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Danke Tim!

I'll try to experiment with that and I'll give you informations.

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"Tim Nikias v2.0" <tim### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
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> So, if its just data (floats, vectors up to 5 dimensions), I've got
> some IO-Macros on my homepage designed for ease of use:
>
> #declare Array=array[x][y] { ... }
> Save_Array(Array,"filename.ext")
>
> #declare Array=Load_Array("filename.ext");
>
> As for filenames, you'd have to save them in strings, but my
> system wasn't designed (and tested) for that. Concerning the
> state-loading:
> #if (frame_number=0)
>  [Initial setup]
>  Save_Array(Initial_Data,"somedata.tmp")
> #else
>  #declare Initial_Data=Load_Array("somedata.tmp")
> #end
>
> This way, the initial frame will calculate the new data into an
> array, and every frame thereafter will load the data. This assumes
> that your first frame is 0, not 1 (which you would have to change
> in the if-statement).
>
> To generate identifiers, it is possible to "parse" strings:
> #declare String="#declare Variable="
> Then write this to HD and #include the newly created file.
> I'm not so sure if "#declare Variable=" works though, cause
> I think that you'd have to define the part behind "=" inside
> the include-file as well, but you might experiment with that
> knowledge...
>
> Hope this gets you going,
> Tim
>
> --
> Tim Nikias v2.0
> Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights
> Email: Tim### [at] gmxde

>
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> >
> > I'm looking for a way to keep in memory some Variables over a frame
state.
> I
> > tought using Input/Output text (.txt) as external parameters in POVRAY
to
> > keep an initial state and reimport every state at the begining of each
new
> > frame.
> >
> > My problem is that I have scene state wich is the position of every
state
> of
> > Cells on a Grid and I would like to be able to call back the previous
> state
> > of cells after each frames. This could be formatted in a .txt file.
> >
> > Is there a way to Input/Output text and assign text elements to new
> > variables?
> > Is there a way to keep Variable defined over an animation?
> >
> > I'm currently working on Cellular Automata and Genetic Algorithms. I'm
> > planning to use PovRay for renders. I have states wich is the position
of
> > the elements in the scene. The previous state influence the second for
> each
> > frames.
> >
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