POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Stop rendering using a break statement : Re: Stop rendering using a break statement Server Time
31 Oct 2024 20:10:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Stop rendering using a break statement  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 9 Feb 2015 15:02:35
Message: <54d9125b$1@news.povray.org>
On 2/9/2015 3:14 AM, scott wrote:
>> No. For example I may want frames 1-3 and 5-6 parsed and rendered, but
>> not frame 4. Your suggestion doesn't work in this case.
>
> Do you not want frame 4 rendered to save time, or because you physically
> don't want the file to be created?
>
> If you want to save time, but don't mind the file being there, then just
> let it render an empty scene with no objects for the frames you don't
> want, it will only add a fraction of a second.
>
> It should be easy if you could render another .pov file, and put
> something like this in it:
>
> #if(frame_number<>4) // or whatever condition
>   #include "mainPOVscene.pov"
> #end
>


I'm sure there's a workaround for every example I can come up with. A 
break statement would just be a lot simpler and easier.


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