public static void Initialize()
{
// choose 200 random tiles and put countries there...
double meany = 0.5 * World.size;
double stdy = 0.2 * World.size; // experimentation has shown this to look nicest
for (int i = 0; i < maxCountries; i++)
{
WorldTile attempt;
while (0 <= (attempt = Program.world.tiles // reassign every test
[Program.Mod((int)MochaRandom.Normal(meany, stdy), World.size), Program.rng.Next(0, 2 * World.size)] // longitude random, latitude normally distributed
).owner)
{
} // redo if there's already an owner
capitals[i] = attempt;
}
Program.Log(String.Format("{0} countries placed", maxCountries));
}
int RandomMass()
{
// normally distributed.
return((int)MochaRandom.Normal(mass, standardDeviationAsAFactorOfMass * mass));
}
