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feat: Non-deterministic debug simulator in UnityTransport [MTT-4592]#2196

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Unlike what the code seemed to imply, setting the random seed to 0 in the simulator pipeline stage parameters would not result in its value being determined non-deterministically. It would just pick a hardcoded constant instead.

This PR makes the default seed value be Stopwatch.GetMilliseconds, while preserving the ability to hardcode a constant for testing purposes. Having a non-deterministic simulator is preferable to a deterministic one, since it better represents the behavior of real networks.

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  • Changed: The debug simulator in UnityTransport is now non-deterministic. Its random number generator used to be seeded with a constant value, leading to the same pattern of packet drops, delays, and jitter in every run.

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  • No documentation changes or additions were necessary.

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Looks good!

@simon-lemay-unity simon-lemay-unity enabled auto-merge (squash) September 13, 2022 14:41
@simon-lemay-unity simon-lemay-unity merged commit f34ded4 into develop Sep 13, 2022
@simon-lemay-unity simon-lemay-unity deleted the feat/non-deterministic-simulator branch September 13, 2022 15:30
jakobbbb pushed a commit to GooseGirlGames/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects that referenced this pull request Feb 22, 2023
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* feat: Non-deterministic debug simulator in UnityTransport [MTT-4592]

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