From ea1dd6f93be14ead4bc2b30577cfcd28eb4a6b6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pionere <pionere@freemail.hu>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:41:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix for devilutionx - use time(NULL) instead of
 SDL_GetTicks to initialize the rnd-seed for new players   1. time(NULL): time
 since epoch (1970.01.01)   2. SDL_GetTicks: time since the application(SDL)
 was started

---
 Source/player.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Source/player.cpp b/Source/player.cpp
index 41311057b497..6fbf857348ab 100644
--- a/Source/player.cpp
+++ b/Source/player.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 #include "all.h"
 #include "plrctrls.h"
+#include <time.h>
 
 DEVILUTION_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -629,7 +630,7 @@ void CreatePlayer(const _uiheroinfo& heroinfo)
 	int i, pnum = 0;
 
 	memset(&plr, 0, sizeof(PlayerStruct));
-	SetRndSeed(SDL_GetTicks()); // used by CreatePlrItems / CreateBaseItem
+	SetRndSeed(time(NULL)); // used by CreatePlrItems / CreateBaseItem
 
 	plr._pLevel = heroinfo.hiLevel;
 	plr._pClass = heroinfo.hiClass;