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I'm working on an easy dice roll. All it is is getting a random number from the code and it will display on the screen the two numbers. I'm having trouble though. It is in C#

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Dice : MonoBehaviour {

    public int dice1;
    public int dice2;

private void RandomNumber()
    {
        //Get a random number for the dice.
        Random RandomNumber = new Random();
        dice1 = RandomNumber.Next(6);
        //Show Dice 1
        Debug.Log(dice1);
        dice2 = RandomNumber.Next(6);
        //Show Dice 2
        Debug.Log(dice2);

    }
}

.Next is underlined and it wont compile. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Answer 1

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It's because you're using unitys Random class and not the .net/monos Random class. I am not sure which you want to use but I think simplest is to use unitys:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Dice : MonoBehaviour 
{
    public int dice1;
    public int dice2;

    private void RandomNumber()
    {
        dice1 = Random.Range(0, 7);
        Debug.Log(dice1);

        dice2 = Random.Range(0, 7);
        Debug.Log(dice2);
    }
}

answered Mar 20 '11 at 11:01 PM

Statement ♦♦
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Thanks for the help. It doesn't matter which one i use as long as it works.

Mar 20 '11 at 11:13 PM crzyone9584

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Answer 2

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If you want to use Random from .NET, either import the System namespace, or use System.Random to differentiate it from UnityEngine.Random.

answered Mar 20 '11 at 11:53 PM

Eric5h5
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They do the same thing, well from what I can tell they do the same thing.

Mar 21 '11 at 01:25 AM crzyone9584

Actually they don't. See the Random class docs on MSDN.

Mar 21 '11 at 04:45 AM Eric5h5

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