The documentation reads:

   final_frame
   This identifier reads the value set through the INI file
   option Final_Frame=n or the command-line switch +KFFn.

However, when I access the final_frame variable, it seems to return the subset
end frame value (+EF), not the final frame value.  I would like my frames to
render consistently, regardless of whether I'm doing the full run or just a
subset.

I'm using version 3.6.1 on Windows XP.

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It works that way on my copy of 3.6, also. I haven't tried any of the newer
betas yet, so I don't know if this has been changed.

One workaround would be to add a line like "Declare=FinalFrame=##" to your
command line or INI file, where ## is the number you set in the KFF switch. You
can then access the variable FinalFrame globally, in place of using final_frame.
It's annoying to have to maintain the same number twice, but at least it'll do
what you expect. :)

"Cousin Ricky" <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> The documentation reads:
>
>    final_frame
>    This identifier reads the value set through the INI file
>    option Final_Frame=n or the command-line switch +KFFn.
>
> However, when I access the final_frame variable, it seems to return the subset
> end frame value (+EF), not the final frame value.  I would like my frames to
> render consistently, regardless of whether I'm doing the full run or just a
> subset.
>
> I'm using version 3.6.1 on Windows XP.

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"Cousin Ricky" <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> The documentation reads:
>
>    final_frame
>    This identifier reads the value set through the INI file
>    option Final_Frame=n or the command-line switch +KFFn.
>
> However, when I access the final_frame variable, it seems to return the subset
> end frame value (+EF), not the final frame value.  I would like my frames to
> render consistently, regardless of whether I'm doing the full run or just a
> subset.
>
> I'm using version 3.6.1 on Windows XP.

This was addressed in
http://news.povray.org/povray.general/thread/%3Cweb.49d400119a8d90cf34d207310%40news.povray.org%3E/

you need to set +SF and +EF to render subset animations and leave +KFI as the
very first frame (Zero) and +KFF as the total number of frames

+SF and +EF are floating-point numbers specifying a percentage range.

ADB

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"Anthony D. Baye" <Sha### [at] spamnomorehotmailcom> wrote:
>
> you need to set +SF and +EF to render subset animations and leave +KFI as the
> very first frame (Zero) and +KFF as the total number of frames

That's exactly what I did.  The problem is that I need the value specified in
+KFF (as described in the documentation), but if I run a subset, final_frame
gives me the last frame of the subset, not the last frame of the entire run.

> +SF and +EF are floating-point numbers specifying a percentage range.

They can also be specified as frame numbers by omitting the decimal point.

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