random name selector

Questions & Answers
1

i want a random name selector for the npc where i can have a bunch of names in a list and it randomly picks a name from there and put it as that npc name and can reference that npc from a thread to use in dialogue and and i want it where it cant do this for more then one npc.

ps i have dislexsya sorry for that

3

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class RandomNameTest : MonoBehaviour {

	private string[] names = new string[] { "Peter", "Ron", "Satchmo" };
	public string GetRandomName()
	{
		return names[Random.Range(0, names.Length)];
	}
	
	void Start()
	{
		Debug.Log(GetRandomName() + " asks you nicely to use the learning modules");
	}
}

http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules

2

The unity engine (and C#) have a random function that will grab a random number within a certain range. Here is a quick example for one character. TODO: Make a Names class to store all the names only once, and add a function which will return a name.

void Start()
{

System.Random rand = new System.Random();

int number = rand.Next(0, 500)

List<string> names = new List<string>();
for(int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
{
    names.Add(A name that you grab somehow)
}

//now get a random name by using this
string myName = names[number]; 

}
4

You could use the random number generator, then make a switch statement.