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>>> My problem, however, is with the pattern that the ships are set up in.  
>>> The first time you play the game (every time you play it) the pattern that
>>> the ships are in is identical.
> 
>> That's easy. Just insert a "srand(getpid());" somewhere in the beginning
>> of the program, before the first "rand" call.
> 
> That'll still have the same problem. getpid() will return the same pid
> each time the same user runs it, thus you would get the same seed for
> rand each time. Try srand(time()); instead.

Well, this may be true for you, in which case you have a very weird operating
system, but around here different processes have different process IDs.

			Scott McEwan
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