"Mike" <inf### [at] mydisorg> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good website or resources/artists/individuals who have
> explored AI in conjunction w/povray? I'm wondering if its possible to
> create an animation using a traditional A* algorithm in povray?

http://basso.inf.br/phi/

Not quite what you want, but a good starting point.

Cheers,

Daniel

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hi David, this is exactly what I'm doing; using Python to generate splines
for each A* path. It would be nice if I could do it all through Povray
using SDL. Still think Python is best though as I'm also generating a
csound score file with each A*.

Thanks for your reply!

-m

David Wallace <dar### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
> Mike wrote:
> > Does anyone know of a good website or resources/artists/individuals who have
> > explored AI in conjunction w/povray? I'm wondering if its possible to
> > create an animation using a traditional A* algorithm in povray?
> >
> > Any information is GREATLY appreciated :-)
> >
> > -mike
> >
> >
> I am more concerned with simulations, and trajectory calculations in particular.
>   Testing for impact with a height field defined by an image is very slow in
> POV-Ray, and I don't know how to mimic the trace function in a compiled language
> (yet).
>
> This is useful even for stills, calculating the positions of launched particles.
>   Better yet, you could create splines that map time to position and use them
> for animation purposes.
>
> This just might be the ultimate answer to the AI problem, too.  Write an A*
> program in another language, store the resulting paths in splines for each
> object, then have your animation pluck positions from the splines for the
> animations.
>
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If you want to do it completely in the SDL, it's possible to read/write
files; if you use a file to store the state of whatever needs the AI (eg.
the location, orientation, and mental state of a hamster) between frames,
then it should just be necessary to read in the file (or set it up on the
first frame), process whatever you need to to calculate the next state,
save the new data, then use the calculated values for that frame.

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