Okay. I made a prototype for a random generator. This is just a prototype. It needs tweaking. And this would likely best go into haven.ini so it is generated at the start of each game. (That would prevent existing inventory from screwing this up.)
COST: This requires that you reduce the number of lifeforms in the game, because the random generation of lifeforms is what is used to create a random number. In this example, I chose: lookfrog, eel, foureyed, lummox, serpvine, plasworm, threep, bloater, piranbee, windbag.
NOTE: The randomness is not highly random. We're telling to to randomly set 5 out of 10 bits. Sometimes, it'll set 4 out of 10 bits, because of some weirdness with ITEM RANDOM LIFE.
For our random 0-4 number, we see how many of the first 5 bits are set. Most of the time, it'll be 2 or 3, rarely 0, rarely 4.
For our random 0-7 number, we take three bits, and binary add (1+2+4) them to make a random number 0-7.
There are certain relationships between the two sets of numbers that are more probable than others.
Anyhow, just a prototype. Here is the code. Again, requires that you reduce the number of lifeforms to a specific set, before the code works properly. The chance that no individual bits or all individual bits are set are 0%. If you're working under a condition where bit0 is set, there is a 45% chance that bit1 is also set. If you're working under a condition were bit0 and bit1 are set, there is only a 37% chance that bit2 is set.
I won't dive into a possibility matrix, because this is only a prototype random generator.
Code:
FLAG event always
KEYS unstablestar2
STAR 0
UVAR randready 0
STRT msq_yellow
STRN Omni0
PLNC grassland
FLAG nearby
END STAR
CONDITION 0
TYPE explore
STR0 0
END CONDITION
CONDITION 1
TYPE uvar
STR0 randready
STR1 0
END CONDITION
CONDITION 2
TYPE haveitem
STR0 lf_lookfrog
END CONDITION
CONDITION 3
TYPE haveitem
STR0 lf_eel
END CONDITION
CONDITION 4
TYPE haveitem
STR0 lf_foureyed
END CONDITION
CONDITION 5
TYPE haveitem
STR0 lf_lummox
END CONDITION
CONDITION 6
TYPE haveitem
STR0 lf_serpvine
END CONDITION
CONDITION 7
TYPE haveitem
STR0 lf_plasworm
END CONDITION
CONDITION 8
TYPE haveitem
STR0 lf_threep
END CONDITION
CONDITION 9
TYPE haveitem
STR0 lf_bloater
END CONDITION
CONDITION 10
TYPE haveitem
STR0 lf_piranbee
END CONDITION
CONDITION 11
TYPE haveitem
STR0 lf_windbag
END CONDITION
PAGE 0
REQ0 0
ITEM random life
ITEM random life
ITEM random life
ITEM random life
ITEM random life
END PAGE
PAGE 1
REQ0 1
SVAR randA 0
SVAR randB 0
SVAR randC 0
SVAR randD 0
SVAR randE 0
SVAR randF 0
SVAR randG 0
SVAR randH 0
SVAR randI 0
SVAR randJ 0
SVAR rand5 0
SVAR rand8 0
SVAR randready 1
END PAGE
PAGE 2
REQ0 0
END PAGE
PAGE 3
REQ0 0
REQ1 2
REMV lf_lookfrog
SVAR randA 1
INCV rand5 1
END PAGE
PAGE 4
REQ0 0
REQ1 3
REMV lf_eel
SVAR randB 1
INCV rand5 1
END PAGE
PAGE 5
REQ0 0
REQ1 4
REMV lf_foureyed
SVAR randC 1
INCV rand5 1
INCV rand8 1
END PAGE
PAGE 6
REQ0 0
REQ1 5
REMV lf_lummox
SVAR randD 1
INCV rand5 1
INCV rand8 2
END PAGE
PAGE 7
REQ0 0
REQ1 6
REMV lf_serpvine
SVAR randE 1
INCV rand5 1
INCV rand8 4
END PAGE
PAGE 8
REQ0 0
REQ1 7
REMV lf_plasworm
SVAR randF 1
END PAGE
PAGE 9
REQ0 0
REQ1 8
REMV lf_threep
SVAR randG 1
END PAGE
PAGE 10
REQ0 0
REQ1 9
REMV lf_bloater
SVAR randH 1
END PAGE
PAGE 11
REQ0 0
REQ1 10
REMV lf_piranbee
SVAR randI 1
END PAGE
PAGE 12
REQ0 0
REQ1 11
REMV lf_windbag
SVAR randJ 1
END PAGE
PAGE 13
REQ0 0
TEXT RANDOM 0-4: <uvar=rand5><BR>RANDOM 0-7: <uvar=rand8><BR>BITMAP:
<uvar=randA><uvar=randB><uvar=randC><uvar=randD><u var=randE>
<uvar=randF><uvar=randG><uvar=randH><uvar=randI><u var=randJ>
END PAGE
Sample output --
RANDOM 0-4: 1
RANDOM 0-7: 4
BITMAP: 0000110111
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