Randomly Generated Strings/Names

ADSentertainment

I've been trying to make a program in GameSalad that'll generate a random word using a pattern of vowels and consonants. I have it so when a button is pressed, an boolean attribute will be set to true, and an object will, if the attribute is true, take a vowel and consonant from a table and generate a word that is pronounceable, but I keep getting the same string over and over again with the same vowels and consonants. It's not the exact same string every time I reload the scene, it'll change, but only when I reset it, when I hit the button, it gives me the same string over and over. Here's the expression used to randomize the string:

tableCellValue( game.tblLetters ,random(1,5),1)..tableCellValue( game.tblLetters ,random(1,21),2).. tableCellValue( game.tblLetters ,random(1,5),1)

Here are some screenshots as well:

tatiang

Try taking the random functions out of the tableCellValue expressions. This is a known issue with GameSalad. Generate them first and then use the attributes you generate within the tableCellValue expressions:

Change Attribute self.random1 to random(1,5)
Change Attribute self.random2 to random(1,21)
Change Attribute self.random3 to random(1,5)

tableCellValue( game.tblLetters ,self.random1,1)..tableCellValue( game.tblLetters ,self.random2,2).. tableCellValue( game.tblLetters ,self.random3,1)

ADSentertainment

Try taking the random functions out of the tableCellValue expressions. This is a known issue with GameSalad. Generate them first and then use the attributes you generate within the tableCellValue expressions:

Change Attribute self.random1 to random(1,5)
Change Attribute self.random2 to random(1,21)
Change Attribute self.random3 to random(1,5)

tableCellValue( game.tblLetters ,self.random1,1)..tableCellValue( game.tblLetters ,self.random2,2).. tableCellValue( game.tblLetters ,self.random3,1)

That's a bit of a problem, if I have multiple vowels or consonants, they'd all be the same letter since they're derived from the same random value from the attribute, is there something I can do that DOESN'T involve me making a random value for each individual vowel and consonant?

EDIT: oh, I thought you were using random3 as the third column with the other characters. Is there still a way I can do this without making an attribute for every vowel and consonant?

tatiang

How long are your words? If you have 5-letter words, then you need 5 random attributes. If you have 10-letter words, then you need 10 random attributes, etc.

If you want to make 500 5-letter words, you still just use the same 5 attributes and just have them generate a new random value each time you want to make a word.

ADSentertainment

How long are your words? If you have 5-letter words, then you need 5 random attributes. If you have 10-letter words, then you need 10 random attributes, etc.

If you want to make 500 5-letter words, you still just use the same 5 attributes and just have them generate a new random value each time you want to make a word.

It'll really depend, I'm going to have multiple options, and I might even make it so you'd be able to choose the pattern of consonants and vowels

tatiang

@ADSentertainment Here's a demo.