Random flashes for lightning effect

[Ne0sam]

Hi !

I'm trying to create a lightning effect by flashing the screen. My problem here is the random part. I want my flashes to appear after a random time, so I thought about using a transform I could apply on a white image.

This is the transform code I'm using, but the randomized pause seems to always last 1 sec (the minimum I set in my randint)

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transform storm:
    alpha 0.8
    pause 0.05
    linear 0.2 alpha 0
    pause renpy.random.randint(1, 5)
    repeat

Is it possible to get some random in transforms ? Because I guess the "renpy.random.randint" function doesn't work in a transform. Or am I misunderstanding the whole thing ?

I'd also like to get a screenshake everytime the flash appears. Should I do it with another transform ? How can I get it to sync with the flashes ?

Thanks in advance!

[Imperf3kt]

randint is designed to work even with rollbacks, always generating the same number.
I can't currently think of a work around.

This may work if you modify it:
viewtopic.php?f=51&t=42259

I'll try something later if I get some time.

[saguaro]

For the randomization, I think the easiest way is to put possible pause lengths in choice statements.

https://renpy.org/doc/html/atl.html?#choice-statement