"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
> I was looking through MCPOV's online documentation, and it indicates that each
> separate image render (as in, images to be averaged later) should use
> "mc_rand_seed" to set a different rand sequence: "Initiates the random sequence
> used by the montecarlo algorithm with the current date." By 'date,' I'm guessing
> that it means not just the particular day, but down to the second or even finer
> time resolution (based on the machine's system clock.) So, for example, if I
> start a render at 2:30:37 PM on March 16, and someone else in my time zone
> happens to start one at 2:30:38 PM on the same day, the two rendered images
> will still be randomly different. Am I correct?
>
> KW

The seed is initialized with the C time(NULL) call that gives the current GMT
time in seconds from 1970. So I think you are correct.

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