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Software => Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker => Topic started by: rmaddox on February 24, 2019, 02:02:31 PM

Title: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: rmaddox on February 24, 2019, 02:02:31 PM

I put the Kaliedoscope effect on a strand of lights (dragged and dropped), 3 strands in a column 50 lights on each strand and Xlights crashed. I'm using 2019.13.  I attached the crash log.  It's never crashed since then, but anytime I put the Kaliedoscope effect on any model, nothing shows up on either the model or on my whole house model.  I just have a black screen on the preview screen.

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: Gilrock on February 24, 2019, 05:47:01 PM

Well Keith fixed a Kaliedoscope crash 4 days ago and released 2019.14 2 days ago so you gotta try that first before anyone will look at this.

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: rmaddox on February 24, 2019, 09:19:40 PM

I'll have to make a correction.  I did download 2019.14 yesterday after the crash.  It has yet to crash, but I just get the black screen when I drop the Kaleidoscope effect on any of my models.  I just dropped the Kaleidoscope effect on one of my models again with the same results.  I attached a zip of the log files.

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: keithsw1111 on February 25, 2019, 12:30:17 AM

Did you have an effect on the layer underneath?


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Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: Gilrock on February 25, 2019, 06:50:04 AM

Sounds like its working fine...Kaleidoscope is an effect modifier...by itself it does nothing...lol.

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: mmais on February 25, 2019, 07:13:42 AM

I have also had the crash problem today using 2019.14 below are the log text look at 8:55 area on 2/25/2019
Mike

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: Gilrock on February 25, 2019, 08:56:06 AM

I don't see anything useful there it didn't record a backtrace.

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: mmais on February 25, 2019, 08:57:30 AM

I tried

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: Gilrock on February 25, 2019, 09:08:39 AM

Did the crash window appear?  The log almost makes it look like you had it running again in 10 seconds.

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: mmais on February 25, 2019, 09:24:22 AM

Program crashed 1 or two times before this report & then again once after I reported. NO crash window DID NOT appear.
 Mike

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: Gilrock on February 25, 2019, 09:28:05 AM

YEAH I DON"T BELIEVE IT CRASHED THEN LOL

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: mmais on February 25, 2019, 09:35:52 AM

May not have crashed but sure as _ _ _ _ it shut down
Which to me says problem
Mike

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: Gilrock on February 25, 2019, 01:59:36 PM

I'm just picking on your ALL CAPS words in your reply...lol.

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: rmaddox on February 26, 2019, 11:14:11 AM

No I didn't have anything on another layer.  I did  take it off and put it back on a couple of times just to double check that I had dropped it where I intended. 

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: keithsw1111 on February 26, 2019, 12:27:33 PM

Kaleidoscope does absolutely nothing unless there is an effect underneath it on the same model.


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Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: jumblinjim on March 01, 2019, 04:54:48 PM

I'm having the same problem Mike describes trying to use either Warp or the newer Kaleidoscope.

The symptom is as follows: I apply something like Butterfly and then either effect on top of it and it will not render on the House Preview or Model Preview. The fields are black. If I remove either Warp or the newer Kaleidoscope the symptom remains. If I try to render it locks up Xlights. Does not crash.

See attached logs, video, and .xml file

I’m using Windows 7 version 2019-14 64-bit on a Dell Latitude E7450

Thanks for any insight that might get these great new effects to work.

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: keithsw1111 on March 01, 2019, 08:24:55 PM

Yeah ... for some reason the render loop seems to be hung up.

Title: Re: Kaleidoscope Crashed Xlights
Post by: jumblinjim on March 01, 2019, 08:50:33 PM

If there's anything you want me to test, let me know. Happy to gather data as needed.

Thanks,
Jim