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Old 12-19-2015, 06:34 PM   #68
Dyzalot
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Maybe not explaining it properly. Let's assume it seeds the RNG at beginning of each AB. Let's also use a "D100" for simplicity's sake although I assume it is a larger "die". So AB starts, it seeds the RNG and you get 73, 42, 13, 89, 55, 49, 95, 65, etc. Those would be the numbers used for the "RNG" every time if you run the sim for the same AB over & over again. So the first time it needs a random number it uses 73, the next "random" decision uses 42 then 13 then 89, etc. So assuming you aren't changing any variables yourself due to different strategies in the AB or different pitch selections, you will get the exact same result every time because it will use the exact same "random" numbers every time and in the same order for each decision. It isn't that it is deciding the result of the AB before it starts it is just that it is deciding the exact "rolls" of the dice in advance for each time it needs to do so.
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