models spawning in same position

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2 comments, last by Null_Reference_Exception 10 years, 4 months ago
Hi
I am having a problem I cant work out, and I am looking for some direction. I am trying to draw a list of 20 models and they are being to the screen but they are all being drawn to the game window at the exact same position and I cant see where my code is wrong,
In my enemy class I have
public Enemy(Game1 game)
{
randX = random.Next(1, 10);
randY = random.Next(1, 10);
randZ = random.Next(1, 10);
enemyPos = new Vector3(randX, randY, randZ);
enemyColBox = new Box(enemyPos, 3f, 3f, 3f);
enemyModel = new EntityModel(enemyColBox, game.Content.Load<Model>("Models/enemyShip1"), Matrix.Identity * Matrix.CreateScale(0.03f), game);
hit = game.Content.Load<SoundEffect>("Audio/Hit");
game.space.Add(enemyColBox);
game.Components.Add(enemyModel);
enemyColBox.Tag = enemyModel;
}
Game class
protected override void LoadContent()
{
makeEnemies(20);
}
public void makeEnemies(int num)
{
for (int x = 0; x < num; x++)
{
enemy.enemyPos = new Vector3(enemy.randX, enemy.randY, enemy.randZ);
newEnemies.Add(new Enemy(this));
}
}
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I'm not familiar with XNA, but are you properly seeding your random function? I found a problem similar to yours here, see if it helps.

Have you tried increasing the range of the random positions you generate (say 1 to 1000 instead of 1 to 10)?

It could be that they're all getting spawned at different locations, but because the range is so small it looks like they're all in exactly the same spot.

Seeding the random number generator is also a good idea.

Thanks Guys

The problem was as gezegond said that I was generating the same seed values each time.

simple soulotion was to generate a new seed.

//instantiate a new seed

private Random random = new Random(Guid.NewGuid().GetHashCode());

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