12-12-2003, 01:13 PM
I found a total of 3 distinct questions, actually.
1. Is Tainted shrine also affected by the seeding bug?
2. What is the number of levels one must enter to "randomize" the seed?
3. Can the seed be "randomized" in single player?
As for 2., I know there has been a lot of discussion about the game's level memory getting overwritten by monsters, items, shrines, barrels or whatnot on the succeeding levels you enter, so that THAT is what causes the "randomizations". Or something along those lines.
I've always had a fondness for non-deterministic algorithms but for a game, this is pretty sloppy coding on their part.
1. Is Tainted shrine also affected by the seeding bug?
2. What is the number of levels one must enter to "randomize" the seed?
3. Can the seed be "randomized" in single player?
As for 2., I know there has been a lot of discussion about the game's level memory getting overwritten by monsters, items, shrines, barrels or whatnot on the succeeding levels you enter, so that THAT is what causes the "randomizations". Or something along those lines.
I've always had a fondness for non-deterministic algorithms but for a game, this is pretty sloppy coding on their part.
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