. I'd be very surprised if the random(1) ever turned up a .5 its either going to be 1 or 0.  So if you increase the random(1) to random 10 and then do your check on > 5 it may help.

Hoz

[Razorwings18]

You need new glasses.

Check this line in your script:
_rifleman1dead = 0 ;set its number to 0 so it doesn't keep checking the same guy

Variable name is wrong. Should be:
_rifleman1number = 0

Cheers.

[h-]

I'm guessing here but I think that random(1) only gives you the random number between 0 and 1. I'd be very surprised if the random(1) ever turned up a .5 its either going to be 1 or 0.  So if you increase the random(1) to random 10 and then do your check on > 5 it may help.

Random 1 gives you a random floating point value between 0.000000 and 1.000000...
So there's a lot more variation than just 1 or 0 there

Quick tests gave me numers like 0.044678, 0.244576, 0.267896 and 0.763452 so basicly it should not really matter..

[hoz]

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Random 1 gives you a random floating point value between 0.000000 and 1.000000...
So there's a lot more variation than just 1 or 0 there

Quick tests gave me numers like 0.044678, 0.244576, 0.267896 and 0.763452 so basicly it should not really matter..

Learn something everyday

Hoz