Creating multiples of same element and randomizing

[Photics]

@CheeseDeluxe

I felt like the smart approach was to have a single star as symbol and scatter them throughout. But I want them to twinkle at different times, with only some of them visible upon page load.

So, a similar question was mentioned on the forums before. That's when I made the "Fishy" template.

Creating the particles manually makes it harder (perhaps impossible) to randomize — without coding. That's why I usually use JavaScript to create particles. You can see an example of this in "Circles with Grandma".

Basically, JavaScript is used to create and animated circles with SVG. They move randomly.

@CheeseDeluxe

What would be ideal is to slide some of the symbols’ timeline to start before 00:00

At the start of the scene, you could just move the timeline of the Symbol with JavaScript. That would essentially create the same effect.

By using JavaScript to create random numbers, you could randomize the start of your symbol timelines.

The first post in this thread might be the information you're looking for. Just use the... symbolInstance.goToTimeInTimelineNamed(timeInSeconds, timelineName) ...Hype API instead.