Is it possible to alter/randomize a procedural's animation start time?

[oliver]

Like the soldiers-example here but with an animation-loop that should differ from instance to instance.

[oliver]

Oh, procedurals can be used in pflow! So there it should be possible with Shape Instance. I'll try...

[Stephen.Blair · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately, there's no way for instances of the same procedural to have different start times.

By the time it gets to Arnold, you'll have a procedural that loads something like example.0055.ass, and all the instances will instance that.

[oliver]

What a pity.
Thanks, Stephen.