slanted-gamedev-toolz/lib/_dice/diceUtil/diceUtil.js

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export const rollDice = (diceSides) => {
    if (!Number.isInteger(diceSides) || diceSides <= 0) {
        console.error("Invalid input: Please provide a positive integer for dice sides");
        return 1;
    }
    // Perform the dice roll
    const thisRollValue = Math.floor(Math.random() * diceSides + 1);
    return thisRollValue;
};
export const rollLowWeightedDice = (diceSides) => {
    if (!Number.isInteger(diceSides) || diceSides <= 0) {
        console.error("Invalid input: Please provide a positive integer for dice sides");
        return 1;
    }
    if (percentageChance(50))
        return 0;
    const thisRollValue = Math.floor(Math.pow(Math.random(), 2) * (diceSides - 1) + 1);
    return thisRollValue;
};
export const rollDiceIsMaxRoll = (diceSides) => {
    const thisRollValue = Math.floor(Math.random() * diceSides + 1);
    const rolledMaxValue = thisRollValue === diceSides;
    return rolledMaxValue;
};
export function percentageChance(chance) {
    if (!Number.isInteger(chance)) {
        console.error("Invalid input");
        return false;
    }
    if (chance < 0) {
        return false;
    }
    if (chance > 100) {
        return true;
    }
    const randomValue = Math.random() * 100;
    return randomValue < chance;
}