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[namad]

Originally Posted by Zechnophobe

Most things are done at game start. This is what lets you use the save-game scanner!

Hmm, this should also mean there is a finite number of versions of the game, based on a seed. It'd be cool to be able to choose, and share game seeds.

the finite number is probably billions or trillions though

[somnivore]

Originally Posted by namad

the finite number is probably billions or trillions though

Actually the number is quite possibly 4294967296 (2^32). Maybe a little less if the randomization is sufficiently limited as to generate exact duplicates with the same seed. If a single seed is used, then all aspects of the game are dependent on this single number, which is 32 bits wides, typically. If multiple seeds are used, then the number of combinations would be 2^(32*n), where n is the number of different seeds.