How to set your enemy pcs to random.

[b_loved_observer77]

I am unsure on how to setup a game scenarios in which my enemy npcs will show up randomly. By this I mean I want one of my three enemy npcs to be generated rather than just one enemy type to be displayed on the screen.

[Atone]

Check out love.math.random on the wiki. You can use that to get random numbers which you can then use to determine which enemy to spawn. For example, if you had 3 types of enemies, you'd get a random number between 1 and 3 and then spawn in the corresponding npc.

[Sir_Silver]

Well, I have to say, I am unsure how your game's code works, so telling you how to make it work in a specific way isn't really going to be possible unless you want to share some code and or be more specific about what you need. However, here is an example solution of a way to generate random enemies:

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math.randomseed(os.time())

local enemies = {
	{name = "gargoyle", damage = 5},
	{name = "rat", damage = 1},
	{name = "skeleton", damage = 2}
}

for i = 1, #enemies do
	local enemy = enemies[i]
	enemy.__index = enemy
end

local function create_random_enemy()
	return setmetatable({}, enemies[math.random(#enemies)])
end

local my_random_enemy = create_random_enemy()
print(my_random_enemy.name, my_random_enemy.damage)  --skeleton		2