POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : rand not producing random! : Re: rand not producing random! Server Time
8 Jul 2024 01:46:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: rand not producing random!  
From: Tim Attwood
Date: 6 Jan 2010 19:30:40
Message: <4b452b30$1@news.povray.org>
> What you get with rand is a series of random numbers. Using the same 
> seed the series is always the same.

That's an intentional design feature, if you place a bunch of objects
randomly with a certain seed, the image should still be exactly
reproducable on any machine running POV. Also, if you are
unhappy with the way a random placement pattern looks, you 
can try another seed until you are happy with the placement, 
and then be able to reproduce that same pattern in a final scene 
with slower features like radiosity and photons turned on.


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