Well, in that case.. hehe

Why not use real life physics?
Like the roof lights on a police car. They
turn a deflector.. right? Perhaps some system
with a opaque deflector that hides the light..

Just a thought.. :)

Stefan

"dj" <djh### [at] msncom> skrev i meddelandet
news:web.425a7cb93e37622c63b34e470@news.povray.org...
> Stefan,
>
> Thanks for the feedback.  I'm using the Animation and Rendering Plugin in
> Moray (my fault, if I wasn't clear on that point) and was wondering if
> there was away to do it from within Moray. I can embed Povray
code-snippets
> to 'stobe' the light on and off in the Moray file but I don't know if
there
> is a way in Moray to pass Povray the current frame info.  I've been coding
> for years so that's not the problem. Just figuring to figure out the
> mechanics of it all.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave...
>
> "Stefan Persson" <azy### [at] teliacom> wrote:
> > ..and I'm so sorry.. I missed a couple of  #declare
> > If you are not familiar with the POV SDL, the creation
> > and changing of a variable always begin with #declare.
> > So.. for instance c=c+1; should be #declare c=c+1;
> >
> > I guess I was thinking C..
> >
> > Again, sorry..
> >
> > Stefan
> >
> > "Stefan Persson" <azy### [at] teliacom> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:4259d977$1@news.povray.org...
> > > To expand my theory..
> > >
> > > #declare c=0;  ;Declare the counter
> > > #declare OnOff = 0; ;Declare the boolean variable
> > >
> > > code code..
> > >
> > > #if(c<=11) ;Check if we reached the end of the light cycle. If we are
> > still
> > > within 0-11 then do nothing except..
> > >     c=c+1; ;..increment the counter
> > > #else ;We have reached the end of the light cycle
> > >     #if(OnOff=0) ;Check if the light was on or off
> > >         OnOff=1;
> > >     #else
> > >         OnOff=0;
> > >     #end
> > >     c=0; ;IMPORTANTE!! Reset the counter so that we reset the cycle..
> > > #end
> > >
> > > code code..
> > >
> > > #lightsomething..
> > >     #if(OnOff=1) ;If 1 then the light is on.. if not.. just do
nothing..
> > >             light_source {   // Strobe light
> > >           <0.0, 0.0, 0.0>
> > >           color rgb <1.000, 1.000, 1.000>
> > >           translate  <0.985, -9.983, 15.82>
> > >            }
> > >     #end
> > > #end
> > >
> > > Code.. code..
> > >
> > > Or something like that..
> > >
> > > Stefan
> > >
> > > "Stefan Persson" <azy### [at] teliacom> skrev i meddelandet
> > > news:4259d638$1@news.povray.org...
> > > > Hi Dave,
> > > > And so you shouldn't.. ;)
> > > >
> > > > For the propeller I would use some sort of semi-transparent texture
> > > > to fake the motion blur of the spinning.
> > > > For the strobe, I can think of a solution..
> > > >
> > > >         A counter that holds the duration of the on/off sequense
> > > >         + a boolean variable.
> > > >         Let's say you want the light to be on for half a second
> > > >         (that's something like 12 frames.. 24 fps/2). Then the
> > > >         counter increments itself 12 times. When it reaches
> > > >         12 or 11, depending on if you start on 0 or 1, it switches
> > > >         the boolean.
> > > >         The light checks every cycle if the boolean is true or
> > > >         false. If it's true, it's on.. and the opposite of course.
> > > >
> > > > Try it. I hold no responsibility if it does any harm to
> > > > animals or your computer.. ;)
> > > >
> > > > Stefan
> > > >
> > > > "dj" <djh### [at] msncom> skrev i meddelandet
> > > > news:web.42529207d94d7e8f63b34e470@news.povray.org...
> > > > > I have a quick (hopefully) question about animation. I'm trying to
> > > animate
> > > > a
> > > > > flying aircraft.  I need to animate some strobe lights flashing
and a
> > > > > propeller spinning.  Is there a way to animate small segments and
have
> > > > them
> > > > > repeat?  I'd rather not have to manually animate the strobe light
> > > flashing
> > > > > through the entire sequence.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Dave
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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