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Title: Exporting from model groups
Post by: Setarcos on October 19, 2015, 12:35:02 PM: Hi folks,

I noticed a bit of an odd behavior with exporting a model group to an FPP .eseq from xLights 4.2.10 (yes, I am a few versions behind) and wanted to know if this was expected behavior or a bug. I created a bunch of individual models for my Boscoyo Spooky Eyes and added them to a model group. To get fine-grained control of each set of eyes (blinking, etc), I select "Toggle Models" on the model group and add some effects to the individual models. Other effects are applied to the model group. When I export and play the model group to a .eseq file on FPP, only the effects that were applied to the model group are output to the eyes. The inverse is also true, if I export the individual models from within the model group, the effects that I applied to the model are output to the eyes, but the effects on the model group are not shown. Is there a way to get a composite of the two sets of effects in an export?

TIA!

-Brian
Title: Re: Exporting from model groups
Post by: Gilrock on October 19, 2015, 12:42:08 PM: I think what you described is the current capability. I didn't write most of the export stuff so I'll having a learning curve before I can make any enhancements in that area.
Title: Re: Exporting from model groups
Post by: Setarcos on October 19, 2015, 12:50:33 PM: Quote from: Gilrock on October 19, 2015, 12:42:08 PM
I think what you described is the current capability. I didn't write most of the export stuff so I'll having a learning curve before I can make any enhancements in that area.

Thanks Gil! I figured as much. I guess this would be a feature enhancement.
Title: Re: Exporting from model groups
Post by: CaptainMurdoch on October 20, 2015, 08:41:59 PM: FPP currently only supports one model in a .eseq and I think the same is true for xLights but I haven't tried exporting more than one model.
Title: Exporting from model groups
Post by: CaptainMurdoch on October 20, 2015, 08:42:14 PM: Duplicate post.... Thanks tapatalk.
Title: Re: Exporting from model groups
Post by: Setarcos on October 20, 2015, 08:52:02 PM: Quote from: CaptainMurdoch on October 20, 2015, 08:41:59 PM
FPP currently only supports one model in a .eseq and I think the same is true for xLights but I haven't tried exporting more than one model.
Hmm, I was able to both export from a model group in xLights and play the .eseq on FPP, which included a sequentially addressed number of models in the group. Only the effects applied to the model group seemed to work though.

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Title: Re: Exporting from model groups
Post by: CaptainMurdoch on October 20, 2015, 09:00:04 PM: If xLights exports it as one sequential group of channels it might work but if they are spread out with gaps in the middle it probably won't.