Preview Tab

[Bokines]

Hi,

Just started playing around with Xlights/Nutcracker and have come across my first hurdle. 
I have set up a megatree with 4800 channels, 4 candy canes each using 48 channels and 4 candles with separate models for the wicks.  The candles use 60 channels for each candle body and 12 channels for each wick.

Under nutcracker I have created 5 rows of timing each being 10 second intervals.  This should be a total of 50 seconds.

The issue I have is when I save and go back to the preview tab,  Every thing appears as it would but only plays for 10 seconds.

What am I missing?

[Steve Gase]

did you create an "animated sequence" ... the last option which does not use music?

the default time length is 10 seconds. 

Create a new sequence and provide a longer time.

[RoboMello]

The brings up one question that I have, how do you change the duration of an animation?

Thanks

[Steve Gase]

press the Save button to write the .xseq file and .xml file.

delete the .xseq file -- important if you are shrinking the sequence time.

create a music file of the length you want -- or edit an existing file to the desired length.  it can be dead silence if you choose, you don't have to listen to it.   copy the music file to your xlights working directory.

now, open a sequence again -- but this time select the musical sequence option -- it is the only option that allows you to pick an xml file as input.   pick the music file you created,  then select the *.xml file that you created originally.   press Save.

the new sequence should be the desired length -- defined by the music file, but pulling in the effects and timing defined the the first sequence file.

[Bokines]

Thank you all.

The problem is now solved.  I had created an animation sequence. 

Thank you for your feedback.