random_log for GameMaker

Quick links: blog post · source code
Versions: GameMaker LTS / GM2022+
Platforms: All

This is a script that tracks uses of random number generator functions in GameMaker!

So if you do something like this:

function scr_test() {
    random_log_tag = "T1";
    random_log("hey");
    var a = random(10);
    //
    random_log_tag = "T2";
    var b = choose("A", "B", "C");
    //
    show_debug_message(random_log_print());
}

The output would be:

T1  random_log("hey")
    gml_Script_scr_test:3
    gml_Object_obj_test_Create_0:1
T1  random(10) -> 8.0878257285803556
    gml_Script_scr_test:4
    gml_Object_obj_test_Create_0:1
T2  choose("A", "B", "C") -> "B"
    gml_Script_scr_test:7
    gml_Object_obj_test_Create_0:1

Check out the blog post for an explanation of how this works!