Help with some code

[leftearbud]

Hello,

so I have made an array to store some things

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ArrayList messages = new ArrayList();
            //add the messages
            messages.Add("Message1");
            messages.Add("Message2");
            messages.Add("Message3");

and then I use

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int r = rnd.Next(messages.Count);

to randomly get one of the messages and then I send a player the randomly selected message

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Player.SendMessage(p, (string)messages[r]);

and that all works fine but now I have a need to send all the players on the server one of those randomly selected messages and I can't work out how I would send a different message to every player. I have been able to send all the players on the server the same message just not a different message to each individual player.

Any help on this is greatly appreciated

[dzienny]

You have to generate a new random number for each player. It means you have to generate the number within a loop. For example:

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Random rnd = new Random();
Player.players.ForEachSync(p =>
{
    Player.SendMessage(p, (string)messages[rnd.Next(messages.Count)]);
});

By the way, instead of ArrayList you are better off using List<String>. It's type safe and it doesn't require casting.

[leftearbud]

You have to generate a new random number for each player. It means you have to generate the number within a loop. For example:

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Random rnd = new Random();
Player.players.ForEachSync(p =>
{
    Player.SendMessage(p, (string)messages[rnd.Next(messages.Count)]);
});

By the way, instead of ArrayList you are better off using List<String>. It's type safe and it doesn't require casting.

Thanks a lot I got it working. I'll also take a look into List<String> thanks for the advice.