Hog III problems and bugs

[quote=JeffM]Anyone having problems creating playback macro's that actually work?

I haven't seen or heard reports recently of problems with comment macros. Can you tell us the exact comment macro syntax you're using and what's not working correctly when it runs?

[quote=JeffM]Anyone having problems with the main output window when changing the priority of the layout? Every time I change the order, it doesn't stay the way I lay it out.

Why does the show pallets button not stay toggled on?

As Jon mentioned, window layouts and option button states are stored in views. If you use priority to arrange the window, it will remain in that order if you close and reopen the window. If you recall a view, the window options will revert to what is stored in the view. Set the window options and layout that you want and then record this into your view.

[quote=JeffM]Anyone else have a problem with not being able to use IFCB fader mode in cue lists? Scene mode does, however you cannot have more than one scene on a fader which eats up faders.

There is not an IPCB crossfader option for cuelists. We do plan to implement this functionality and it is currently logged as feature request #6004. You can use scenes to manually fade a look in and out or you can use the manual crossfader option for cuelists to crossfade by hand through a sequence of cues.

[quote=JeffM]When changing rate on a playback, the cue stops while turning the rate wheel. This looks like crap during a live show. Hog II does it better.

Can you give me more details about what exactly you're trying to do? Are you changing the rate of a cue that is currently crossfading? Are you changing the rate of a chase?

[quote=JeffM]Why when using a template page, can you not get next page button to return to the template page?

The template page is designed to give users a way to have a set of common playbacks that will appear on every page. It generally isn't thought of as a page that is used on its own during playback, so the Next Page key will not take you to the template page. You can access the template page directly with the syntax "Page X Enter" (where X is the page number). You could also just create an empty page so that Next Page would take you to a page that just has your templated items.

[quote=JeffM]Why does a technobeam color macro work after creating it and saving it into the color pallet and the same macro on a PC beam will not work when trying to access it within the color pallet?
Both were recorded the same way.

The Studio Beam has a different color system than most lights. It uses 3 wheels for CMY, but each has 2 additional slotted color flags at the end. This can make color palettes recorded with other fixtures apply in ways you wouldn't expect because they have both slotted and mixed color information, but only one or the other can be applied to the Studio Beam. I would suggest recording these palettes with only the Studio Beams selected (or merging just the Studio Beams into an existing global palette) so that you get exactly what you're looking for.

[quote=JeffM]There is a bug in the playback section where one cuelist affects other cuelists with the same fixtures even when the go or goto button is not pressed.

I haven't seen a non-active playback affect fixtures that it isn't supposed to, but I'd be very interested in hearing more about this. Can you give me exact steps that I can use to reproduce the problem here or send me a show file that will exhibit the behaviour that you describe?

[quote=JeffM]Hope there is something that will be done soon to fix these issues soon or I will have to go back to Hog II.

We are always working to improve the stability and functionality of the Wholehog software and we will be releasing a software update in the near future. If you can get me the details that I've asked for above, I'd be glad to look into your reports further and open defects or requests as necessary.

Thanks.

[quote=JeffM]Anyone having problems creating playback macro's that actually work?

I haven't seen or heard reports recently of problems with comment macros. Can you tell us the exact comment macro syntax you're using and what's not working correctly when it runs?

[quote=JeffM]Anyone having problems with the main output window when changing the priority of the layout? Every time I change the order, it doesn't stay the way I lay it out.

Why does the show pallets button not stay toggled on?

As Jon mentioned, window layouts and option button states are stored in views. If you use priority to arrange the window, it will remain in that order if you close and reopen the window. If you recall a view, the window options will revert to what is stored in the view. Set the window options and layout that you want and then record this into your view.

[quote=JeffM]Anyone else have a problem with not being able to use IFCB fader mode in cue lists? Scene mode does, however you cannot have more than one scene on a fader which eats up faders.

There is not an IPCB crossfader option for cuelists. We do plan to implement this functionality and it is currently logged as feature request #6004. You can use scenes to manually fade a look in and out or you can use the manual crossfader option for cuelists to crossfade by hand through a sequence of cues.

[quote=JeffM]When changing rate on a playback, the cue stops while turning the rate wheel. This looks like crap during a live show. Hog II does it better.

Can you give me more details about what exactly you're trying to do? Are you changing the rate of a cue that is currently crossfading? Are you changing the rate of a chase?

[quote=JeffM]Why when using a template page, can you not get next page button to return to the template page?

The template page is designed to give users a way to have a set of common playbacks that will appear on every page. It generally isn't thought of as a page that is used on its own during playback, so the Next Page key will not take you to the template page. You can access the template page directly with the syntax "Page X Enter" (where X is the page number). You could also just create an empty page so that Next Page would take you to a page that just has your templated items.

[quote=JeffM]Why does a technobeam color macro work after creating it and saving it into the color pallet and the same macro on a PC beam will not work when trying to access it within the color pallet?
Both were recorded the same way.

The Studio Beam has a different color system than most lights. It uses 3 wheels for CMY, but each has 2 additional slotted color flags at the end. This can make color palettes recorded with other fixtures apply in ways you wouldn't expect because they have both slotted and mixed color information, but only one or the other can be applied to the Studio Beam. I would suggest recording these palettes with only the Studio Beams selected (or merging just the Studio Beams into an existing global palette) so that you get exactly what you're looking for.

[quote=JeffM]There is a bug in the playback section where one cuelist affects other cuelists with the same fixtures even when the go or goto button is not pressed.

I haven't seen a non-active playback affect fixtures that it isn't supposed to, but I'd be very interested in hearing more about this. Can you give me exact steps that I can use to reproduce the problem here or send me a show file that will exhibit the behaviour that you describe?

[quote=JeffM]Hope there is something that will be done soon to fix these issues soon or I will have to go back to Hog II.

We are always working to improve the stability and functionality of the Wholehog software and we will be releasing a software update in the near future. If you can get me the details that I've asked for above, I'd be glad to look into your reports further and open defects or requests as necessary.

Thanks.