POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Long time, no see.. : Re: Same params, different values (Was: Long time, no see..) Server Time
6 Aug 2024 21:40:36 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Same params, different values (Was: Long time, no see..)  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 25 Jan 2002 14:16:47
Message: <3c51af1f@news.povray.org>
In article <3C5### [at] idautbhbse> , Mikael Carneholm 
<mik### [at] idautbhbse>  wrote:

> Said and done, I took the bull by the horns and fired up POV 3.1g to
> verify my suspission that something has changed from 3.1 to 3.5 (could
> it be the change of compiler?)
>
> And, to my relief, 3.1g gave me the "correct" values and verified that
> this is something that _used_ to work.
>
> clock=0.20000000000000000000000000000000 :
> SceneStartClock=0.20000000000000000000000000000000
>
> Same scene, same ini file, same params, different behaviour.
>
> Is it the compiler, or _has_ there been a change in the animation clock
> value formula?

As said, it is a precision issue.  It is irrelevant what 3.1 would output
because it is a precision issue and thus it really doesn't matter if
something changed or not.  Just get used to it.

    Thorsten


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