How to choose source?

[Joliplex]

Hi all!

I was thinking about ranom music. I tried at least these:

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source = love.audio.newSource("music1.mp3" or "music2.mp3" or "music3.mp3")

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source = love.audio.newSource(choose("music1.mp3", "music2.mp3", "music3.mp3"))

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source = love.audio.newSource(math.random("music1.mp3", "music2.mp3", "music3.mp3"))

I just can't figure it out! So if you can help, it will be super!

Thanks!

[dar0n123]

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[bartbes]

Something along the lines of:

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local music = {"music1.mp3", "music2.mp3", "music3.mp3"}
local song = music[math.random(1, #music)]
source = love.audio.newSource(song)

[Joliplex]

Thaaank you! This will help me alot!

EDIT: It doesn't work! Can someone take a look at it?

I used mp3 files for testing, so it's... Big just now.

Here (cannot attach it): http://www.mediafire.com/?du7u9n2w2i02p2b

[Metalcookie]

I poked your code a bit and.. math.random() ain't random at all for your program, even after using math.randomseed(os.time())..

Sorry, but that's all I can do for now, good luck.

[kikito]

I poked your code a bit and.. math.random() ain't random at all for your program, even after using math.randomseed(os.time())..

Sorry, but that's all I can do for now, good luck.

On the contrary, adding math.randomseed(os.time()) seemed to just do the trick for me...

Joliplex, try adding that line to your program, like this:

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function love.load()		--Load stuff!
  math.randomseed(os.time())
  local source = {"Platform.mp3", "Push.mp3", "Prog_House.mp3"}
  local song = source[math.random(1, #source)]
  ...

I tried it in my computer and it worked - the song was selected randomly every time I opened the game.

[bartbes]

It has been reported many times that this is not sufficient for everyone, but generally, calling math.random() twice after math.randomseed() gives pretty good results.

[Taehl]

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love.load()
	require"TEsound"
	math.randomseed(os.time()) math.random() math.random()
	TEsound.playLooping( {"music1.mp3", "music2.mp3", "music3.mp3"} )
end

love.update(dt)
	TEsound.cleanup()
end

[bartbes]

Disregarding your non-working source, I am left with the impression that you try to plug your library, which seems to happen a bit often, especially considering there already was a solution here.

[kikito]

Independently of that, maybe we could "patch" randomseed to fix the occasional initial non-randomness?

I mean doing something like this directly in LÖVE:

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local prevseed = math.randomseed
math.randomseed = function(seed)
  prevseed(seed)
  for 1,10 math.random() end
end