SeedRnd/Random sequences

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This has been discussed before (when Win32 Bmax was still in beta, I think?) and Mark stated that as the random number generator is FP based, it couldn't be guaranteed to give consistent results across different CPU/FPU combinations.

I'm also pretty sure that someone made a Mersenne(?) Twister routine/module for BMax. Which, as it's integer based, should give consistant results.

It was a long time ago and although details are a bit fuzzy, I'm fairly sure that the answer to your question is...Yes, BMax does have (or could potentially have, at least) the same problem.