question about particles

1. is it possible to randomly pick the sprite in a particle effect?

example: i want a "snowing" particle effect that everytime it creates a new sprite randomly picks 1 out of X snowflake sprites.

2. how do i make the sprites in a particle to start rotating when they are created?

thanks!

1. You can't currently do this, but you could try overlaying say 3 different particle objects with different textures, each going at a third the rate.

2. You can't do this with the Particles object - if you need more advanced control you could try simply spawning Sprites with the Bullet movement and control them with events.

If you need more advanced control you could try simply spawning Sprites with the Bullet movement and control them with events.

You can find some great particle examples using this method in the FAQ

thanks, will check out the tutorials!