# VRayMultiSubTex Random by particle not working?

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/vraymultisubtex-random-by-particle-not-working/52254>\
**Category:** Issues\
**Created:** [January 14, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vraymultisubtex-random-by-particle-not-working/52254 "2015-01-14T07:15:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Raven](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/raven/32/12719_2.png) [@Raven](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Raven)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vraymultisubtex-random-by-particle-not-working/52254/1 "2015-01-14T07:15:28Z")

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I’ve tried using the random by particle ID in the MultiSubTex, but it just assigns id 3 to every particle.  
Is there a particular way it should be used?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![yavor.rubenov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yavor.rubenov/32/2946_2.png) [@yavor.rubenov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yavor.rubenov)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vraymultisubtex-random-by-particle-not-working/52254/2 "2015-01-14T09:49:01Z")

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Hello,

It seems to work for me for some simple tests - so could you share a simplified version of your scene ?

Best regards,  
Yavor

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**Author:** ![Raven](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/raven/32/12719_2.png) [@Raven](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Raven)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vraymultisubtex-random-by-particle-not-working/52254/3 "2015-01-14T10:06:47Z")

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Hi Yavor

Attached is just a quick test I did.

The pic shows particles on the left with random by particle and baked particles on the right with Random by render ID.  
[Random by Particle color.zip](https://forums.chaos.com/uploads/short-url/kdtLiptD5cxSA8Y1NohztezalWs.zip) (572 KB)

 ![Random particle.JPG](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/5/d/5d8c3b1b0e0c80b1bdc287655239dddcad03c3a6.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![yavor.rubenov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yavor.rubenov/32/2946_2.png) [@yavor.rubenov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yavor.rubenov)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vraymultisubtex-random-by-particle-not-working/52254/4 "2015-01-14T12:29:53Z")

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Thank you for the scene. I’ve managed to reproduce the problem here. I’ll write here when we fix the issue.

Best regards,  
Yavor

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**Author:** ![vance3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/35a633/32.png) [@vance3d](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vance3d)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vraymultisubtex-random-by-particle-not-working/52254/5 "2015-12-03T17:41:55Z")

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was this fixed? I’m running into something similar.

thanks,

V Miller

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**Author:** ![yavor.rubenov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yavor.rubenov/32/2946_2.png) [@yavor.rubenov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yavor.rubenov)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vraymultisubtex-random-by-particle-not-working/52254/6 "2015-12-04T07:48:48Z")

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Hello,

Sorry but we haven’t yet fixed this issue.

Best regards,  
Yavor