Programming chasers with moving lights

Hi Guys,

I am currently using DLight (4.0.16) for a theatre show, and I love it. I use Qlab to control it and its great.

The theatre show needs some moving light chasers. So I made a simple chase using the chase editor with a simple movinghead I had laying around. (eurolite ledTMH6, I uploaded the fixture file i made to the download area)).
There are a couple of things I noticed that need to be looked at;

It does not exactly record the output of each step i make. It only records the changes, i there an easy way to record all parameters to the step? Can there be a clear 'tracking' on/off button, in order to program 'wysiwyg' style (like the way you create steps for conventional dimmers in the main window) or 'tracking' style.

Another thing i noticed was that when i assigned the chaser to a submaster, the level of the submaster affects ALL THE PARAMETERS recorded in the chase, and not just the level, like you would expect. Is there a way to fix this? perhaps a start/stop button on the speed fader?

One last thing; The key commands for the device editor window (cmd+shift+D) only work in the main window, not in the chase editor. This requires an extra annoying step, given the fact that i want to make several chases.

Are you also going to create a way to give fixture parameters a LFO with a speed and size and offset? like in a Compulite Spark 4d, or similar light desk? that would make programming chasers so much easier!

Thanks in advance,

Jannes aka SoundSurfer

PS; its for this show [its in dutch]

Oh, I thought of one more thing,
Can you make an output window, that shows in realtime the values that are outputted by dlight, in % or 255 values, after the master fader, after the dimmer curves.. ?

Is it also possible to rearrange the position of the parameters in the devices window? because I run this on a 1440x900 macbook screen, and all the windows dont fit on the screen... ;-(

hope to hear from you soon!!

Greetings!

Jannes

Hi Jannes,

(eurolite ledTMH6, I uploaded the fixture file i made to the download area)).

thanx for that, it should be online

It does not exactly record the output of each step i make. It only records the changes, i there an easy way to record all parameters to the step?

this is by design... DL only records change.
there's an option in the main board and in the chaser board as well called Force DLink.
the purpose of this function is to record DeviceLink even when the Device is switched off.

in the next release, I'll add an option to Force DLink called FullForce which will record DLink with all parameters (not only the changing ones)

this is what you'll want to use... (I guess... )

Another thing i noticed was that when i assigned the chaser to a submaster, the level of the submaster affects ALL THE PARAMETERS recorded in the chase, and not just the level, like you would expect. Is there a way to fix this?

when you load a palette in a submaster, there's a Rolling style option which let the submaster's level control only intensity.
I can extend this behavior to chasers as well.... good point

One last thing; The key commands for the device editor window (cmd+shift+D) only work in the main window, not in the chase editor. This requires an extra annoying step, given the fact that i want to make several chases.

other good point
thus, you can still use Tab to swich among open windows

Are you also going to create a way to give fixture parameters a LFO with a speed and size and offset? like in a Compulite Spark 4d, or similar light desk? that would make programming chasers so much easier!

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yes, it's on my todo list....

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GREAT! thanks for the rapid response! Im looking forward to see the results! keep up the good work!

Grtz,

Jannes

Another thing i noticed was that when i assigned the chaser to a submaster, the level of the submaster affects ALL THE PARAMETERS recorded in the chase, and not just the level, like you would expect. Is there a way to fix this?

thinking twice....
there's barely no case one would want submaster's level to act on DLink isn't it...?

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Hi,
4.0.18_b7 is online.
can you give a try and test what we discuss...

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