Every random(3,8) sec--not working...

Side view fighting game (basically), with Player and Enemy.

For the enemy's in-game behavior, I want:

Between 3-9 seconds while the enemy is playing "Idle" animation, the enemy attacks.

My problem: The enemy attacks correctly, but ALWAYS on 3 second intervals--NOT randomly between 3 and 9 seconds. Where is my issue?

EVENT 1 CONDITIONS

Every random(3,9) sec.

AttackType(Global Variable)=0

Enemy anim = "Idle"

ACTIONS

Set AttackType = 1

EVENT 2 CONDITIONS

AttackType = 1

ACTIONS

Set Animation to "Attack1"

Set AttackType = 0

I think the every X seconds event just doesn't get along with the random function. I'd suggest using this instead:

Event 1:

Conditions

Enemy anim = "Idle"

AttackType(global Variable)=0

Actions

Wait random(3,9) seconds

Set AttackType=1

Event 2: unchanged

you could also set a global variable to the random(3, 9) and then do every globalVariable seconds, and set it to reset as you need (say after the attack set global variable random(3, 9)

i think that if you do a global variable for this, all your enemies will attack you at the same time. better use private variable for your enemies:

start of layout: set enemy.timer to int(9-(random(6)))

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every enemy.timer seconds: kick player; set enemy.timer to int(9-(random(6)))

int(9-(random(6))) - i think, this expression gives better results than just int(random (3,9))

This is very helpful, thank you all three!

I had a feeling the random was simply not playing well the way I was using it, because I've used it successfully in other situations.

I will try your suggestions very soon, and report back with solutions.

Thank you!