# Random encounter

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-encounter/79250>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [February 12, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-encounter/79250 "2005-02-12T01:50:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![superNoobice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@superNoobice](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/superNoobice)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-encounter/79250/1 "2005-02-12T01:50:47Z")

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Hi. After long planning and putting my ideas on paper. And after i get my hero walking in the RPG world (well it was just a plain whitebackground) , I was wondering how to make a random encounter so that my hero can battle and train. My idea is make an invisible mc then when my guy hits the mc a countdown timer will begin and an encounter will engage… Is there any simpler ideas to go with this? Any other method you’re using? Cause you see, when i will do this method, the position of the invisible mc that willinitiate battle wuld be fixed. help please.

And also, where do i put the battle scene? My soon to be RPG is not tile based.

Thanks in advance.