VEX code to create new points

[catchyid]

Hi, 

I am trying to create random points using VEX. Basically, It's a Geo node with only one Detail Attribute Wrangle node:

for(int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
{
    vector pos=set(rand(0.1*@Frame),rand(@Frame),rand(10*@Frame));
    addpoint(geoself(),pos);
}

I get 100 points, but all have the same location? Any idea why all rand() is producing the same position for all points?

Thanks,

 

 

[evanrudefx]

rand always produces the same results unless you have a different seed. All 100 points are getting the same seed on each axis, so every point is in the same position. I suppose you would need to vary the seed of each axis across the points.

[catchyid]

Oh my god  how embarrassing ! not sure what made me thought the seed was different! I did not ask this question 

[Noobini]

you're getting different results for each frame, good, but for each frame, the 100 points are the same.

So you need another tie breaker, the 'i', just mult each Frame with i

for(int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
{
    vector pos=set(rand(0.1*@Frame*i),rand(@Frame*i),rand(10*@Frame*i));
    addpoint(geoself(),pos);
}

Edited November 9, 2018 by Noobini