Dennis Miller wrote:
> I am trying to load a long sequence of TGA files into this image map:
> image_map { tga concat("D:\\sketches\\follow", str(clock*600,-4,0), ".tga")
> 
> in the folder Sketches folder on my D drive there are 1800 files starting 
> with
> follow0000.tga
> to
> follow1800.tga
> 
> Can someone see a problem with the string here? I want to read in only the 
> first 600 while the clock moves from 0.1 to 1.
> The whole code segment is:
> #local D=
>   pigment{
>    image_map { tga concat("D:\\sketches\\follow", str(clock*600,-4,0), 
> ".tga")   //group.tga is excellent   1352
>   map_type 2 interpolate 2 once } translate <0, 0,0> scale 1 + clock*2 }
> 
> and I am getting a Parse Error that says: Cannot open TGA image.
> thanks much for any help.
> d
> 

I haven't checked it, but if you send your "concat" statement to #debug, 
you can verify whether you're actually getting the correct string. 
However, since you're only wanting integers, I'd suggest using 
"frame_number" rather than "clock."  (Just the first thing that occurs 
to me; hope this helps.)

--Sherry Shaw


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