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wacala YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	random generator Jan 21st, 2009, 6:45pm   Hi everyone, A pleasure to share this space. I need some help recalling where can I find an algorithm or lib that generates a more "natural" random numbers. I saw some article that says something, but cannot find the link. Thanks guys.

warpcat YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 39 CA	Re: random generator Reply #1 - Jan 21st, 2009, 10:09pm   You could use (Perlin) noise? http://processing.org/reference/noise_.html I use it a lot for what you describe: http://www.flickr.com/photos/warpcat/3129524639/in/set-72157605688360509/ 2c
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wacala YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: random generator Reply #2 - Jan 23rd, 2009, 11:23pm   I found what I'm looking for: "noise() function is a more natural ordered, harmonic succession of numbers compared to the standard random()" Greetings. W.

wacala YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: random generator Reply #3 - Jan 23rd, 2009, 11:27pm   Thanks a lot warpcat, very usefull your links. W.

wacala YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: random generator Reply #4 - Jan 23rd, 2009, 11:31pm   I must say that "useful" is a very short term to refer to your work. It's certainly awesome. Thanks again.