int frame_num[];

  char slave_name[][];

  short int frame_status[];

/*

*/

/* -- Coding using OLD FRAMESET STRUCTURE... temporarily saving it!! --

// This function creates frame array based on the total number of frames to be rendered, which will then be parsed by function frame_farmer.

					if(blendjob[jobnum].frameset[num2].frame_status = 2)

					if(blendjob[jobnum].frameset[num2].frame_status = 1)

	blendjob[jobnum].frameset[frame].frame_status++;

}

*/ // --End of saved frameset structure using code --

// -- NEW CODE TO USE ARRAYS INSTEAD OF THE FRAMESET STRUCTURE --

// This function creates frame array based on the total number of frames to be rendered, which will then be parsed by function frame_farmer.

void frame_num_struct_builder(int sframe, int eframe) {

	int jobnum_new = highest_jobnum + 1;

	int total = (sframe - eframe) +1;  // total number of frames

	int fcount = sframe; // Used to create all the frames in the structure from sframe to eframe

	int x = 0;

	blendjob[jobnum_new].total_frames = total; // sets the total number of frames in animation for status purposes

	while(x < total){

		blendjob[jobnum_new].frame_num[x] = fcount;

		x++;

		fcount++;

	}

	highest_jobnum++;

}

// matches your computer up with a lovely frame to render

int frame_finder(){

	int your_frame = NULL;  // your_frame is an interger value that will be given to the client as the frame number to render

	int finder_jobnum = 0;

	int frameset_count = 0; // the frameset number, note* frames in an animation don't start at zero

	short int done = 0;

	int priority = 10;

	while(priority >= 1){ // start the scan for the next job with the highest priority

		finder_jobnum = hcfjob + 1; // reset it to start scanning at first uncompleted job for the pass at each priority level

		while(finder_jobnum <= highest_jobnum){

			if(blendjob[finder_jobnum].priority = priority){  // looks for a job with the current priority value

				done = 1;									  // notice it starts by looking at the oldest job first

				break;

			}

			if((done) = 1)  // If it has found a job with the current priority value, it will break out of the loop

				break;    // If none is found it goes to the next job to see if it is of the current priority value

			else

				finder_jobnum++;

		}

		if(done = 1) // if job has been found, it lets it out of the priority changer loop

			break;

		priority--;

	}

	while(your_frame < blendjob[finder_jobnum].total_frames){ // Finds the frameset number with a frame that needs to be rendered

		if (blendjob[finder_jobnum].frame_status[frameset_count] = 0)  // If frame that is not assigned has been found, frameset_count is not changed

			break;																// and frameset_count is used to give the frame number later in this funciton

		x++;  // If frame is assigned or done, it goes to next frame

	}

blendjob[jobnum].frame_status[x]++; // sets the value of the frame to 2, which means its taken

your_frame = blendjob[jobnum].frame_num[x]; //  Takes the frameset found in the while statement above, and extracts the frame number from it and assigns it to the int your_frame

if(your_frame = null)  // If that job had no open frames for some reason, run the status report generator so that

	status_report_generator();  //the job priority can be changed to 0

return your_frame; // your_frame is returned as the frame to be rendered

}

// This figures out how much of the job is done, where jobnum corresponds to the job number

// This uses pointers, so when it is run it updates certain values in memory

void status_report_generator(){

	while(blendjob[(hcfjob+1)].priority = 0)  //If the job after the highest consecutively finished job is finished

		hcfjob+1;  // adds 1 to the highest consecutively finished job and checks the next one, till the job after the hcfjob is not done

	int num1 = hcfjob+1; // to scan through jobs

	int num2 = 0;		 // to scan through frames

	while(num1 <= highest_jobnum){

			if(blendjob[num1].priority != 0){ // If the job is not done, scan it

				float finished_frames = 0; // variable that counts the completed frames

				int pending_frames = 0; // variable that counts the assigned frames

				float percent = 0;  // variable that stores the percent done of the blendjob

				while(num2 <= blendjob[jobnum].total_frames){ // If

					if(blendjob[jobnum].frame_status[num2] = 2)

						finished_frames++;

					if(blendjob[jobnum].frame_status[num2] = 1)

						pending_frames++;

					num2++;

				}

				percent = (finished_frames / blendjob[num1].total_frames) * 100;

				blendjob[num1].completed_frames = finished_frames;

				blendjob[num1].assigned_frames = pending_frames;

				blendjob[num1].percent_done = percent;

			}

			num1++;

		}

	}

// This function makes the value of the frame 2, which means its completed.

void the_finisher(int frame){

	blendjob[jobnum].frame_status[frame]++;