James Umbanhowar wrote: > Each call to the random number generator takes on the order of a minute > and a half. I determined this from doing a random class or race > selection. This problem makes generating stats take several hours.
Ouch! randint1( ) is invoked at l.210 in birth.c and defined in z-rand.[hc], ultimately via Rand_div( ), which is cycled by LCRNG, z-rand.c l.51: /* * Random Number Generator -- Linear Congruent RNG */ #define LCRNG(X) ((X) * 1103515245 + 12345) Without looking real close, I guess they might have been assuming a 32bit system, so it's taking a lot longer to hit (r<m) at l.177. Can you get your hands on an ia64 to compare against? It should have the same problem. Why don't they just use rnd() and be done with it? It's just a fantasy adventure game for goodness sake. Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
