[ScryMUD] SVN Commit Info r848 - trunk/mud/grrmud/server

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Author: eroper
Date: 2006-07-13 12:28:27 -0700 (Thu, 13 Jul 2006)
New Revision: 848

Modified:
   trunk/mud/grrmud/server/misc.cc
Log:
According to Loki (Justin) re-seeding the RNG is a bad idea. It could be
contributing to the "Streaky"ness, etc. of the RNG we've been experiencing.


Modified: trunk/mud/grrmud/server/misc.cc
===================================================================
--- trunk/mud/grrmud/server/misc.cc	2006-07-12 00:24:45 UTC (rev 847)
+++ trunk/mud/grrmud/server/misc.cc	2006-07-13 19:28:27 UTC (rev 848)
@@ -205,13 +205,6 @@
 
 int d(const int num_rolls, const int dice_sides) {
    int rtvalue = 0;
-   static int times;
-
-   if(times >= 255){
-      srand(time(NULL));
-      times = 0;
-   }
-   times++;
    for (int i = 0; i<num_rolls; i++) {
       rtvalue += 1 +(int)((rand() * (float)(dice_sides)) / (RAND_MAX + 1.0));
    }//for