Re: [Bug-gnubg] Bug: Race theory, dice seed

[Holger]

At 15:02 30.09.2003, Joern Thyssen wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:47:47AM +0000, Joern Thyssen wrote
> > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 09:46:13PM -0400, Christopher D. Yep wrote
> > >
> > > What is probably happening is that invoking the race theory window 
> causes
> > > gnubg to set the dice seed to some given value.
> >
> > Yes, the one sided rollout sets the dice seed.
>
> The one sided rollout uses the Mersenne Twister RNG, so it only affects
> those who use that.
>
> You'll observe the same kind of problem if you do a rollout with the
> same RNG as you use for playing.

Would it be possible to use a second instance of the RNG for other things 
then play so they don't disturb each other? (I mean, does the RNG code 
support this?)

Regards,

        Holger