xx 2016.39 released. New controls on DmX effect

[sean]

Release R39
Bug fixes. New controls on DMX command. More value curves.

Latest releases are found at http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/releases/
Issue Tracker is found here: https://github.com/smeighan/xLights/issues

XLIGHTS/NUTCRACKER RELEASE NOTES:
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2016.39  Jun 30, 2016
   -- enh (keithsw) Make network setup save button work like the layout panel ... red when it needs saving.
   -- bug (dkulp) Fix background brightness setting with OpenGL 1.1
   -- enh (keithsw) Add backup when xlights started or show directory changed
   -- bug (keithsw) Fix value curve enabling/disabling
   -- bug (keithsw) Fix piano and VUMeter reaction to changes in timing marks.
   -- enh (keithsw) Add model state settings and effect to control states.
   -- enh (keithsw) Add autosave to layout
   -- bug (keithsw) Ensure effect settings reset when first selected for dropping if they are different to the current effect. Most effects done.
   -- enh (keithsw) Add value curves to Pinwheel, Shimmer, Spirograph, Ripple effects
   -- enh (gil) DMX effect automatically determines number of channels to use
   -- enh (gil) DMX effect will show node names if defined in place of channel numbers
   -- enh (gil) DMX effect now uses value curves to do ramps and works with single color channels
   -- bug (gil) Fix SuperStar import for Scenes, ImageActions, and Text when layout is horizontal.
   -- bug (gil) Update last preview in effects file when preview is deleted.  Also protect against a bad named stored in the file.

[logandc99]

Just tried out the new DMX effect controls. One word..... fantastic!
Thanks Gil

[bravado67]

Looks like I am getting Error handling issues (says Blur slider not found)when grabbing an end of a prop to resize length in the sequencer. I also noticed it reset many colors to none. This happened after a crash. Until then all was fine. It's stuck trying to render now so I will have to force quit and restart. On Windows 10.

Reopened application and select prop. (Unable to find:  ID_SLIDER_EffectBlur)

Okay, I reinstalled to see any difference. It appears the Marquee effect zeros out the colors and the (Unable to find:  ID_SLIDER_EffectBlur) happens with various effects. I am heading back to .38.

Ron

[bravado67]

I'd just like to thank the ingenious thoughts that went in to the auto backup. While messing with my show trying to find out why I was having such issues I realized I did not select F10 before installing .39. When I went back to .38 my show was still a hot mess so went back in time and everything was the way I left it. Excellent!

Ron

[keithsw1111]

Bravado. Can you do a tools package logs and post them so we can work out what is going wrong.

[Gilrock]

Bravado the Marquee effect code hasn't been touched since January.  Something sounds wrong with your file that effect is working fine.

[Gilrock]

Looks like that slider did get renamed on 6/24 from ID_SLIDER_EffectBlur to ID_SLIDER_Blur.  We are supposed to add code to update the file when we make changes like that but that got missed.  You could do a search replace yourself in the file and that would fix that.

[keithsw1111]

That was not intentional. I will fix it and put correction code in place.

[Gilrock]

I thought you needed that name change for the value curve to work.

[keithsw1111]

I cant even remember why I changed it. I added code that I thought would make it seamless ... I got it wrong. I have checked some new code in for v40 which should fix it.

This should only impact people who are using blurs in their sequence. The quick and dirty fix is a search and replace in your sequence XML file for B_SLIDER_EffectBlur with B_SLIDER_Blur.

If you are uncomfortable with this .. v40 will hopefully be out very soon.

[bravado67]

Thanks guys. I can wait for .40. I do use blur a lot.

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[Gilrock]

There are 2 easy ways to fix it.  Do the rename in file...30 second fix.  Or just open it and ignore the error windows then when you click on the effect that had the blur and you get the message just close the error window then drag the blur a tiny bit and save the file.  It will latch in the new name.

[bravado67]

Gil,

I decided to change the name within xml file and it works just fine. There are too many blur effects for me to go adjust each one.