# Probability percentage?

**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/probability-percentage/22391
**Category:** FMOD Studio
**Created:** [December 10, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/probability-percentage/22391 "2024-12-10T12:43:42Z")
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### Author: ![trjaudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@trjaudio](https://qa.fmod.com/u/trjaudio)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/probability-percentage/22391/1 "2024-12-10T12:43:42Z")

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I don’t understand the probability percentage. If I have 3 transition destinations at the same point in timeline and I want to randomly select any of them, weighted equally, how can I do that?  
If I set them to 33.3% and I press play, sometimes the playback head goes past all 3 and non is selected?

Thanks

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### Author: ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/probability-percentage/22391/2 "2024-12-16T23:09:11Z")

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Hi,

A solution may be setting the `first` transition posibility to `33%`

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/4/46f32b0bc91c3379e1ea8b0ced7843981f50426e.png)  
The second to `50%`  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/b/bc84e22162e4d32cb53f1d069f0d8aacb179d3e6.png)  
And not applying any probability to the last so that it always traisitions to at least on marker  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/4/41ee5bc4cc31953789c7e5b42d70f31670cae56f.png)

Hope this helps!

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### Author: ![trjaudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@trjaudio](https://qa.fmod.com/u/trjaudio)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/probability-percentage/22391/3 "2025-01-06T08:30:22Z")

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Ok thanks.  
So the general rule of thumb seems to be:  
Lets say you have 6 different markers and you want to randomize equally between them.

First marker 100/6=16.6  
Second marker 100/5=20  
Third marker 100/4=25  
Etc

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### Author: ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/probability-percentage/22391/4 "2025-01-06T23:21:03Z")

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Correct
