Take "follow the leader" circle of characters when circle is full & rotate just those characters

Question

Hi

I used the examples at https://www.motionscript.com/mastering-expressions/follow-the-leader.html to create a "follow the leader" animation in the shape of a circle - about 50 different character layers (ie not an echo).

Once the lead character makes it's round back to the beginning, the characters slowly disappear as they each complete their single lap. This is the correct behaviour for the code example I used.

What I would like once the lead character hits the beginning of the circle is to have the set of characters that are visible in that moment continue circling, for as many laps as I need.

I'm not sure what the best approach this is. I figured a clunky way would be to let the above circledo it's thing, and as soon as the lead has made it's way back to the start, repeat the same comp on a new layer, and so on for as many laps as I need all the characters to do.

Any better ideas for this please, or is this the best approach?

Thank you.

Mylenium · Accepted Answer

If you really want it to be exact, you'd have to construct a loop that continually checks the visibility, counts the laps and tests whether or not the leader actually has reached the goal/ exited his round. Not trivial and since every follower would have this expression AE would slow to molasses. Therefore it would be simpler to forego the automated fading and just animate it by hand.

Mylenium

OussK · Answer

Try to post some screenshots, also share the expression you use

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