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Random Problem
Allan Monday
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02-26-2009 06:39
Or better said Randomize Problem,

I am working on a server Unit that triggers a event at a randomly choosen remote prim at a random time. The UUID of that remote prim is going to be written on a notecard inside the server.

My approach to randomize the UUID was to get the Number of notecardlines run a llFrand pass the result into a llGetNotecardLine and use the resultfrom that to get a random UUID out of that notecard

The question is if there is a easier way to do it, just a general hint would help already.

Thank you in advance
Destiny Niles
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02-26-2009 08:11
or you can read in the entire notecard into a list and randomize the list and avoid doing readlines in the future.
The list randomizer function is http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlListRandomize
Dora Gustafson
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02-26-2009 08:44
From: Allan Monday
The UUID of that remote prim is going to be written on a notecard inside the server.

I hope you are aware that the prim UUID is a new one every time the prim is rezzed?
It might end up with an awful lot of note card editing;)
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Allan Monday
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02-26-2009 08:50
From: Dora Gustafson
I hope you are aware that the prim UUID is a new one every time the prim is rezzed?
It might end up with an awful lot of note card editing;)


thank you for your concern there, but the whole thing is suposed to be for a RP Sim and therefore I hope they leave objects rezzed for a certain period of time. If not..well tough luck for them <insert evil laugh here>

And thank you for the tip with the List, however I cant realy get it so it gives me only one UUID back it gives me the whole list each time i call it.

On that note after thinking for 5 minutes longer I gonna go with object names instead of UUID's
Dora Gustafson
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02-26-2009 12:03
From: Allan Monday

And thank you for the tip with the List, however I cant realy get it so it gives me only one UUID back it gives me the whole list each time i call it.
Why is that??

I'm sure the idea was to read all lines in the card and make each line a list entry;
Then randomize the list and take first entry as your UUID.
You could also randomize a list pointer and pick the list entry it points
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02-26-2009 15:23
out of curiosity, are these linked prims? if so scrap the list. use their link numbers or names (names is also a good way to go for unlinked, prevents rez-uuid issues as you seem to have guessed)
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Allan Monday
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02-26-2009 17:48
From: Void Singer
out of curiosity, are these linked prims? if so scrap the list. use their link numbers or names (names is also a good way to go for unlinked, prevents rez-uuid issues as you seem to have guessed)


no they are all over a sim so they going to communicate over llRegionSay