SOLVED: Renpy random integer and unbound random choices

[JQuartz]

Well I know of a roundabout way but as usual it's inefficient so use it at your own discretion. Here an example of the code:

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label first_value:
    $ value1=renpy.random.choice([1, 2, 3])
label second_value:
    $ value2=renpy.random.choice([1, 2, 3])
    if value1==value2:
        jump second_value
label third_value:
    $ value3=renpy.random.choice([1, 2, 3])
    if value1==value3 or value2==value3:
        jump third_value

This code will ensure all the values you get are different but it's a big mess if you intend to use 1000s of choices.

[Showsni]

I wonder if there is any way to prevent a random container from selecting the same thing twice ... ?

Try using remove.

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    $ squiggle = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
    label abc:
        pass
    
    
    $ mychoice = renpy.random.choice(squiggle)
    
    "You chose %(mychoice)s."
    $ squiggle.remove(mychoice)
    jump abc

It gives an error once you've run out of choices, though.

Similarly, append adds things to lists.

[JQuartz]

Showni way is better if you don't plan to have choices that have been chosen be chosen again. Showsni method is less messy and more efficient than mine.

[Watercolorheart]

Hmm, well, I'll definitely try it out in the future! I'll probably test it on Serkai's Zelda dungeon-style puzzles he's helping me with. A bit of randomness in descriptions for something like mirrors and walls and floors and rooms (atmosphere, anyway?) would alleviate some of the monotony too.

[Dusty]

Got it. Thanks. Delete it, roll again, right?

You don't even need to delete it, really - just assign a new value over the top and it'll replace what was already there. The distinction is just that the variable will always contain whatever value it was last given, and can't go off and find a new random number on its own - you have to explicitly generate and assign a new random number each time you want it to change.

I think I "got" it by the time I reached the end of my script, instead of copying and pasting gobs of text over. You can use a "call" function to accomplish this repeatedly, right?

Whoops. Yeah, when I was talking about "del" that wasn't the thing I was trying to get across.

Sorry for confusing you.

[squark]

Okay, I've been all over this thread and it seems like the place to post this.
I've got a question about the random integer generator, but I need it to be reusable, and creating new generators doesn't seem to be too efficient in this regard. Basically it's going to be used for meeting random people while out exploring.
I have this set up in my script file:

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label start:
   (flags and stuff)
   $ go_diceroll = renpy.random.randint(1, 8)

I've set up the first call like so in a seperate script:

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label explore:
   if go_diceroll = (value):
      show (person)
   elif (blah blah blah)

And it basically stacks like that.
As you can imagine setting up another generator for every single one of these will not only be cumbersome, but very time consuming and horribly inefficient. Is there any way to cause my dice to "forget" its original result and roll another one once I need it to?
I did read Showsni's choice system, but doesn't seem to be the way I want to take this.

One last thing.
Depending on how the player interacts with certain NPCs I'd like the dice weighted in favour of that NPC, or less likely to meet as the case may be. This makes it sound like a Dating Sim, but it's not.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

EDIT: I've looked again and it seems kind of handy. But I'd still like an easy to use weighting system.

[Altsune]

I know I'm a few years late to the party, but this helped me a ton!