Rando is your new all-purpose random number generation tool.
High performance, great randomization.
Direct Managed C#, General multi-threading, Burst/Jobs, GPU (or Jobs using pre-calculated arrays)Code only package.We constantly find ourselves needing random numbers, and as such we need as much performance as we can get while still getting high quality random results.This tool will provide all of that for you and a lot more: It comes with several different RNG algorithms, each implementing 20 odd methods to quickly get you going on all platforms from CPU, Multithreaded etc. up to and including GPU. You no longer have to investigate and test other RNG's that only have partial support, we've done all the hard work for you.We also provide you with some extra ways to use RNG, for example using arrays to get existing RNG platforms such as Engine/Mathematics working inside of for example Burst/Jobs.Four random number algorithms:Xoshiro128PlusPCG32TauswortheLCGWangHashRefer to the screenshots, but these perform anywhere up to almost 2x faster than the RNG inside of Mathematics (or 3.14 times faster than the old Engine RNG).Four Platforms:Managed C#Direct calculation in any multithreading system such as Tasks, or using Burst/JobsExamples with named instantiation or by using generic JobsPre-calculate and save data to arrays to use anywhere (and/or use an IJob for calculation)Helper methods to advance the array index and refill it at the end of the frameGPU, both compute or generic shadersSimple use case is to just include one of the RNG header hlsl filesAlso supports the more complex case of using keywords to disable/enable a specific RNG algorithmTwenty Methods:UInt [0, uint.maxValue) where [ denotes inclusion and ) exclusionInt [0, int.maxValue)Float [0, 1)Bool True/FalseSign 1/-1UIntRange [min, max)IntRange [min, max)FloatRange [min, max)Float2 (all these with each component the same 0-1 as Float)Float3Vector2Vector3InsideUnitCircleOnUnitCircleInsideUnitSphereOnUnitSpherequaternion (as per the newer math library)QuaternionColorHSVDefault (Random Color via HSV with some default ranges for HSVA)ColorHSVCode:As always our code in all of the C# and HLSL files are fully documented, the same goes for the demoDocumentation/Demo:A comprehensive 13-page document to walk you through all the use cases, modes, algorithms and the demoThe demo is a comprehensive 1.2k (documented) lines that covers all the algorithms and platforms, as well as several of the methodsRando is your new all-purpose random number generation tool.
High performance, great randomization.
Direct Managed C#, General multi-threading, Burst/Jobs, GPU (or Jobs using pre-calculated arrays)Code only package.
We constantly find ourselves needing random numbers, and as such we need as much performance as we can get while still getting high quality random results.
This tool will provide all of that for you and a lot more: It comes with several different RNG algorithms, each implementing 20 odd methods to quickly get you going on all platforms from CPU, Multithreaded etc. up to and including GPU. You no longer have to investigate and test other RNG's that only have partial support, we've done all the hard work for you.
We also provide you with some extra ways to use RNG, for example using arrays to get existing RNG platforms such as Engine/Mathematics working inside of for example Burst/Jobs.
Four random number algorithms:
Xoshiro128Plus
PCG32
TauswortheLCG
WangHash
Refer to the screenshots, but these perform anywhere up to almost 2x faster than the RNG inside of Mathematics (or 3.14 times faster than the old Engine RNG).
Four Platforms:
Managed C#
Direct calculation in any multithreading system such as Tasks, or using Burst/Jobs
Examples with named instantiation or by using generic Jobs
Pre-calculate and save data to arrays to use anywhere (and/or use an IJob for calculation)
Helper methods to advance the array index and refill it at the end of the frame
GPU, both compute or generic shaders
Simple use case is to just include one of the RNG header hlsl files
Also supports the more complex case of using keywords to disable/enable a specific RNG algorithm
Twenty Methods:
UInt [0, uint.maxValue) where [ denotes inclusion and ) exclusion
Int [0, int.maxValue)
Float [0, 1)
Bool True/False
Sign 1/-1
UIntRange [min, max)
IntRange [min, max)
FloatRange [min, max)
Float2 (all these with each component the same 0-1 as Float)
Float3
Vector2
Vector3
InsideUnitCircle
OnUnitCircle
InsideUnitSphere
OnUnitSphere
quaternion (as per the newer math library)
Quaternion
ColorHSVDefault (Random Color via HSV with some default ranges for HSVA)
ColorHSV
Code:
As always our code in all of the C# and HLSL files are fully documented, the same goes for the demo
Documentation/Demo:
A comprehensive 13-page document to walk you through all the use cases, modes, algorithms and the demo
The demo is a comprehensive 1.2k (documented) lines that covers all the algorithms and platforms, as well as several of the methods
