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Title: More than one layout?
Post by: Val Bennett on September 19, 2016, 07:23:52 PM

Hi - Is it possible to have more than one layout in Xlights, as it is in the LOR Visualizer? I am doing a show for the town, and also want to do some for my own house. It appears to me that only one layout is allowed .

Thanks!

Title: Re: More than one layout?
Post by: Gilrock on September 19, 2016, 07:54:30 PM

You can have as many show directories as you like.  I probably have over 50 from helping out users.

Title: Re: More than one layout?
Post by: jnealand on September 20, 2016, 08:23:09 AM

It is the only way to use xlights.  I have my master folder as "xlights data"  Under that are multiple folders such as 2015 Halloween, 2015 Christmas, P10 testing, mini testing, 2016 Halloween, etc, etc.  You just go to setup tap and click on change.  Go up one level and select the folder you want.  Have fun

Title: Re: More than one layout?
Post by: Gilrock on September 20, 2016, 08:38:41 AM

With the way do we searches for missing images its best to have folder names like "2015" and "2016" and then underneath there you have "Christmas", "Halloween", etc.  If you use "2015 Christmas" and then move everything to "2016 Christmas" it won't find the images unless they exist at the old path.

Title: Re: More than one layout?
Post by: jnealand on September 20, 2016, 10:20:48 AM

Good point Gil, I can change all mine easy enough.

Title: Re: More than one layout?
Post by: Val Bennett on September 13, 2017, 06:27:02 PM

Are there specific file extensions I need to look for when copying my layout from last year to a new directory for the current year? The only files I can find are .xbkp, .fseq, and .xml. Right now I have to keep going back to the year the layout was created for my show directory.

Thanks for the help!

Title: Re: More than one layout?
Post by: Gilrock on September 14, 2017, 07:15:02 AM

You only want the XML files.

Title: Re: More than one layout?
Post by: Val Bennett on September 14, 2017, 01:40:21 PM

Thanks Gilrock! My life is better now -