Sean Meighan

General => The Water Cooler => Topic started by: danj on August 26, 2017, 09:37:41 PM

Title: Keeping effects while changing model types
Post by: danj on August 26, 2017, 09:37:41 PM

I need to change one of my stars from a custom model Bethlehem star to a five point 3 layer star (36" Boscoyo star).   What is the best way to do that in xlights so I keep the effects assigned to the existing star?  Not sure how to search for this, so I will admit in advance I didn't even try to search....   Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Keeping effects while changing model types
Post by: aknflyer on August 26, 2017, 10:03:05 PM

I would just create a new sequence with the Bethlehem star.  And import all the effects to the same models. Except import old star to new star.
Done a lot of importing lately.

Title: Re: Keeping effects while changing model types
Post by: MikeKrebs on August 27, 2017, 07:37:12 AM

move old model to side of preview. Make new one. copy and paste. when all sequences have been updated, delete old model.

Title: Re: Keeping effects while changing model types
Post by: danj on August 27, 2017, 08:45:41 AM

Thanks very much for the replies!   This is what I thought, but wanted to make sure.   I had built the second star last night but didn't think about "keeping" the old star until I had re-rendered everything.   Just did this for one sequence; worked perfectly.   I appreciate the help.