diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Thirdparty/Random.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Thirdparty/Random.cs
index 05aca361b2..5bc9d5797a 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Thirdparty/Random.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Thirdparty/Random.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Thirdparty
 
 		public int Next(int low, int high) { return low + Next() % (high - low); }
 		public int Next(int high) { return Next() % high; }
-		public double NextDouble() { return Math.Abs(Next() / (double)0x7fffffff); }
+		public float NextFloat() { return Math.Abs(Next() / (float)0x7fffffff); }
 
 		void Generate()
 		{
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/WorldUtils.cs b/OpenRA.Game/WorldUtils.cs
index ec5ce9559c..3fb087a324 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/WorldUtils.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/WorldUtils.cs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 		public static float Gauss1D(this Thirdparty.Random r, int samples)
 		{
-			return Exts.MakeArray(samples, _ => (float)r.NextDouble() * 2 - 1f)
+			return Exts.MakeArray(samples, _ => r.NextFloat() * 2 - 1f)
 				.Sum() / samples;
 		}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/AutoTarget.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/AutoTarget.cs
index 4725eeb837..7a3f5d936a 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/AutoTarget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/AutoTarget.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 		{
 			var info = self.Info.Traits.Get<AttackBaseInfo>();
 			nextScanTime = (int)(25 * (info.ScanTimeAverage +
-				(self.World.SharedRandom.NextDouble() * 2 - 1) * info.ScanTimeSpread));
+				(self.World.SharedRandom.NextFloat() * 2 - 1) * info.ScanTimeSpread));
 
 			var inRange = self.World.FindUnitsInCircle(self.CenterLocation, (int)(Game.CellSize * range));
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrateDrop.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrateDrop.cs
index 4a4708e90b..7be813ba3c 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrateDrop.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrateDrop.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 
 		void SpawnCrate(Actor self)
 		{
-			var inWater = self.World.SharedRandom.NextDouble() < Info.WaterChance;
+			var inWater = self.World.SharedRandom.NextFloat() < Info.WaterChance;
 			var pp = ChooseDropCell(self, inWater, 100);
 			if (pp == null)	return;
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrateSpawner.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrateSpawner.cs
index 67f1ea7c21..164aa2ec16 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrateSpawner.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/CrateSpawner.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 		void SpawnCrate(Actor self, CrateSpawnerInfo info)
 		{
 			var threshold = 100;
-			var inWater = self.World.SharedRandom.NextDouble() < info.WaterChance;
+			var inWater = self.World.SharedRandom.NextFloat() < info.WaterChance;
 
 			for (var n = 0; n < threshold; n++ )
 			{