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Posted: **17 May 2015, 07:30**

exactly getting it would need somehow seeding the generator althought goes over my head.

in previous fix

int x = OEngine::Misc::Rng::rollDice(hoursToWait);
if (x > fSleepRandMod * hoursToWait)
mInterruptAt = hoursToWait - int(fSleepRestMod * hoursToWait)

rand generator isn't always reliable in OEngine::Misc::Rng::rollDice(hoursToWait)

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 int Rng::rollDice(int max)
{
return static_cast<int>((std::rand() / (static_cast<double>(RAND_MAX)+1.0)) * (max));

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdlib/rand/

Notice though that this modulo operation does not generate uniformly distributed random numbers in the span (since in most cases this operation makes lower numbers slightly more likely).

http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/numeric/random/rand
stackoverflow

just some found googling std rand

Posted: **17 May 2015, 08:11**

I don't think the deviations from random would be noticeable in gameplay.

Posted: **22 May 2015, 00:20**

Seeing as it would be used a lot throughout the game, if the random function(s) used aren't completely reliable we would want to switch to better ones. Or, if the original game's RNG isn't too uniform either, then we'd want to use a similar/the same RNG (with same pitfalls/tendencies) to get closer to original experience, with a CFG option (post 1.0?) to switch to a more uniform one instead.

Posted: **24 May 2015, 14:32**

http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/151314 ... p=23885619

1. Slight flaw. fSleepRandMod works as probability coefficient and is in overall usual modifier, but fSleepRestMod doen't make sense at all. Instead of providing some diminishing factor, so player will be more likely to be interrupted after X hours, it's just calculates at what percent of choosed hours you will be waked. As a consequence, more hours you choose to rest - more hours you will rest unwaked even if you should be interrupted. [facepalm]

2. Exploit. It was easy. If fSleepRestMod formula is so stupid, there must be some exploit. And here it is. Just choose to rest one hour every time. You will not be waked. Ever. You will sleep in wilderness as in your new bed from IKEA store. [facepalm again]

possibly cfg and/or making it optional while writing game mechanic to scripts

Posted: **24 May 2015, 16:12**

sjek wrote:http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/151314 ... p=23885619

1. Slight flaw. fSleepRandMod works as probability coefficient and is in overall usual modifier, but fSleepRestMod doen't make sense at all. Instead of providing some diminishing factor, so player will be more likely to be interrupted after X hours, it's just calculates at what percent of choosed hours you will be waked. As a consequence, more hours you choose to rest - more hours you will rest unwaked even if you should be interrupted. [facepalm]

2. Exploit. It was easy. If fSleepRestMod formula is so stupid, there must be some exploit. And here it is. Just choose to rest one hour every time. You will not be waked. Ever. You will sleep in wilderness as in your new bed from IKEA store. [facepalm again]

I don't see this as a particularly big deal. As long as it's not something a player can inadvertently exploit, I wouldn't give it much thought. If someone goes through the trouble of purposely doing multiple one-hour rests to avoid wilderness interruptions, then plugging that hole will almost assuredly just drive them to find some other way to get the same result.

Posted: **24 May 2015, 18:43**

well playing ingame it's kinda thought provoking why all the creatures hasn't died to extinction given how much adventurers and npc's there is in the wilderness with constant interruption.

if thinking that first hours is half sleeping for diminishing interruptions makes sense. somewhat dagoth ur style

modyfying fsleeprestmod / possibility for custom mechanic gmst's goes after dehardcoding stuff or not.... late night

Posted: **25 May 2015, 04:34**

sjek wrote:well playing ingame it's kinda thought provoking why all the creatures hasn't died to extinction given how much adventurers and npc's there is in the wilderness with constant interruption.

The world is much bigger than what you see in game. The area of High Rock and Hammerfell that Daggerfall covered is about the same size (if not less, due to the ocean inlet) as Vvardenfell. Daggerfall is about 62000 square miles, whereas Oblivion is 16 square miles, and Morrowind is smaller than that. Even if you wiped out all life in what the game gave you, that's much much less than 0.1% (closer to 0.01%) of the "real" island.

Posted: **15 Aug 2015, 11:05**

I did some rough math, with the current formula being used in /apps/openmw/mygui/waitdialog.cpp, compared to

sjek wrote: in previous fix

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int x = OEngine::Misc::Rng::rollDice(hoursToWait);
if (x > fSleepRandMod * hoursToWait)
mInterruptAt = hoursToWait - int(fSleepRestMod * hoursToWait)

here is the results:

//(x > fSleepRandMod * hoursToWait) //Sjek's formula
hours: 1 Interruptions: 0/100,000
hours: 2 Interruptions: 50,114/100,000
hours: 3 Interruptions: 66,794/100,000
hours: 4 Interruptions: 50,232/100,000
hours: 5 Interruptions: 60,108/100,000
hours: 6 Interruptions: 66,571/100,000
hours: 7 Interruptions: 71,463/100,000
hours: 8 Interruptions: 62,612/100,000
hours: 9 Interruptions: 66,423/100,000
hours: 10 Interruptions: 70,145/100,000
hours: 11 Interruptions: 72,813/100,000
hours: 12 Interruptions: 66,624/100,000
hours: 13 Interruptions: 69,208/100,000
hours: 14 Interruptions: 71,334/100,000
hours: 15 Interruptions: 73,386/100,000
hours: 16 Interruptions: 68,721/100,000
hours: 17 Interruptions: 70,750/100,000
hours: 18 Interruptions: 72,279/100,000
hours: 19 Interruptions: 73,656/100,000
hours: 20 Interruptions: 69,673/100,000
hours: 21 Interruptions: 71,268/100,000
hours: 22 Interruptions: 72,750/100,000
hours: 23 Interruptions: 73,824/100,000
hours: 24 Interruptions: 70,825/100,000

//(x < fSleepRandMod * hoursToWait) //The Current Formula
hours: 1 Interruptions: 100,000/100,000
hours: 2 Interruptions: 49,886/100,000
hours: 3 Interruptions: 33,206/100,000
hours: 4 Interruptions: 24,910/100,000
hours: 5 Interruptions: 39,892/100,000
hours: 6 Interruptions: 33,429/100,000
hours: 7 Interruptions: 28,537/100,000
hours: 8 Interruptions: 25,032/100,000
hours: 9 Interruptions: 33,577/100,000
hours: 10 Interruptions: 29,855/100,000
hours: 11 Interruptions: 27,187/100,000
hours: 12 Interruptions: 24,922/100,000
hours: 13 Interruptions: 30,792/100,000
hours: 14 Interruptions: 28,666/100,000
hours: 15 Interruptions: 26,614/100,000
hours: 16 Interruptions: 24,972/100,000
hours: 17 Interruptions: 29,250/100,000
hours: 18 Interruptions: 27,721/100,000
hours: 19 Interruptions: 26,344/100,000
hours: 20 Interruptions: 25,268/100,000
hours: 21 Interruptions: 28,732/100,000
hours: 22 Interruptions: 27,250/100,000
hours: 23 Interruptions: 26,176/100,000
hours: 24 Interruptions: 25,034/100,000

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#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>

int main() {
int hours=1;
while (hours < 25){
int counter=0;
int runs=100000;
while ( runs > 0 ){
 if( static_cast<int>((std::rand()/(static_cast<double>(RAND_MAX)+1.0)) * (hours)) > 0.25*hours ){
counter++;
}
runs--;
}
std::cout << "hours: " << hours << " Interruptions: " << counter << "/100,000" << std::endl;
hours++;
}
return 0;
}

the only difference being the direction of the inequality (> vs <)

Posted: **15 Aug 2015, 14:36**

My theory is that it's

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(x < fSleepRandMod * hoursToWait) //The Current Formula

with the slight alteration

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(x < int(fSleepRandMod * hoursToWait))

That formula gives a couple of data points I have experimentally confirmed in vanilla:

hours: 1 Interruptions: 0/100,000
hours: 2 Interruptions: 0/100,000
hours: 3 Interruptions: 0/100,000
...
hours: 24 Interruptions: 25,034/100,000

Still looking for Hrnchamd's confirmation to see if this is a 100% accurate, but he seems to be busy lately so I'm going to commit this change later today.

Posted: **15 Aug 2015, 16:08**

hmm...

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