# Why don't random characters use the amount of initial points from settings?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-dont-random-characters-use-the-amount-of-initial-points-from-settings/6023>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [May 4, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-dont-random-characters-use-the-amount-of-initial-points-from-settings/6023 "2014-05-04T02:44:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![TheGrifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-dont-random-characters-use-the-amount-of-initial-points-from-settings/6023/1 "2014-05-04T02:44:05Z")

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I set it to like, 20 instead of 6, and I still like to select play now, to keep myself guessing. Why doesn’t the character have the initial 20 points of stats instead of the norm?

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-dont-random-characters-use-the-amount-of-initial-points-from-settings/6023/2 "2014-05-04T08:18:52Z")

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Mainly because the random character functions are all back from before the point selection option existed, and nobody has gone through to update them to utilize the option setting yet. If someone were to do so it would almost certainly be merged post-haste.

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**Author:** ![kilozombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@kilozombie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kilozombie)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-dont-random-characters-use-the-amount-of-initial-points-from-settings/6023/3 "2014-05-04T17:16:12Z")

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Yeah, random characters are a bit outdated right now. They’re afraid of professions and (like you said) ignore skill point changes. I think they work with new traits and skills, though (?).

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**Author:** ![Wuzzy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/wuzzy/32/41_2.png) [@Wuzzy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wuzzy)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-dont-random-characters-use-the-amount-of-initial-points-from-settings/6023/4 "2014-05-16T15:28:14Z")

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Here’s a proposed fix:

> <https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/7661>

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**Author:** ![TheGrifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-dont-random-characters-use-the-amount-of-initial-points-from-settings/6023/5 "2014-05-16T16:12:50Z")

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Awesome. Much obliged. Hope this gets merged.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-dont-random-characters-use-the-amount-of-initial-points-from-settings/6023/6 "2014-05-16T16:39:17Z")

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![](http://renderberry.home.pl/pub/doge_prev01.gif)

Wow. Such random.  
No, really, well done. This will be really fun to try.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-dont-random-characters-use-the-amount-of-initial-points-from-settings/6023/7 "2014-05-17T03:07:12Z")

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[There you go.](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/7661)