restart timer with new value

[caledonian_tartan]

hello
i'm creating some sort of a grid walker effect with ice strands.

the particles move on a geometry in one direction until the timer ends. then they move in another direction.
so far, so good.
when the timer ends for the first time it gets resetted and start all over again.

but then i would like to use another value as before, as it is already travelling on this vector...

i should count how many times the timer has already finished, as with the "repeat with counter" compound.

any hints?
or a better way to do something like this?

gridwalker.jpg

btw.: i think it's an overall problem (for me) to set a value to last for a few frames then randomize this value and keep the result for a few frames, and again and again...


Edit: here's something.

[face]

Hope i understand it correct ;)

You can define a user value for each particle, can named maybe timerCnt, and at each time the timer has reached his time, add +1 to it.
So you know, how many direction changes each particle has.
With this value you can also select the new direction from an array.

face

[caledonian_tartan]

that was what i had in mind too.

and at each time the timer has reached his time, add +1 to it

unfortunately i cannot really translate that into ice... or is it the same as with "Repeat with Counter" Compound? so using a repeat?
end of brain:

[face]

It works in an simulated ICE-Tree.

face

[caledonian_tartan]

truly

but this just adds one value every frame.

i don't really see how this counts how many time my timer has finished...

[caledonian_tartan]

i guess i'm getting closer. works now!
thanks

timers.jpg

i still find it strange that i needed to customize the "test timer" compound...

to.jpg

[Bullit]

Thanks for feedback. Will have to try this.

Edit: is it possible to save the scene with a lesser version?

[caledonian_tartan]

basically it's just a grid and a pointcloud with this compound...

Grid_Walker.zip

[Bullit]

Thanks