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Blackthorn Hare
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Join date: 7 Jul 2004
Posts: 11
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10-20-2006 10:59
Hey All,
I'm working on a virtual tabletop for playing D&D and other traditional RPGs. One challenge facing me is making a dice roller. Which of these avenues would seem most fruitful?
Scripting an object that simply returns a random number from a particular range of numbers (1-4, 1-6, and so on), and puts the results as a text string into chat? Like, "Blackthorn Hare rolls a d6 and gets a 4"?
Creating an actual die as a physical object that you could roll in a "dice cup" and then read the result?
Creating an object that chooses a texture at random and then displays it, showing a particular die result every time it's clicked?
Or some combination?
A HUD dice roller would be cool, too, but I don't have the scripting skills yet to make one.
Suggestions? Has anyone else already done this?
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Oasis Perun
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Join date: 2 Oct 2005
Posts: 128
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10-20-2006 17:01
I have a 6 sided die like the TSO die that i can give ya..not physical but may give ya a starting point.. IM me in game..or leave me an offline and ill drop ya a full perm one  .. also try posting your scriptin questions in Scripting Tips ..you'll get a LOT quicker response  |
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Seifert Surface
Mathematician
Join date: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 912
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10-20-2006 17:06
It's not at all obvious to me that the physics engine die will be particularly fair... especially if you start getting into the odd shapes you're likely to need for d!=6. Hmm... could be a fun project to do some statistics on the freebie die
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Luthien Unsung
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Join date: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 409
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10-20-2006 18:21
From: Blackthorn Hare Hey All,
I'm working on a virtual tabletop for playing D&D and other traditional RPGs. One challenge facing me is making a dice roller. Which of these avenues would seem most fruitful?
Scripting an object that simply returns a random number from a particular range of numbers (1-4, 1-6, and so on), and puts the results as a text string into chat? Like, "Blackthorn Hare rolls a d6 and gets a 4"?
Creating an actual die as a physical object that you could roll in a "dice cup" and then read the result?
Creating an object that chooses a texture at random and then displays it, showing a particular die result every time it's clicked?
Or some combination?
A HUD dice roller would be cool, too, but I don't have the scripting skills yet to make one.
Suggestions? Has anyone else already done this? There is a free rolling dice in your library.
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