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Re: Getting a seeded value from a list

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> 	Are you generating the entire level on entry, or as each room is
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> "opened" (if, "as opened", you have the complication that going down a
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> level and back up will result in different random numbers vs going
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> straight to the room).
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> 	Generating on entry only needs the seed for the initial generation
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> point (as mentioned, first time you could use the system clock and save
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> the value).

I'm generating the room on entry -- the 'stairs' object calls 'make_map()' which creates the floor and lays out monsters and treasure.

What I'm trying to do is set a persistent state for the levels generated by make_map(), so the player can move between floors without generating a totally new randomized floor each time.
 
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> 	But for a dungeon -- you may be best served by generating the entire
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> level (all rooms, doors, static encounters [traps, treasure]) when
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> entering the level, and saving the entire dungeon (after all, after a
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> treasure is collected, it shouldn't re-appear the next time you start
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> that same level -- if you only save the starting seed, then all
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> encounters will also be regenerated). In this scenario, where you save
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> the entire dungeon, you don't even need to worry about the seed --
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> you'll never really want to recreate the same dungeon for another party
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> [unless running a competition in which case you seed every computer the
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> same so every participant is running the identical dungeon].


That actually sounds close to what I'd like to ?do.  How would I go about saving the dungeon?  I'm guessing I'd need to define how many levels to generate, first of all....

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Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-11-19 18:31 -0500
  Re: Getting a seeded value from a list frednotbob@hotmail.ca - 2012-11-19 21:45 -0800
  Re: Getting a seeded value from a list frednotbob@hotmail.ca - 2012-11-19 21:45 -0800
    Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-11-20 08:26 +0000
  Re: Getting a seeded value from a list frednotbob@hotmail.ca - 2012-11-20 18:18 -0800
    Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 14:41 +1100
      Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-21 03:47 +0000
        Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 15:00 +1100
        RE: Getting a seeded value from a list "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-11-23 16:27 +0000
        Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-24 09:32 +1100
        RE: Getting a seeded value from a list "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-11-26 20:17 +0000
          Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-11-27 02:01 +0100
        Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-27 07:24 +1100
  Re: Getting a seeded value from a list frednotbob@hotmail.ca - 2012-11-20 18:18 -0800
    Re: Getting a seeded value from a list Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-21 03:37 +0000

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