More than one layout?

[Val Bennett]

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!

[Gilrock]

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

[jnealand]

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

[Gilrock]

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.

[jnealand]

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

[Val Bennett]

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!

[Gilrock]

You only want the XML files.

[Val Bennett]

Thanks Gilrock! My life is better now -