POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.text.scene-files : PC System Time in POV-Ray : Re: PC System Time in POV-Ray Server Time
28 Jul 2024 18:20:52 EDT (-0400)
  Re: PC System Time in POV-Ray  
From: Bob Hughes
Date: 31 Aug 1999 12:10:13
Message: <37cbfe65@news.povray.org>
Certainly a matter of how it's to be used. Think there are more uses
than I could come up with right now anyway. So far I've only made this
time of run thing, but yes, the variables are there to be plugged into
any definition.

Bob

Jerry <jer### [at] acusdedu> wrote in message
news:jer### [at] cerebusacusdedu...
> In article <37CA745A.DE9A5B0C@pacbell.net>, Ken
<tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> > Not to belittle your individual accomplishment here but by the
time you
> >spend activating the batch file and then adding all of the
necessary script
> >to your scene wouldn't it be simpler to just type the time in
yourself ?
>
> There are times when having access to the system time is useful for
> automating things. The time can be used as a seed when you want
random
> numbers that change per render; it can be useful if you're rendering
data
> on a regular basis and you want it time stamped.
>
> Jerry


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