On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:05:08 +0100, Philippe Debar wrote:
>// Illegal random number generator error
>
>camera{}
>light_source{0 color rgb 1}
>#declare testval=rand(5);
>
>/*
>I got a new and persistent error ("illegal random number generator") every
>time I try to use rand() with any seed but 0. Except 0, I found no seed that
>did not produce this error. Even this simplest scene generates it. As I had
>many installation/de-installation on my computer recently, I tried
>uninstalling an reinstalling POV - to no avail. Any hint?

Rand takes a special seed value as an argument.  It should be like this:

camera{}
light_source{0 color rgb 1}
#declare Seed = seed(5);
#declare testval=rand(Seed);

You may want to reread the documentation on rand() and seed().

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