Error when trying to move models in layout screen Xl 4.2.2

[bpducman]

Glad to see I was not dreaming.

and welcome to the pack down under

[nmiller0113]

Bug report here https://github.com/smeighan/xLights/issues/344

[Gilrock]

That bug is so yesterday's news...lol.

[sean]

This bug was fixed in todays release, 4.2.4

thanks for being patient as we got it fixed.

[Steamyrotter]

Sean & Gil

Just to confirm 4.2.4 has fixed my issue.

Many thanks for sorting.
Much appreciated


Cheers

[bpducman]

Hi Gil     if you get a chance can you tell me what this is trying to tell me

Thanks
Brad

[dkulp]

Your TEXT effects are strange.  They don't have any FONT strings in the font definitions.   Thus, I have no idea what it's doing while trying to render.   No idea how it got into a state where there isn't a font.

[bpducman]

me either.

Thanks
Brad

[bpducman]

so here is another one from a back up. I open the sequence it appears to run fine. I need to make some changes but before I do I just tell it to save and it crashes. I can start XL over open the sequence and it runs fine, try to just save and crash. Is there something in the text report that would point me in the correct direction??

thanks
Brad

[Steamyrotter]

I am now getting crashes after a save..   

It saves (most of) it and appears to crash on the joint between save and render..

Reload and can do approx 3 saves then it goes again.......

V 4.2.4
Win7 Ultimate

[Gilrock]

What does all that have to do with moving models on the layout screen?

Do you have Text effects?

[bpducman]

Nothing.

Would you like me to start a new topic?

No text on the zip I sent you 5:45 am today

Brad

[bpducman]

But I think I know where the issue is with this sequence. I have created a model group that controls 10 small trees as a group. When I edit that group out I can then save.

Can there be a conflict If the group is in place and individual effects are also in place?

Moving from one version like 4.2.1 to .2, then .3, then .4 and then back to .1 would that make a mess of things?

Brad

[Gilrock]

Yeah I'm not sure when I'd be able to look at any zip files so I haven't opened any of them.  95% of the time a user says the application crashes on exit I'm not able to reproduce it.  If you are going backwards I hope you didn't have any Morph effects.

There have been crash on exit issues for a long time and I don't believe any of the recent releases have made any changes that are causing them so going backwards isn't doing any good.  It just creates false ideas when you go backwards and it happens to work and then you think something is wrong with the new version.   It reminds me of playing Lotro where people had these theories of how you got better loot if you were standing on top of the chest when you opened it when in reality it was a random number generator giving the reward.

[dkulp]

Nothing.

Would you like me to start a new topic?

No text on the zip I sent you 5:45 am today

Brad

Yes there is.   The crash is occurring  doing:

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Thread: 9AC
    Rendering layer effect for frame 1360 of SFT-10, layer 0.
    BUTTON_Palette1=#FF0000,BUTTON_Palette2=#00FF00,BUTTON_Palette3=#0000FF,BUTTON_Palette4=#FFFF00,BUTTON_Palette5=#FFFFFF,BUTTON_Palette6=#400040,CHECKBOX_LayerMorph=0,CHECKBOX_OverlayBkg=0,CHECKBOX_Palette1=0,CHECKBOX_Palette2=0,CHECKBOX_Palette3=0,CHECKBOX_Palette4=0,CHECKBOX_Palette5=0,CHECKBOX_Palette6=1,CHECKBOX_TextToCenter1=0,CHECKBOX_TextToCenter2=0,CHECKBOX_TextToCenter3=0,CHECKBOX_TextToCenter4=0,CHOICE_LayerMethod=Effect 1,CHOICE_Text_Count1=none,CHOICE_Text_Count2=none,CHOICE_Text_Count3=none,CHOICE_Text_Count4=none,CHOICE_Text_Dir1=left,CHOICE_Text_Dir2=left,CHOICE_Text_Dir3=left,CHOICE_Text_Dir4=left,CHOICE_Text_Effect1=normal,CHOICE_Text_Effect2=normal,CHOICE_Text_Effect3=normal,CHOICE_Text_Effect4=normal,Effect=Text,FONTPICKER_Text_Font1=,FONTPICKER_Text_Font2=,FONTPICKER_Text_Font3=,FONTPICKER_Text_Font4=,SLIDER_Brightness=100,SLIDER_Contrast=23,SLIDER_EffectLayerMix=0,SLIDER_SparkleFrequency=0,SLIDER_Text_Position1=50,SLIDER_Text_Position2=50,SLIDER_Text_Position3=50,SLIDER_Text_Position4=50,TEXTCTRL_Fadein=1,TEXTCTRL_Fadeout=1,TEXTCTRL_Text_Line1=,TEXTCTRL_Text_Line2=,TEXTCTRL_Text_Line3=,TEXTCTRL_Text_Line4=,TEXTCTRL_Text_Speed1=1,TEXTCTRL_Text_Speed2=1,TEXTCTRL_Text_Speed3=1,TEXTCTRL_Text_Speed4=1
And the thing to not is:

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FONTPICKER_Text_Font1=,FONTPICKER_Text_Font2=,FONTPICKER_Text_Font3=,FONTPICKER_Text_Font4=
There are empty strings for the fonts.   I have no idea how that occurred.   Definitely delete ALL of the text effects and see what happens.   The Text for each line is empty so the text effects aren't doing anything anyway.