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Old September 15th, 2004, 01:19 PM

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Default Re: Game Crash

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Johan K said:
Maybe the clock stands still in Windows? I get different random numbers in Linux. Seems like I should take a look at it in Windows too.
That sounds like a good idea. I was doing some tests on magic duel (on a Windows box) and saw some surprising results, so I was beginning to wonder whether I was getting a truly random sample. With an s6 vs s7, I saw the s6 win only 2/20, which conflicts with what we've been told of the formula for magic duel. Here's where I posted the results:
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I'd really like to know whether loading from saved files resets the seed in a way that'll generate true random samples, so I can know if my testing is valid, or not.
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