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title: "Node Properties"
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section_path: "Thinking Particles > Nodes > TP Generator Group > PStorm > Node Properties"
element_id: "OP_STORM"
group_id: "ID_GVPROPERTIES"
description: "If you are using multiple particle emitters that have the same settings, they will generate identical particle streams unless you assign them each a …"
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## Node Properties

### Random Seed

Parameter ID: `ST_SEED` · Range: [0..2147483647]

If you are using multiple particle emitters that have the same settings, they will generate identical particle streams unless you assign them each a different Random Seed value.

![Image: 002723.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/002723.jpg)\
The example shows how you might control a particle stream to start after a certain frame and be emitted from a certain position and direction (the null).