Could someone help me with saving my 3D model into a video?

Question

When I open in on VLC it is only a split second video, even though I let the animation play for a while. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Here is my code.

extensions [vid]
breed [planet planets]
breed [star stars]

to background
   vid:record-view

  ;Q1
  cro 25 [
    set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random -16 random 16 random 16]
  ;Q2
  cro 25 [
  set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random -16 random -16 random 16]
  ;Q3
  cro 25 [
   set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random -16 random -16 random -16]
  ;Q4
  cro 25 [
  set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random 16 random -16 random -16]
  ;Q5
  cro 25 [
  set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random 16 random 16 random -16]
  ;Q6
  cro 25 [
   set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random 16 random 16 random 16]
  ;Q7
  cro 25 [
set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random -16 random 16 random -16]
  ;Q8
  cro 25 [
  set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random 16 random -16 random 16]
end


to sun
vid:start-recorder
  clear-all
  CRO 1
  ask turtles  [ setxyz 0 0 0
    set size 6
    set color [225 201 34 ]
    ;make sun
    set shape "circle"
    stamp



  ]


end

to earth
  
  create-planet 1
  ask planet [ setxyz 8 5 0
    set size 3
    set color [0 100 200 ]
    pen-down  ; make earth
    set shape "circle"
  ]

end

to orbit

  ask planet [
    pen-up
    repeat 360 [forward .15 right 1]
  ]
end

to finish-video
  vid:save-recording user-new-file
end

Answer 1

Remember, it only takes a snapshot to add to your video whenever the vid:record-view command is run. (Similar to each time you clicked the remote to take a photo during Claymation.)

You probably need to include vid:record-view a lot more places in your code. (For instance, inside the ORBIT procedure, but even more specifically, you'll need it inside the REPEAT 360 [ ... ] within the ORBIT procedure, since you probably want to see each movement in your video.

Comments

Okay, thank you for the help!

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I did what you told, but It only makes a video of setting the background and not the orbit. Do you know where I went wrong? Thanks!

Here is my new code:

extensions [vid]
breed [planet planets]
breed [star stars]

to background
  vid:record-view


  ;Q1
   vid:record-view
  cro 25 [
    set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random -16 random 16 random 16]
  ;Q2
   vid:record-view
  cro 25 [
  set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random -16 random -16 random 16]
  ;Q3
   vid:record-view
  cro 25 [
   set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random -16 random -16 random -16]
  ;Q4
   vid:record-view
  cro 25 [
  set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random 16 random -16 random -16]
  ;Q5
   vid:record-view
  cro 25 [
  set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random 16 random 16 random -16]
  ;Q6
   vid:record-view
  cro 25 [
   set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random 16 random 16 random 16]
  ;Q7
   vid:record-view
  cro 25 [
set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random -16 random 16 random -16]
  ;Q8
   vid:record-view
  cro 25 [
  set color 47 + random 3
    set shape "star"
    set size random-float 1 setxyz random 16 random -16 random 16]
end


to sun
 vid:start-recorder
  CRO 1
  ask turtles  [ setxyz 0 0 0
    set size 6
    set color [225 201 34 ]
    ;make sun
    set shape "circle"
     vid:record-view
    stamp



  ]


end

to earth

vid:record-view
  create-planet 1
  ask planet [ setxyz 8 6 0
    set size 3
    set color [0 100 200 ]
    pen-down  ; make earth
    set shape "circle"
     vid:record-view
  ]

end

to orbit
vid:record-view
  ask planet [vid:record-view
    pen-up
   vid:record-view
vid:record-view
    vid:record-view repeat 360 [forward .2 right 1] vid:record-view vid:record-view
  ]
  vid:record-view
end

to finish-video
  vid:save-recording user-new-file
end

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Sorry if I wasn't clearer earlier -- you need to put vid:record-view INSIDE of the repeat block. That is:

repeat 360 [ forward 0.2 right 1 vid:record-view ]

(Right now you're only recording the view BEFORE and AFTER the planet has finished moving 360 times.)