xx Next release , xlights will have a props directory

[sean]

I am planning on adding  folder to the next release "props". It will be located under the install directory. I am looking for spreadsheets (*.xlsx or *.xls) that have data for a custom model. Please! always start at channel 1 in your spreadsheets. Please put comments in the spreadsheet maybe giving the link to the place to buy the prop, Please give your name and optionally your email if people want to reach you.

On my machine xLights installs into C:\Program Files (x86)\xLights

so we might have
C:\Program Files (x86)\xLights\props\boscoyo\chromastar_v1.xlsx
C:\Program Files (x86)\xLights\props\holidaycoro\singingtree_v2.xlsx
C:\Program Files (x86)\xLights\props\seanmeighan\Cross_Star_v1.xlsx
.etc.
I think it might be useful to have a version number in case people edit the file later.

Now when people install they will have the data at hand.

Can someone gather  list of all the spreadsheets on this forum or other groups and i will do the initial pull to my build directory?

[stampedeboss]

I love the idea but perhaps a better place for it is in a data directory outside of the Program Files structure.  People routinely uninstall or perform actions outside of xLights thinking that the data in Program Files is just installation files and to get them back simply reinstall.

I hate to suggest it perhaps its time to think about the "xLights" show directory and create a new structure where each show and configuration would be a sub-directory in that structure, then things that are common across shows could be stored there, music, media, graphics etc in some form of standard structure.  I know it would save me alot of space.

[stampedeboss]

To be a little clearer, I know the media (Songs, Video) can go into a separate directory pointed to my Media Directory, I talking about extending this to include graphic and models.

[Gilrock]

This props directory is not going to be an official directory used by the program just a common place to store the files.  They would get installed with the release.   No reason to get all fancy because once you import a model you have it and are not dependent on the source file it came from.

[sean]

i am not sure what data directory i would use that is common across all windows 7,8,10
Should i assume a directory under documents?

As gil said, this is only a onetime drop of stuff you might pull in.

[jnealand]

Are you still going to maintain the songs folder under the install folder?  I always wished you had put a link in the start menu for that folder as it would have made it easier for novice computer users to find.  Hopefully you will put some links in the start menu for the props folder.

[Anthony.Bigda]

Did this ever get added? I was looking for where the models were shared, but having problems finding them


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[Anthony.Bigda]

Did this ever get added? I was looking for where the models were shared, but having problems finding them


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[Gilrock]

Nope never added that I know about.  Users share models on Facebook and here in the Show Assets subforum.

[markrvp]

Where would you like us to post new models we create?  I'm sure one specific place would be easier than several different threads/forums/Facebook.

[keithsw1111]

What I want is the vendors of the props to publish xmodel files. Give us a xml file with their details etc and we place that in an XLights folder and we can have a model browser that pulls the models directly from the supplier.

[Gilrock]

Where would you like us to post new models we create?  I'm sure one specific place would be easier than several different threads/forums/Facebook.

I really don't like sharing models.  I like to create my own.  The first time I used a shared model it had a mistake that caused me to cut and splice a pixel up on the roof and wasted my time. 

[Anthony.Bigda]

Where would you like us to post new models we create?  I'm sure one specific place would be easier than several different threads/forums/Facebook.

I really don't like sharing models.  I like to create my own.  The first time I used a shared model it had a mistake that caused me to cut and splice a pixel up on the roof and wasted my time.

Not every single person that uses this program is as skilled and on a computer as the guys writing the code. I will openly admit I'm stumbling through figuring out how to make this program work right now because I had poor results and bad lag on my show running LOR this past year. I was just looking for a holiday Coro singing tree and single strand snowflake to use.


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[arw01]

Sometimes it's one little step at a time, you figure out how to do this, and how to do that as it comes up.  I had Pi problems, others had no pi problems.  i can spend hours figuring out how xlights does something that I could do in LSP in a couple of minutes, and some folks can make xlights do stuff that I would spend hours doing in LSP.

Just approach it as one little learning step at a time and ask lots of questions. The facebook group is a good place too, lots more video examples there and quicker replies.

[flyinverted]

Sean, please call them MODELS.  All references in the application and the documentation is for MODELS.