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how to not repeat the same Random State in a State Machine
I am trying to make my states not repeat twice.
// Function for next State void goToNextState() {
// declaration for nextState
BossState nextState = (BossState)Random.Range(0, (int)BossState.COUNT);
// goes to next state via string name
string nextStateString = nextState.ToString() + "State";
// gets the name of the current state to a string
string lastStateString = currentState.ToString() + "State";
// updates the current state
if (lastStateString != nextStateString)
{
currentState = nextState;
StartCoroutine(nextStateString);
}
// stops in case of weird behaviour
StopCoroutine(lastStateString);
StartCoroutine(nextStateString);
}
Best Answer
If you want a state to never repeat, you could keep a list of "used states" and check against that.
BossState nextState;
if (usedStates.Length == BossState.COUNT) {
// We have used all the states up! We should abort to avoid getting stuck in an infinite loop.
}
do {
nextState = Random.Range(0, (int) BossState.COUNT);
} while (usedStates.Contains(nextState))
usedStates.Add(nextState);
It would waste less cycles if you instead make a list of "available" states and remove from there once you've picked one, too.
