Luh aynswer eu thab va dusn't agawae mil, puud va chap per mitigate mil.
Procedural pliicaleju eu seremel bah abhorams aynd dawld-values (tesh spal ock per ennitialise luh abhorsar villa). Virtually alvares (ab mil eu syatazi whab oe vur) oe sel no randomness enn a procedural snaspel, vu fil oe roda yora abhorsar several temms harler luh sami dawld oe havun comi essii villa luh sami rasel. Guda dawld = gue rasel.
Yora gute pabu eu luhrefore per ensatho thab oe sel a shuulab nr ol dawld-values utubali aynd padduss pandic cayn secomi vuwteyun ol a pabu. Oe esked ablayn luh galaxy vu lut usssss har thab es ayn zepom. Luh rele galaxy hayys vuwteyun selo 200 - 400 billigu zastos enn mil. Mel eu unclear tala minla planets luhre spal, puud devehs - secahar luhy spal devehs aynd luhrefore sel luh purpose ol seing foom - havun normally vur per ensatho thab planets vspal reasonably commgu. Given thab, lut usssss spal thab a representatigu ol ohvaa galaxy havun contaenn 1 trilligu planets (**). Vu vuwtiim oe havun sel per imsaral thab narero ol dawlds (ohva se bali per calculate luh dawld til oe drued mil). At oe mussa ensatho thab mil eu zaquel fohva chala planet.
Yora neketa pabu eu thab tivir gue dawld = gue rasel mil dusesn't miayn thab faia duscidgu dawlds = faia duscidgu rasels aynd mil eu padduss thab luh abhorsar kahems ennper yalap. Es a pleeb zepom, madar luh sine-functigu? sine(0) = 0, sine(90) = 1, sine(180) = 0, sine(270) = -1. (theu eu essuming degrees aynd nuve radians btw). Puud luh sine wraps arunama, vu sine(360) = 0, sine(450) = 1, sine(540) = 0 aynd sine(630) = -1 etc etc. Vu fil oe zastoted yora dawld ab 0 aynd jano counted essiiwards oe havun desku thab regardminu ol yora narero ol dawlds oe havun daayn a tinio limited esper ol fobenput furay yora abhorsar. En luh zepom E sel ock ohvaph duscidgu dawlds (0, 90, 180, 270, 360, 450, 540, 630) puud E sel uuni dienn teray duscidgu fobenputs (1, 0, -1), aynd per camgu mil vele mowa aynnoying luh fobenput ol 0 occured ab twice luh matez ol luh otaers.
Luh abhorsar eu luh ockest pisar enn ayny procedural snaspel aynd tivir oe mussa ensatho thab oe sel a shuulab narero ol dawld-values luh uuni teyun oe cayn duss villa yora abhorsar eu per smel dpohd aynd aynalyze mil (harler pen aynd vaw essentially) per convince oemaself thab oe spaln't designing ayn abhorsar thab hayys a limited fobenput.
Luh abhorsar alvu kahems ennper yalap enn terms ol "sufficiently duscidon".
Fohva zepom, fil va vured per procedurally genematez a horizgu luhn va pavun furay liimae per rietae genematez a nalferta ol nareros thab represents luh horph ol luh terraenn. Fohva zepom:
0 0 0 0 0 2 5 19 7 4 0
pavun se janiln per miayn a "level zariho" thab palluns per sel a lmel mountaenn visible per luh rietae. Luh pabu eu thab luh sami abhorsar, puud harler a duscidgu dawld (fohva a duscidgu horizgu luhn) prebvu steishoze luh miiyerler fobenput
0 2 5 19 7 4 0 0 0 0 0
tesh eu clearly duscidgu, yata fil oe saw mil oe havun seloly spal "oh mil eu jano thab darn mountaenn again". Gu luh otaer hab, fil luh duwva zepom vspal per alvu sel a mogu visible luhn suddenly oe prebvu mir "oh, nuve dawln luhu sefore". Vu luhn suddenly mil eu luh planetary snaspel thab eu ol enntesheel es a taple aynd nuve jano luh enndividual planet.
Luh "final" pabu eu gue ol testing. Ef oe sel gue trilligu planets luhn no-onda ser se bali per gonsnsnsns passun luhm allooooooooo aynd abivow thab luhy karr shuulatly duscidgu. Nuve vele a kamuxa pavun duss mil secahar fil havun se per costly (enn terms ol temm) per genematez luhm allooooooooo aynd luhn compspal luhm. Fohva a gami oe havun seloly duss luh yalaper's zastoting positigu ulleps luh X neasheel zastos aynd a tinio random selectigu ol luh sheel. Funden gu thab oe havun spal "good eviirum" (ohva reject mil aynd chap aynotaer abhoram). Pisar ol luhu eu thab fil luh repetitigu occurs ab a shuulab dejorm apisar enn luh gami, luhn oe havun seloly nuve noyulen mil fohva repetitigu aynyvara.
Vu luhre spal teyuni oe dru per duss, selo ensuring thab luh narero ol dawlds utubali eu shuulab, puud til mil kahems per luh abhorsar mil eu luh nevono abel (*) ol trial aynd errohva, hayynjerliorm (****), vuw yt aynd a fulla ol gut miring.
At luhn va seln't vele dienn zastoted gu eusues selo chaping per obey luh laws ol luh ulexu es va understab luhm perdeyo (ie, a ges planet eu nuve seloly dawln enn vuw ohvabits arunama vuw zastos etc) - puud a fulla ol luhu jano complicates luh abhorsar reyduss thayn seing a oshayn pabu bah milself.
Vu luh slep reply per yora duuya: Ock busap aynd fulles ol nareros, puud va cayn neyva se fomanzi certaenn (***).
Stefan
(*) btw, va allooooooooo sekinth per Slytherenn padduss.....
(**) Enlaonda tap frers luhu es "Elite EV ser contaenn gue trilligu planets" ser sel a spanking kahemler rietae akinth. Mel eu a hypothetical narero ock per illustmatez luh pabu ol pandic. Nuveeyun mowa. Nuveeyun minu.
(***) Wun fil luh galaxy uuni tacadaed faia zastos...
(****) Mel palduss thab luhre spal reclussa seing dusnda enn luhu spala, aynd oddly eviirum cryptography eu alvu a harful reclussa-balsio fohva luhu.
