Hey, I was wondering how to randomize costumes so that it will also broadcast something when that number is triggered. What I have so far is this.

But this isn't working. All help is appreciated.

Can you explain a bit more. do you want a different broadcast for each fish? When do you want the broadcast to happen?

So I want it to broadcast “Caught Fish” so that it will show a shining ring around the caught fish. And I want it to happen when if the “Fish” variable is below say 700.

That should do!

But I want it to be less common for certain costumes.

Toasty_Boy wrote:

But I want it to be less common for certain costumes.

make duplicate costumes maybe? More of costume (a) then (b) and then (a) will appear more often.

That might work, but I also want to make it efficient too. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Toasty_Boy wrote:

That might work, but I also want to make it efficient too. Thanks for the suggestion though.

your welcome! I know its not the best way but it is the only way I can think of.

You could make a list with the combined probabilities of each costume.

Explanation : let's say you want costume 1 to be here 25% of the time, costume 2 : 30 %,costume 3 : 44% and costume 4 is the super shiny appearing 1% of the time.

Then, you'll have in your list : (25 ; 55 ; 99 ; 100).
(55 = 25 + 30; 99 = 25 + 30 + 44 ; 100 = 25 + 30 + 44 + 1)

From there, you just have to pick a random number between 1 and 100 and test which list item is higher than your random number :

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Please share the project.

SBissay wrote:

You could make a list with the combined probabilities of each costume.

Explanation : let's say you want costume 1 to be here 25% of the time, costume 2 : 30 %,costume 3 : 44% and costume 4 is the super shiny appearing 1% of the time.

Then, you'll have in your list : (25 ; 55 ; 99 ; 100).
(55 = 25 + 30; 99 = 25 + 30 + 44 ; 100 = 25 + 30 + 44 + 1)

From there, you just have to pick a random number between 1 and 100 and test which list item is higher than your random number :

What is the “+ 0” there for.

Toasty_Boy wrote:

SBissay wrote:

You could make a list with the combined probabilities of each costume.

Explanation : let's say you want costume 1 to be here 25% of the time, costume 2 : 30 %,costume 3 : 44% and costume 4 is the super shiny appearing 1% of the time.

Then, you'll have in your list : (25 ; 55 ; 99 ; 100).
(55 = 25 + 30; 99 = 25 + 30 + 44 ; 100 = 25 + 30 + 44 + 1)

From there, you just have to pick a random number between 1 and 100 and test which list item is higher than your random number :

What is the “+ 0” there for.

It makes sure the value is treated as a number rather than text - it can make a difference.

It's a typo : it's

The goal is to start with your first costume, and “upgrade” it if your random number is greater than the current list entry.

Toasty_Boy wrote:

SBissay wrote:

You could make a list with the combined probabilities of each costume.

Explanation : let's say you want costume 1 to be here 25% of the time, costume 2 : 30 %,costume 3 : 44% and costume 4 is the super shiny appearing 1% of the time.

Then, you'll have in your list : (25 ; 55 ; 99 ; 100).
(55 = 25 + 30; 99 = 25 + 30 + 44 ; 100 = 25 + 30 + 44 + 1)

From there, you just have to pick a random number between 1 and 100 and test which list item is higher than your random number :

What is the “+ 0” there for.

I don't think i'm up to that level yet in coding. I'm also not very familiar with lists yet, and how to use them in advanced code. But your help is very appreciated. Thank you.

Toasty_Boy wrote:

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I don't think i'm up to that level yet in coding. I'm also not very familiar with lists yet, and how to use them in advanced code. But your help is very appreciated. Thank you.

You're welcome ! Good luck with your project.

Toasty_Boy wrote:

But I want it to be less common for certain costumes.

In that case, you probably have to use variables.
I've made a simple script here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/142407892/

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Please share the project.

Toasty_Boy wrote:

So I want it to broadcast “Caught Fish” so that it will show a shining ring around the caught fish. And I want it to happen when if the “Fish” variable is below say 700.

Remove the second and third broadcasts? (Am I missing something here?)

Despicable_Dad wrote:

Toasty_Boy wrote:

So I want it to broadcast “Caught Fish” so that it will show a shining ring around the caught fish. And I want it to happen when if the “Fish” variable is below say 700.

Remove the second and third broadcasts? (Am I missing something here?)

Perhaps the OP is broadcasting “in water” more than one time while waiting the random time it has.

@Toasty_Boy please share your project.

I thins this would be adapted for you :