generating random number in script

i want to generate a random number at startup so in a script i use

local v = math.random(1, 7)

but it always gives me the same number, so i put

math.randomseed(os.time())

before it but it crashes on randomseed

any idea how to get a random seed value?

thx

UPDATE

scratch that, it seems it does seed random every time without randomseed, i guess the first few times i tried it just happened to come up with the same number

If its just 1 number you after on startup, I would call math.random 2 or 3 times. The first generated number of a certain seed will always be the same. No idea why randomseed crashes for you. I've used it a few times with os.time() when testing things in DCS and its worked fine.

If its just 1 number you after on startup, I would call math.random 2 or 3 times. The first generated number of a certain seed will always be the same. No idea why randomseed crashes for you. I've used it a few times with os.time() when testing things in DCS and its worked fine.

os.time should only work if the os library isn't sanitized, which it is by default... But yeah, its a good idea to do a few math.random() calls initially to make it more random when you actually need it.