Nieminen Juha wrote:
> 
>   People continously are asking for a way for getting different random numbers
> from render to render.
>   Well, the solution to this is so simple that I'm ashamed of not having
> discovered it until now.
> 
>   Add this at the beginning of your .pov file:
> 
> #if(file_exists("seed.dat"))
>   #fopen ifile "seed.dat" read
>   #read(ifile,R)
>   #fclose ifile
>   #declare Seed=seed(R);
> #else
>   #declare Seed=seed(0);
> #end
> 
>   Then use rand(Seed) in your pov code.
> 
>   Then add this at the end of your .pov file:
> 
> #fopen ofile "seed.dat" write
> #write(ofile,int(rand(Seed)*1000000))
> #fclose ofile
> 
>   It's that simple. Stupid me.

Which part of the above allows for a new random number each time ?

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