Generating a random number for damage

[AlexNerd]

Apologies if this has been answered before or if it should be common programming sense, but I'm wondering how to generate a random number in a dialogue lua script. I'm trying to make it so attacks do damage in a range (say, between 1 and 6 damage) and I'm wondering what command to put in for that. Thanks!

[Tony Li]

Hi Alex,

Use the "math.random" function. Examples:

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Variable["Damage"] = math.random(1, 6)

or:

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TakeDamage(math.random(1, 6))

[AlexNerd]

Thank you! I wasn't sure if that function worked in lua

[Tony Li]

Sorry, I had typed mathf a couple times in my previous reply (now fixed). In Lua, it's math.random, not mathf.random.

[AlexNerd]

So I'm trying to do

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Variable["BaseDamage"] = mathf.random(1, 4);

but it's not changing the default variable value (0). I put it in the "script" area, is that not where I'm supposed to put it?

[Tony Li]

Remove the "f" from mathf. Sorry, I had typed it wrong in my first reply.