This is a really simple library I made that handles “random chance” events/item selections for you. Its easy to use, ToS complaint, and is unbiased (has inbuilt “security” to prevent seed guessing attacks/etc).
Example:
local Rand = require(script.RandomChances)
local Res = Rand.Run(
{
--Each item has to add up to 100% in total. The amount you put in is the percentage you actually get such item.
["epic item"] = 20,
["even epicer item"] = 20,
["even epicer-er item"] = 20,
["super epic item"] = 30,
["omega epic item"] = 5,
["MOST epic item"] = 5,
})
print(Res) -- "epic item" (for example, will change every time you call it)
Some statistics of using this:
local Count = {}
local Events =
{
["epic item"] = 20,
["even epicer item"] = 20,
["even epicer-er item"] = 20,
["super epic item"] = 30,
["omega epic item"] = 5,
["MOST epic item"] = 5,
}
for I, V in pairs(Events) do
Count[I] = 0
end
for I = 0, 100000 do
local Res = Rand.Run(Events)
Count[Res] = Count[Res] + 1
end
for I, V in pairs(Count) do
print(I, V)
end
--[[
Output:
epic item 19835
even epicer item 20659
even epicer-er item 19851
super epic item 29590
omega epic item 4992
MOST epic item 5074
]]
The library itself uses the Random API - the best option we currently have for random numbers. While it isn’t very secure, its all we got so I attempted to use it in the best way possible.
Each chance is set into a translation table that specifies the percentage bounds of each item/event. For example, 5 random items of 20% each would be split into the following entries:
Entry 1: 0-20
Entry 2: 20-40
Entry 3: 40-60
Entry 4: 60-80
Entry 5: 80-100
After that, it generates a random number from 1-100 and then searches through the translation table to see which entry it corresponds to.
The RNG is re-seeded every 1-75 iterations with the current time (the seed that Roblox itself uses) and the last random number generated to hopefully provide some more entropy.
Link to module. Enjoy!