Very Weird Randomize Bug

[Rhino.Freak]

so guys Im working on a mod and theres a problem I noticed that happens everytime..
so what happens is,

whenever I pick random character with some random opponents, after the match is over, when I click on randomize, the first random character gets randomized to the first character in my data.txt, (id: 30 character in this case, which should not even appear without adding cheatcode), and when I randomize after that the first 2 random characters in the character selection screen always turn out to be same, its pretty weird and I need some help, as far as I remember there's nothing that I changed with the exe except of some design..

HELP NEEDED!

[empirefantasy]

usually id:0 is the first in the list. That makes random function work properly. So go and add template (or another id: 0) in the first line.

[The Lost Global Mod]

to confirm, you could always try to start the game with a non-modified exe.
you can get the exe only here btw, lf2 2.0a files

[Rhino.Freak]

well I tried both the things but the bug remains as it is.. when I added template, the randomize became template and the same bug..

tried with the original lf2 exe too and still same bug.. need help

[empirefantasy]

why dont you show us your data file? that would be a very good way to help you.

[Rhino.Freak]

Code:

<object>
id:  30  type: 0  file: data\char\marine1.dat
id:  31  type: 0  file: data\char\hollow.dat
id:  32  type: 0  file: data\char\hollow3.dat
id:  33  type: 0  file: data\char\naruto_clone.dat
id:  55  type: 0  file: data\char\ges.dat
id:  1  type: 0  file: data\char\naruto.dat
id:  2  type: 0  file: data\char\sasuke.dat
id:  3  type: 0  file: data\char\goku.dat
id:  4  type: 0  file: data\char\ichigo.dat
id:  5  type: 0  file: data\char\tsuna.dat
id:  7  type: 0  file: data\char\yugi.dat
id:  8  type: 0  file: data\char\vegeta.dat

id: 121  type: 4  file: data\char\weapon5.dat   #baseball
id: 122  type: 6  file: data\char\weapon6.dat   #milk
id: 123  type: 6  file: data\char\weapon8.dat   #beer
id: 243  type: 1  file: data\char\bandana.dat   #natsu

id: 200  type: 3  file: data\char\sakura_ball.dat
id: 202  type: 3  file: data\char\hollow_effects.dat
id: 203  type: 3  file: data\char\spiritbomb.dat
id: 204  type: 3  file: data\char\wind.dat
id: 205  type: 3  file: data\char\poison.dat
id: 206  type: 3  file: data\char\vegeta_power.dat
id: 207  type: 3  file: data\char\special_tsu.dat
id: 210  type: 3  file: data\char\katon_ball.dat
id: 211  type: 3  file: data\char\firen_flame.dat
id: 212  type: 3  file: data\char\freeze_column.dat
id: 214  type: 3  file: data\char\flash.dat
id: 215  type: 3  file: data\char\frog.dat
id: 216  type: 3  file: data\char\doggy.dat
id: 219  type: 3  file: data\char\orihime_ball.dat  #heal
id: 223  type: 3  file: data\char\light.dat
id: 224  type: 3  file: data\char\kamehameha.dat
id: 225  type: 3  file: data\char\snake.dat
id: 226  type: 3  file: data\char\coffin.dat
id: 229  type: 3  file: data\char\rasenshuriken.dat
id: 230  type: 3  file: data\char\goku_ball.dat
id: 235  type: 3  file: data\char\tsuan_flame.dat
id: 240  type: 3  file: data\char\duel.dat
id: 241  type: 3  file: data\char\cero.dat
id: 253  type: 3  file: data\char\ichigo_ball.dat
id: 255  type: 3  file: data\char\bankai_ball.dat
id: 258  type: 3  file: data\char\bankai_attack.dat
id: 260  type: 1  file: data\char\ichigo_ball2.dat
id: 270  type: 3  file: data\char\charge_bleach.dat
id: 434  type: 1  file: data\char\rasengan_ball.dat #rasengan
id: 408  type: 3  file: data\char\katon_big.dat
id: 440  type: 3  file: data\char\chidori.dat
id: 407  type: 3  file: data\char\chidori_sword.dat

id: 998  type: 5  file: data\etc.dat
id: 999  type: 5  file: data\broken_weapon.dat
<object_end>

<file_editing>
data\nothing.txt
<file_editing_end>

<background>
id: 4    file: bg\sys\tt\bg.dat
id: 9    file: bg\sys\academy\bg.dat
id: 2    file: bg\sys\lf\bg.dat
id: 3    file: bg\sys\HokageMeet\bg.dat
id: 5    file: bg\sys\thr\bg.dat
id: 6    file: bg\sys\milfbase\bg.dat
id: 7    file: bg\sys\qi\bg.dat
id: 8    file: bg\sys\bc\bg.dat
<background_end>

id: 100~199 drop weapon

this is it for now ..

[Silverthorn]

If I'm not mistaken, the first entry of data.txt is always displayed, no matter which id you give it. That's for that.

Regarding the randomizing....

as far as I remember there's nothing that I changed with the exe except of some design..

Have you paid attention to the byte-sizes of the bitmaps that were replaced? If they do not match, then the addresses of certain functions of lf2 might be different. That could explain why the randomizer is borked. This applies for anything and is not limited to bitmaps only. If you remove or add a single byte into the exe, the implications can range from "no effect" up to "exe does not even start".

Do you start anything else with the exe? For example, some sort of DLL or any "unrandomizer"?

edit: and follow Reaper's advice
Just add a couple dummy-lines to check if the randomizer then works.

[Reaper]

IIRC the randomizer goes bonkers if you have too few characters to choose from (less than 10?). If I take a couple of the original heroes out of data.txt I get the same error.

[Rhino.Freak]

@blue pheonix : well I did try to use original lf2, but it didnt work..

@reaper: i'll add more characters and report back, most probably it'll work

EDIT :

Added more characters and randomize working fine! thanx fellas.. topic is SOLVED! xD