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Lfzinho
I have an array [a, b, c, d, e] and I want to choose one element from it, but I want “e” to have an actual chance of 0.5% of being choosed. How can I do that?
the tilemap uses a system like this to select random tiles when priority is selected
each tile has a int priority defaults to 1
so if you have 6 tiles and each has a 1 then each tile has 1 in 6 chance
if you want one to drop more often change its number to 2 and then it has a 2 in 7 chance etc
but the system only seems to work from editor
so i made a function that picks a random tile based on the priority so i can use it from code
the basics: sum all probabilities and roll and random number between 0 and total
then loop through items summing probabilities until you find selected item
func _setRandomTile(map: TileMap, x: int, y: int, id: int, flipX: bool = false, flipY: bool = false, rot90: bool = false) -> void:
map.set_cell(x, y, id, flipX, flipY, rot90, _randomTile(id))
func _randomTile(id: int) -> Vector2:
var p := Vector2.ZERO
var s := _tileSet.tile_get_region(id).size / _tileSet.autotile_get_size(id)
var total := 0
for y in range(s.y):
for x in range(s.x):
total += _tileSet.autotile_get_subtile_priority(id, Vector2(x, y))
var selected := randi() % total
var current := 0
for y in range(s.y):
for x in range(s.x):
p = Vector2(x, y)
current += _tileSet.autotile_get_subtile_priority(id, p)
if current > selected:
return p
return p