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Implementing random seed but maintaining several objects playing at the same time not just 1
Hey, wanting to use this code to make a composition of a star randomly appear on stage but it only works for 1 at a time. Wondering how I can tweak this to allow for 3, and at varying times not in sync. I could just have 3 different layers and change the holdTime but thought there might be a more logical approach. New to expressions.
holdTime = 2; //time to hold each position (seconds)
minVal = [0.2*thisComp.width, 0.2*thisComp.height];
maxVal = [0.4*thisComp.width, 0.8*thisComp.height];seed = Math.floor(time/holdTime);
seedRandom(seed,true);
random(minVal,maxVal)
Appreciate any help. Thanks.
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3 Replies
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I believe you can just modify your seed slightly based on the layer index, something like:
seed = Math.floor(time/holdTime) + index;Darby Edelen
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hmmm… that didn’t seem to work.
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[wyclef chron] “hmmm… that didn’t seem to work.”
Sorry, it seems I didn’t quite understand the problem. I’m still not quite sure the behavior you’d like to see but this should be closer:
seedRandom(index, true);
offset = random(0, 1);
holdTime = 2;
minVal = [0.2*thisComp.width, 0.2*thisComp.height];
maxVal = [0.4*thisComp.width, 0.8*thisComp.height];
seed = Math.floor((time + offset)/holdTime);
seedRandom(seed,true);
random(minVal,maxVal)Each layer will still hold for 2 seconds but the updates of the random values will be offset by up to 1 second from one another.
Alternatively you can just generate a random number for the holdTime per layer:
seedRandom(index, true);
holdTime = random(1, 3);
minVal = [0.2*thisComp.width, 0.2*thisComp.height];
maxVal = [0.4*thisComp.width, 0.8*thisComp.height];
seed = Math.floor(time/holdTime);
seedRandom(seed,true);
random(minVal,maxVal)Some layers will update more frequently than others with this method.
Darby Edelen
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