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I have 3 group objects in my scene, the whole purpose of which are to act as visibility toggles. I have these objects published, with only ID4 Visibility checked, yet in the sequencer these objects display controls for Position AND Visibility. Whats worse, I have to drill open the object to expose the visibility checkbox. This is not ideal at all, and will surely be a PITA to the operator, and open the whole thing up to failure.

Any ideas?

Thanks
- Willie

Can you post a sample project showing the issue, we can look into it?
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I will endeavor to do so this afternoon. Thanks Brian. The list of beers I owe you is growing ;)
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OK, I have attached a VERY basic XPression project containing a quad with a Twitter logo, and a Group Object which acts as its parent (This mirrors the setup in my main project, the parent setup was necessary to accommodate other functionalities. I also have a screen shot here that shows the position elements exposed in the sequencer... now, it doesn't appear to have any effect when I change the values, but just their presence could be confusing to an operator.

Thanks in advance
- Willie

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Hi Willie,

Yes that definitely looks like a bug in XPression. We will investigate it next week and look for a solution.

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Thanks Brian
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Hi Willie,

If you are eligible to upgrade; version 6.5 3642 should have a fix for this issue. It has not been through our QA process so it would be available as a beta version for you.
Please contact Ross Tech Support.

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We're at 6.5 3600, so upgrading in and of itself shouldn't be an issue. BUT, I need to run it up the flagpole, and possibly coordinate with the Ross team who will be implementing the package on site, and training their staff in XPression to make sure they can also have this version. The plan at this point is to get some completed elements to Ross in the next week or two so that they have some in-context assets with which to train, but the package itself I don't think will go fully live until early September when the NFL Preseason starts. I would imagine it would be safe to assume 3642 should have gone through QA and shed its Beta status long before then?
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By that time, 7.0 should be released and available, which will also include this fix.
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True enough, but then a major version change mid project is not always the best idea. I will reach out to tech support to find out a possible timetable on this hotfix being vetted, and coordinate with your colleagues who will be on site next month to make sure we are all on the same page and with the same version.

Thanks again!
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