Am 11.10.2017 um 14:41 schrieb Sven Littkowski:

> The value "AmountLines" allows me to set the amount of oar lines above
> each other, but strangely, I always get just one line. I am very sure,
> the fault is with me: "I am not seeing the forest because of all the
> trees in my eyesight". Means, I am looking at the scene code, and just
> can't discover the error in thinking/writing. Can you help?

[...]
> #declare MyNumber = 0;
> 
> 
> #macro MyOarLine(AmountOarsInLine,MyHeightMoreThis)
>  union
>  {
>   #while(MyNumber<AmountOarsInLine)
> 
>    #declare MyAngleWater     = (rand(R1)*MyVariance)+GeneralAngle;
>    #declare MyAngleHands     = (rand(R2)*MyVariance)+BladeAngle;
>    #declare MyAngleDirection = (rand(R3)*MyVariance)+ForwardAngle;
>    object
>    {
>     MyOar(MyHeightMoreThis)
>     rotate < 0.0, MyAngleHands, 0.0 >
>     rotate < MyAngleWater, 0.0, 0.0 >
>     rotate < 0.0, 0.0, MyAngleDirection >
>     translate < (MyNumber*0.925), 0.0, 0.0 >
>    }
>    #declare MyNumber = MyNumber+1;
>   #end
>  }
> #end

You need to set `MyNumber = 0` each time you're running the macro (i.e.
the `#declare` should be inside the macro. Also, I'd suggest using
`#local` instead; it's good practice for macros, unless you want to pass
values out of the macro via global variables.)

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