[SCRIPT] Winnable Lottery V1.00 : Updated 26/11/2005

[Cycrow]

[quote="]However, a closer examination would say that it is a 1/4 chance of me putting that object in that cup on that try. Meaning there is 1/4 of me putting the cup there, as well as a 1/4 chance you picking that one... meaning... 1/4*1/4=1/16. [/quote]

but statistics dont work like that.

if you have a dice, and you pick a number, then roll your dice, you have a 1 in 6 chance of guessing the correct number.

as each time you roll the dice, you have 6 possible outcomes, which means you have a 1 in 6 chance that the outcome you pick will be the correct one

your talking about 2 random values, ie, having 2 dice and guessing the outcome of both of them

[Gnosoupforu]

Does this script work for X2 - The Threat. When I use the Script Manager - pretty cool applicaton - it warns that the script was written for X3 and may not work for X2?

I will say I did not read all of the posts within the subject and may be asking a question already answered but...

If not, is there a version that does work for X2 or what needs to be done to get it to work with X2?

Cheers,

[Lancefighter]

However, a closer examination would say that it is a 1/4 chance of me putting that object in that cup on that try. Meaning there is 1/4 of me putting the cup there, as well as a 1/4 chance you picking that one... meaning... 1/4*1/4=1/16.

but statistics dont work like that.

if you have a dice, and you pick a number, then roll your dice, you have a 1 in 6 chance of guessing the correct number.

as each time you roll the dice, you have 6 possible outcomes, which means you have a 1 in 6 chance that the outcome you pick will be the correct one

your talking about 2 random values, ie, having 2 dice and guessing the outcome of both of them

it IS two random values! yes, you ARE rolling two dice! one is hidden (behind the script) and the other is the one the player choses... while you may not think a player choice is random (and it is truly not), it might as well be.

Your script rolls the die to chose witch ticket is a winner
the player rolls a die to chose which ticket to chose

[Cycrow]

Does this script work for X2 - The Threat. When I use the Script Manager - pretty cool applicaton - it warns that the script was written for X3 and may not work for X2?

I will say I did not read all of the posts within the subject and may be asking a question already answered but...

If not, is there a version that does work for X2 or what needs to be done to get it to work with X2?

Cheers,

nope it doesn't work for X2, and never will.

because the script uses some new features that was added in X3 that doesn't exist in X2.

in X2, its not possible to add stuff to the BBS

[Cycrow]

However, a closer examination would say that it is a 1/4 chance of me putting that object in that cup on that try. Meaning there is 1/4 of me putting the cup there, as well as a 1/4 chance you picking that one... meaning... 1/4*1/4=1/16.

but statistics dont work like that.

if you have a dice, and you pick a number, then roll your dice, you have a 1 in 6 chance of guessing the correct number.

as each time you roll the dice, you have 6 possible outcomes, which means you have a 1 in 6 chance that the outcome you pick will be the correct one

your talking about 2 random values, ie, having 2 dice and guessing the outcome of both of them

it IS two random values! yes, you ARE rolling two dice! one is hidden (behind the script) and the other is the one the player choses... while you may not think a player choice is random (and it is truly not), it might as well be.

Your script rolls the die to chose witch ticket is a winner
the player rolls a die to chose which ticket to chose

i've made a little program you can test

there are a number of rounds where a dice is rolled, and theres 8 players to match up with. And displays the scores at the end

the first 6 players always choose the same number, ie, player one chooses 1, player 2 chooses 2, etc.
players 7 and 8 pick a number at random each time.

if you do alot of rounds, you can see that the scores are all very simlar.

whereas, if you were correct, players 7 and 8 should roughly be 4 times lower

http://ircwhore.co.uk/dicerandom.zip

[Lancefighter]

I think I lost.

You win.

[Gnosoupforu]

Thanks for the information Cycrow. Looks like I will have to break down and buy X3 (not like I would shed a tear doing so).

[Schabernack]

hi, is it possible to delete or disable the original lottery completly.

For example the "no trash" mod deleted the

Code: Select all

<t id=xyz ...> ...

between the page tags, as far as i could see that was all in that case.
But when i delete the t entries between the lottery page tag, i get the readtext errors in the BBS with the page id of the lotterey BBS, so the function behind is still trying to catch text.
What would be need to be done to stop that?