This will be the first year that I have attempted to use xlights to build and sequence an entire display. Last year I used it but only to run some basic stuff on my eaves and windows. My last full show was run in Vixen 2.1. I use a lot of props and had 1100 channels of LED's. It was a struggle this year to build the new layout itself until I figured out how to manipulate the X & Y coordinates to move smaller objects around instead of trying to grab the handles and end up moving the wrong thing.
I will still have several hundred channels of Renard controlled LED props this year (Mini Trees, Twig Trees, Stars, etc.) many of them 4 colors. I am struggling with where to plan the Renard props in the channel progression. With the higher baud rate possible with e1.31, I believe I can daisy chain all of the controllers off one Renard output of a F16. My dilemma is - what have you found to be the easiest and most productive way to set up the non-pixel lights in XL? (first, last, doesn't matter) I would appreciate any guidance you can provide.
