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From: "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com>
To: "python-list@python.org" <python-list@python.org>
Subject: RE: Getting a seeded value from a list
Thread-Topic: Getting a seeded value from a list
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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:17:40 +0000
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Chris Angelico wrote:=0D=0A> =0D=0A> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Prasa=
d, Ramit=0D=0A> <ramit=2Eprasad@jpmorgan=2Ecom> wrote:=0D=0A> > Steven D'Ap=
rano wrote:=0D=0A> >>=0D=0A> >> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:41:24 +1100, Chris A=
ngelico wrote:=0D=0A> >>=0D=0A> >> > However, this still means that the pla=
yer will see the exact same level=0D=0A> >> > regenerated every time, absol=
utely fresh=2E As previously stated in this=0D=0A> >> > thread, that's not =
usually a good thing for encounters, treasure, etc=2E=0D=0A> >> > Once some=
 nasty critter has been killed, he should STAY killed! :)=0D=0A> >>=0D=0A> =
>> Why? That isn't true in real life, why should it be true for games?=0D=
=0A> >>=0D=0A> >=0D=0A> > It is not true in all games=2E I have seen games =
where treasures=0D=0A> > regenerate in the same location except for key ite=
ms=2E Same goes=0D=0A> > for enemies (where only "bosses" do not regenerate=
)=2E It really=0D=0A> > just depends on the type of game you are playing--d=
esigning=0D=0A> > in this case=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A> Perhaps they regenerate, b=
ut do they regenerate from the exact same=0D=0A> random seed? For instance,=
 in Murkon's Refuge, the maps are=0D=0A> handcrafted and thus constant ever=
y time you enter a particular level=0D=0A> - but go downstairs and upstairs=
, and the monsters and treasure=0D=0A> regenerate, different from last time=
=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A> Of course, if the idea is that you're rewinding time, th=
en it makes=0D=0A> good sense for you to see the exact same pattern of enem=
ies=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A=0D=0AHmm=2E I guess most of the games where I remember=
 "regenerating"=0D=0Aenemies are a bit older=2E Chrono Trigger had enemies =
that =0D=0Awould regenerate if you left a map screen and came back, but=0D=
=0Athen again it seems more likely that the enemies were hard=0D=0Acoded an=
d not "generated" at all=2E Either that or they [games] are=0D=0Alike Diabl=
o/Castlevania where monsters are constantly "generated"=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AI sti=
ll hold the opinion that the seeding behavior depends on the =0D=0Agame=2E =
I wonder what Nethack does?=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A~Ramit=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AThis e=
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