Text Effects Not Showing After Render All

[markrvp]

I have a 36x75 MegaTree.  I created a separate model that is the 24x75 center of that tree (the 180 degree front of the tree).  I have imported my SUPERSTAR sequences to that 24x75 model. 

In the Master View, I have moved this 24x75 model to the very bottom so it should be the last model to render.  I have made sure that all the text effects are the very top layer within the model.  If I click on the Text Effects, they show up in the model and house preview.  When I hit RENDER ALL, the text effects no longer show up.  I can copy the text effects to a window matrix and it renders fine.

Any idea why Text Effects are not working on this one model?   My first thought was it was a render order issue, but the model is the last thing to render (or should be).

[Gilrock]

You said "In the Default View"....what about the "Master View" render order?

[markrvp]

You said "In the Default View"....what about the "Master View" render order?

Sorry, Master View is what I meant.    I went into the Master View and moved the model all the way to the very bottom. 

[Gilrock]

I don't have any suggestions.

[fyb2000]

I tried to reproduce really quick, and it is rendering when doing my test. Few questions:
-the start channel for the sub-tree is set at start channel +6*75*3, correct?
-when that effect is supposed to be played, is there anything being played on the 'master'-tree (or it's layers)
-what are the effects that are playing at the same time in the layers of the sub-tree?

[markrvp]

I tried to reproduce really quick, and it is rendering when doing my test. Few questions:
-the start channel for the sub-tree is set at start channel +6*75*3, correct?
-when that effect is supposed to be played, is there anything being played on the 'master'-tree (or it's layers)
-what are the effects that are playing at the same time in the layers of the sub-tree?

The Megatree is 2700 pixels, 8100 channels, starting at channel 1711.  The inner matrix starts at channel 3061, exactly like your calculations of +6*75*3.

There is nothing on the master tree

There are pictures, morphs, and other effects below the text effects.

This is specific to this one XML sequence file.  I have reimported the SUPERSTAR file by itself in a new sequence and everything renders perfectly.  In the problem sequence, all of the effects other than the text render perfectly. 

I ran the Check Sequence routine and its not coming up with any problems, other than the overlapping channels of the inner matrix and the whole tree... no overlapping effects.

I'm guessing (with no proof or advanced understanding) that something in the XML sequence file got corrupted somewhere.

[keithsw1111]

I doubt the xml is corrupted. In pretty much every example I have see on this something is overriding it.

[markrvp]

I think I'm just choking xLights with effects imported from multiple LMS files.  Let me give some more info:

On the sequence mentioned in the first post, I imported an LMS file that brought in effects at the node level for some props on the house.  Then I imported another LMS file that brought in effects at the strand level for my Singing Trees.  Then I added some of my own xLights effects to other props.  Finally I imported the Superstar file for my MegaTree.  I could do a Render All, but the text effects wouldn't render.


So last night I went to re-build this sequence in a different order:

1.)  Import the Superstar file to the Megatree.  All effects and text rendered fine with Render All

2.)  Import the LMS file for the Singing Trees.  All effects on all props rendered fine with Render All

3.)  Copied and pasted xLights effects from other sequence to this sequence.  All effects on all props rendered fine with Render All

4.)  Imported LMS file containing effects for whole house.  xLights CRASHED on Render All.  Every time I tried.

So am I running out of memory?  I have a Dell desktop with an i5 multicore processor and 8GB of Ram.  Am I trying to do something that just won't work?  These are purchased sequences, so they don't match my display for a data layer import.

[Ebuechner]

My understanding of xlights in the way you're doing it you're creating thousands of little effects. You would be better off making a channel layout in Lor to match xlights, then do all your copying and pasting there and bring it in as a data layer.

[fyb2000]

Anyway you can post the crash log on that step 4?

if you still have the initial file (when the text was not rendering, but not crashing), what is the layer blending when you select the text effect in the sequence?

[markrvp]

I've gone back and looked and I find that when I hit RENDER ALL, no FSEQ file is being generated.    Why is that?

The Text Effects are all NORMAL in the Layer Blending dialog box and they are all set to DEFAULT in the Render Style. 

I've attached one of the last two crash logs.  The other is too large to attach.

[Gilrock]

Render All only does a render.  Save is the only function that will create an fseq file.

[fyb2000]

one way that could have happened is if somehow you change the first slider in the layer blending box for the text effect from its default value of 0 to 100.