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[01-06 21:32] [Chat] Roku: I could see a 'tree' being available for maybe even 3 or 4 days if it was also a new island that moved around with a explored marker.
[01-06 21:32] [Chat] Icewolfz: still have ot be afixed list that it just picks from
[01-06 21:32] [Chat] Roku: I know nothing here is random
[01-06 21:33] [Chat] Icewolfz: its psudeo random
[01-06 21:33] [Chat] Roku: its 8 bit at best and often 6 bit due to positive or negative integers
[01-06 21:33] [Chat] Icewolfz: its system random
[01-06 21:33] [Chat] Icewolfz: srand not 8 bit
[01-06 21:33] [Chat] Icewolfz: bt still limited
[01-06 21:34] [Chat] Icewolfz: it uses int so its at least 32bit
[01-06 21:35] [Chat] Roku: we both tried at one point to compile it with 16 bit random and it always failed because the host doesn't expose the 16 or 32 bit smt to the driver process on this server.  You might ask Genesis muds if they could do that now, as I'm sure all their hosts support it, 4-6 years ago when we looked at it with ls /proc/cpu I'm sure those hosts are long dead :)
[01-06 21:35] [Chat] Icewolfz: its based on the standed clib
[01-06 21:35] [Chat] Icewolfz: its a32bit host
[01-06 21:35] [Chat] Icewolfz: its lmiited by the compiler version
[01-06 21:36] [Chat] Icewolfz: which is like gcc 4.2 or 3.3 or something
[01-06 21:36] [Chat] Icewolfz: its shared host there is no way to chagne it short of a new host
[01-06 21:37] [Chat] Roku: that random in the system is not close to random. All hits are more likely between 50-59 after the hour and 20-29 after the hour, as well as if your primary stats are odd numbers instead of even. It's the main reason I proved with Are that level 99 is more powerful for phyiscal classes than level 100.
[01-06 21:37] [Chat] Icewolfz: which is why the standard c lib has had multuple random upgrades and modules over hte years
[01-06 21:38] [Chat] Icewolfz: overall it returns a int from 0 to rand_max
[01-06 21:38] [Chat] Icewolfz: based on the clib on the os
[01-06 21:38] [Chat] Icewolfz: its and older server setup so it is more limited then newer better randoms
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16:02, Lockday, Ketralki 2, 219 AD.

[01-06 21:32]	[Chat]	Roku: I could see a 'tree' being available for maybe even 3 or 4 days if it was also a new island that moved around with a explored marker.
[01-06 21:32]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: still have ot be afixed list that it just picks from
[01-06 21:32]	[Chat]	Roku: I know nothing here is random
[01-06 21:33]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: its psudeo random
[01-06 21:33]	[Chat]	Roku: its 8 bit at best and often 6 bit due to positive or negative integers
[01-06 21:33]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: its system random
[01-06 21:33]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: srand not 8 bit
[01-06 21:33]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: bt still limited
[01-06 21:34]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: it uses int so its at least 32bit
[01-06 21:35]	[Chat]	Roku: we both tried at one point to compile it with 16 bit random and it always failed because the host doesn't expose the 16 or 32 bit smt to the driver process on this server. You might ask Genesis muds if they could do that now, as I'm sure all their hosts support it, 4-6 years ago when we looked at it with ls /proc/cpu I'm sure those hosts are long dead :)
[01-06 21:35]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: its based on the standed clib
[01-06 21:35]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: its a32bit host
[01-06 21:35]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: its lmiited by the compiler version
[01-06 21:36]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: which is like gcc 4.2 or 3.3 or something
[01-06 21:36]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: its shared host there is no way to chagne it short of a new host
[01-06 21:37]	[Chat]	Roku: that random in the system is not close to random. All hits are more likely between 50-59 after the hour and 20-29 after the hour, as well as if your primary stats are odd numbers instead of even. It's the main reason I proved with Are that level 99 is more powerful for phyiscal classes than level 100.
[01-06 21:37]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: which is why the standard c lib has had multuple random upgrades and modules over hte years
[01-06 21:38]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: overall it returns a int from 0 to rand_max
[01-06 21:38]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: based on the clib on the os
[01-06 21:38]	[Chat]	Icewolfz: its and older server setup so it is more limited then newer better randoms
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