Index: trunk/psLib/src/math/psRandom.c
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--- trunk/psLib/src/math/psRandom.c	(revision 23269)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/math/psRandom.c	(revision 42089)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "psAssert.h"
 
-
-unsigned long seed = 0;                 // Seed for RNG
-
+// XXX set to non-zero for a test
+# define HARDWIRED_SEED 0
+unsigned long seed = HARDWIRED_SEED;                 // Seed for RNG
 
 psU64 p_psRandomGetSystemSeed(bool log)
@@ -71,4 +71,9 @@
 psU64 psRandomSeed(psU64 value)
 {
+    if (HARDWIRED_SEED) {
+	seed = HARDWIRED_SEED;
+	return seed;
+    }
+
     while (value == 0) {
         value = p_psRandomGetSystemSeed(false);