Added a function.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/network.c b/core/network.c
index 81da3f1b..a20b02f6 100644
--- a/core/network.c
+++ b/core/network.c
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ uint64_t current_time()
     
 }
 
+int random_int()
+{
+    #ifdef WIN32
+    //TODO replace rand with a more random windows function
+    return rand();
+    #else
+    return random();
+    #endif
+}
+
 //our UDP socket, a global variable.
 static int sock;
 
@@ -87,7 +97,11 @@ int init_networking(IP ip ,uint16_t port)
     {
         return -1;
     }
+    
+    #else
+    srandom((uint32_t)current_time());
     #endif
+    srand((uint32_t)current_time());
     
     //initialize our socket
     sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP); 
diff --git a/core/network.h b/core/network.h
index 24f7281d..da92837d 100644
--- a/core/network.h
+++ b/core/network.h
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ typedef struct
 //returns current time in milleseconds since the epoch.
 uint64_t current_time();
 
+//return a random number
+int random_int();
+
 //Basic network functions:
 
 //Function to send packet(data) of length length to ip_port