Patch: Wilder Randomness

It is difficult to compare randomness between the original and different related hacks. It is something that can't be easily evaluated. However, the original random number generator is so bad that almost anything is better. Whatever new method or hack you choose for the random number generators, it will be better than the original game design.

I think the XKCD random number generator would be worse.

@Catone: The way I see it, there's more than one aspect to making the random number generator.  Yes, unpredictability and preventing manipulation (excluding save states) are important, but it's also useful to have a distribution of numbers that is even on average.  If I were supposed to make an RNG that picks a number between 1 and 10, and it picks from 1-5 two thirds of the time, it could be completely impossible to get a "forced/repeated result" (if say, it changed every frame like with this patch, it would pass your test), but you still can't really call it a good RNG.

Think0028 from the Insane Difficulty forums was the guy who made the BNW RNG.  The thread about it here gives the full discussion:

http://www.insanedifficulty.com/board/in...rng-patch/