Okay, I'm really curious how people do animations in POV-Ray, especially 
those not using Moray or Poser, etc.

Given that my animations are entirely written in SDL, there are tricks 
to that which I have learned (and some tricks I struggle to un-learn). 
Anyway, I'll propose some things which *I suggest* make it easier to 
script animations of complex scenes:

1) Separate the complex object definition ("character definition") from 
the motion definition ("animation script").  This will localize code and 
allow a "character" to be used in different works  -- even allowing 
different scenes in the same work to be developed separately.

2) Organize the motion chronologically, not by character.  This is 
important in the development process while time lines are being adjusted 
to get the action that is intended, especially when causality is to be 
implied.

3) Allow exceptions to suggestion #2, so that things which are not 
interrelated can be scripted separately, but happen in parallel.

Comments?
Marvin

PS: I'm familiar with ClockMod, but don't see how it could implement #2 
or #3, and #1 isn't trivial.

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