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I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Hey guys, you were headed in the right direction, this is what I do for the same thing. 

I have one scene director that moves all the highlights and then my script looks simply like this. 

This goes on text object linked to an integer coming from my dashboard onSetText

dim Hlite as xpSceneDirector

scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("Lineup_Highlight", Hlite)

'Move SD Highlight

    if text = "1"
        Hlite.Play
        Hlite.Position = 241
    else if text = "2"
        Hlite.PlayRange(0,30)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "3"
        Hlite.PlayRange(31,60)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "4"
        Hlite.PlayRange(61,90)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "5"
        Hlite.PlayRange(91,120)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "6"
        Hlite.PlayRange(121,150)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "7"
        Hlite.PlayRange(151,180)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "8"
        Hlite.PlayRange(181,210)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "9"
        Hlite.PlayRange(211,240)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    end if
    

    
My scene director looks like this

Ignore the pauses they are just for testing that track is turned off now.  

The last event is for playing 1 to 9.

That's why you'll see that if = 1 is slightly different. 

------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:44
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Hey guys, you were headed in the right direction, this is what I do for the same thing. 

I have one scene director that moves all the highlights and then my script looks simply like this. 

This goes on text object linked to an integer coming from my dashboard onSetText

dim Hlite as xpSceneDirector

scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("Lineup_Highlight", Hlite)

'Move SD Highlight

    if text = "1"
        Hlite.Play
        Hlite.Position = 241
    else if text = "2"
        Hlite.PlayRange(0,30)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "3"
        Hlite.PlayRange(31,60)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "4"
        Hlite.PlayRange(61,90)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "5"
        Hlite.PlayRange(91,120)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "6"
        Hlite.PlayRange(121,150)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "7"
        Hlite.PlayRange(151,180)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "8"
        Hlite.PlayRange(181,210)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "9"
        Hlite.PlayRange(211,240)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    end if
    

    
My scene director looks like this

Ignore the pauses they are just for testing that track is turned off now.  

The last event is for playing 1 to 9.

That's why you'll see that if = 1 is slightly different. 

------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:44
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Thanks, Red. I appreciate the suggestion. I created a hilite control text object and applied the script to OnSetText. I was able to get the scene to work if I were to type in number 1-9 in the template data and hit Take. My challenge now is how to populate that text object with a number and to run while the scene is still online. The scene remains online throughout an inning. My Dashboard gives a 0 or 1 value when a certain batter is up. I have hidden text objects that receive that data. For example,  "at bat data 1", "at bat data 2", and so on. I tried adding the below script to the same hilite control text object, just above the script you shared. It was unsuccessful though. I'll keep trying some things. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5, ab6, ab7, ab8, ab9 as xpTextObject

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

If ab1.Text= "1" then
Text= "1"
else if ab2.Text= "1" then
Text= "2"
Else If ab3.Text= "1" then
Text= "3"
Else If ab4.Text= "1" then
Text= "4"
Else If ab5.Text= "1" then
Text= "5"
Else If ab6.Text= "1" then
Text= "6"
Else If ab7.Text= "1" then
Text= "7"
Else If ab8.Text= "1" then
Text= "8"
Else If ab9.Text= "1" then
Text= "9"
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 04:11
From: Red
Subject: Script running scene directors

Hey guys, you were headed in the right direction, this is what I do for the same thing. 

I have one scene director that moves all the highlights and then my script looks simply like this. 

This goes on text object linked to an integer coming from my dashboard onSetText

dim Hlite as xpSceneDirector

scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("Lineup_Highlight", Hlite)

'Move SD Highlight

    if text = "1"
        Hlite.Play
        Hlite.Position = 241
    else if text = "2"
        Hlite.PlayRange(0,30)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "3"
        Hlite.PlayRange(31,60)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "4"
        Hlite.PlayRange(61,90)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "5"
        Hlite.PlayRange(91,120)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "6"
        Hlite.PlayRange(121,150)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "7"
        Hlite.PlayRange(151,180)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "8"
        Hlite.PlayRange(181,210)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "9"
        Hlite.PlayRange(211,240)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    end if
    

    
My scene director looks like this

Ignore the pauses they are just for testing that track is turned off now.  

The last event is for playing 1 to 9.

That's why you'll see that if = 1 is slightly different. 

------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:44
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
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In my dashboard it makes an integer value 1 through 9 

Visually it looks like this;

In the XPression scene the value of that integer is in a textbox with liveupdate checked.

This text object has the onsettext script I shared earlier. 
------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:02
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks, Red. I appreciate the suggestion. I created a hilite control text object and applied the script to OnSetText. I was able to get the scene to work if I were to type in number 1-9 in the template data and hit Take. My challenge now is how to populate that text object with a number and to run while the scene is still online. The scene remains online throughout an inning. My Dashboard gives a 0 or 1 value when a certain batter is up. I have hidden text objects that receive that data. For example,  "at bat data 1", "at bat data 2", and so on. I tried adding the below script to the same hilite control text object, just above the script you shared. It was unsuccessful though. I'll keep trying some things. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5, ab6, ab7, ab8, ab9 as xpTextObject

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

If ab1.Text= "1" then
Text= "1"
else if ab2.Text= "1" then
Text= "2"
Else If ab3.Text= "1" then
Text= "3"
Else If ab4.Text= "1" then
Text= "4"
Else If ab5.Text= "1" then
Text= "5"
Else If ab6.Text= "1" then
Text= "6"
Else If ab7.Text= "1" then
Text= "7"
Else If ab8.Text= "1" then
Text= "8"
Else If ab9.Text= "1" then
Text= "9"
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 04:11
From: Red
Subject: Script running scene directors

Hey guys, you were headed in the right direction, this is what I do for the same thing. 

I have one scene director that moves all the highlights and then my script looks simply like this. 

This goes on text object linked to an integer coming from my dashboard onSetText

dim Hlite as xpSceneDirector

scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("Lineup_Highlight", Hlite)

'Move SD Highlight

    if text = "1"
        Hlite.Play
        Hlite.Position = 241
    else if text = "2"
        Hlite.PlayRange(0,30)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "3"
        Hlite.PlayRange(31,60)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "4"
        Hlite.PlayRange(61,90)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "5"
        Hlite.PlayRange(91,120)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "6"
        Hlite.PlayRange(121,150)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "7"
        Hlite.PlayRange(151,180)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "8"
        Hlite.PlayRange(181,210)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "9"
        Hlite.PlayRange(211,240)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    end if
    

    
My scene director looks like this

Ignore the pauses they are just for testing that track is turned off now.  

The last event is for playing 1 to 9.

That's why you'll see that if = 1 is slightly different. 

------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:44
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Do you mind sharing your Dashboard grid with me? I'm curious how you've set it up. My Dashboard has some intricacies that I don't want to break if I make changes.

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:12
From: Red
Subject: Script running scene directors

In my dashboard it makes an integer value 1 through 9 

Visually it looks like this;

In the XPression scene the value of that integer is in a textbox with liveupdate checked.

This text object has the onsettext script I shared earlier. 
------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:02
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks, Red. I appreciate the suggestion. I created a hilite control text object and applied the script to OnSetText. I was able to get the scene to work if I were to type in number 1-9 in the template data and hit Take. My challenge now is how to populate that text object with a number and to run while the scene is still online. The scene remains online throughout an inning. My Dashboard gives a 0 or 1 value when a certain batter is up. I have hidden text objects that receive that data. For example,  "at bat data 1", "at bat data 2", and so on. I tried adding the below script to the same hilite control text object, just above the script you shared. It was unsuccessful though. I'll keep trying some things. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5, ab6, ab7, ab8, ab9 as xpTextObject

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

If ab1.Text= "1" then
Text= "1"
else if ab2.Text= "1" then
Text= "2"
Else If ab3.Text= "1" then
Text= "3"
Else If ab4.Text= "1" then
Text= "4"
Else If ab5.Text= "1" then
Text= "5"
Else If ab6.Text= "1" then
Text= "6"
Else If ab7.Text= "1" then
Text= "7"
Else If ab8.Text= "1" then
Text= "8"
Else If ab9.Text= "1" then
Text= "9"
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 04:11
From: Red
Subject: Script running scene directors

Hey guys, you were headed in the right direction, this is what I do for the same thing. 

I have one scene director that moves all the highlights and then my script looks simply like this. 

This goes on text object linked to an integer coming from my dashboard onSetText

dim Hlite as xpSceneDirector

scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("Lineup_Highlight", Hlite)

'Move SD Highlight

    if text = "1"
        Hlite.Play
        Hlite.Position = 241
    else if text = "2"
        Hlite.PlayRange(0,30)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "3"
        Hlite.PlayRange(31,60)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "4"
        Hlite.PlayRange(61,90)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "5"
        Hlite.PlayRange(91,120)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "6"
        Hlite.PlayRange(121,150)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "7"
        Hlite.PlayRange(151,180)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "8"
        Hlite.PlayRange(181,210)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "9"
        Hlite.PlayRange(211,240)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    end if
    

    
My scene director looks like this

Ignore the pauses they are just for testing that track is turned off now.  

The last event is for playing 1 to 9.

That's why you'll see that if = 1 is slightly different. 

------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:44
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Do you mind sharing your Dashboard grid with me? I'm curious how you've set it up. My Dashboard has some intricacies that I don't want to break if I make changes.

Thanks.

In my dashboard it makes an integer value 1 through 9 

Visually it looks like this;

In the XPression scene the value of that integer is in a textbox with liveupdate checked.

This text object has the onsettext script I shared earlier. 
------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:02
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks, Red. I appreciate the suggestion. I created a hilite control text object and applied the script to OnSetText. I was able to get the scene to work if I were to type in number 1-9 in the template data and hit Take. My challenge now is how to populate that text object with a number and to run while the scene is still online. The scene remains online throughout an inning. My Dashboard gives a 0 or 1 value when a certain batter is up. I have hidden text objects that receive that data. For example,  "at bat data 1", "at bat data 2", and so on. I tried adding the below script to the same hilite control text object, just above the script you shared. It was unsuccessful though. I'll keep trying some things. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5, ab6, ab7, ab8, ab9 as xpTextObject

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

If ab1.Text= "1" then
Text= "1"
else if ab2.Text= "1" then
Text= "2"
Else If ab3.Text= "1" then
Text= "3"
Else If ab4.Text= "1" then
Text= "4"
Else If ab5.Text= "1" then
Text= "5"
Else If ab6.Text= "1" then
Text= "6"
Else If ab7.Text= "1" then
Text= "7"
Else If ab8.Text= "1" then
Text= "8"
Else If ab9.Text= "1" then
Text= "9"
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 04:11
From: Red
Subject: Script running scene directors

Hey guys, you were headed in the right direction, this is what I do for the same thing. 

I have one scene director that moves all the highlights and then my script looks simply like this. 

This goes on text object linked to an integer coming from my dashboard onSetText

dim Hlite as xpSceneDirector

scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("Lineup_Highlight", Hlite)

'Move SD Highlight

    if text = "1"
        Hlite.Play
        Hlite.Position = 241
    else if text = "2"
        Hlite.PlayRange(0,30)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "3"
        Hlite.PlayRange(31,60)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "4"
        Hlite.PlayRange(61,90)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "5"
        Hlite.PlayRange(91,120)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "6"
        Hlite.PlayRange(121,150)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "7"
        Hlite.PlayRange(151,180)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "8"
        Hlite.PlayRange(181,210)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "9"
        Hlite.PlayRange(211,240)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    end if
    

    
My scene director looks like this

Ignore the pauses they are just for testing that track is turned off now.  

The last event is for playing 1 to 9.

That's why you'll see that if = 1 is slightly different. 

------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:44
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Matt, 

Here is your dashboard that I have revised putting Red's array choice in place of your checkboxes. Parameter is Z_order

Do you mind sharing your Dashboard grid with me? I'm curious how you've set it up. My Dashboard has some intricacies that I don't want to break if I make changes.

Thanks.

In my dashboard it makes an integer value 1 through 9 

Visually it looks like this;

In the XPression scene the value of that integer is in a textbox with liveupdate checked.

This text object has the onsettext script I shared earlier. 
------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:02
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks, Red. I appreciate the suggestion. I created a hilite control text object and applied the script to OnSetText. I was able to get the scene to work if I were to type in number 1-9 in the template data and hit Take. My challenge now is how to populate that text object with a number and to run while the scene is still online. The scene remains online throughout an inning. My Dashboard gives a 0 or 1 value when a certain batter is up. I have hidden text objects that receive that data. For example,  "at bat data 1", "at bat data 2", and so on. I tried adding the below script to the same hilite control text object, just above the script you shared. It was unsuccessful though. I'll keep trying some things. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5, ab6, ab7, ab8, ab9 as xpTextObject

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

If ab1.Text= "1" then
Text= "1"
else if ab2.Text= "1" then
Text= "2"
Else If ab3.Text= "1" then
Text= "3"
Else If ab4.Text= "1" then
Text= "4"
Else If ab5.Text= "1" then
Text= "5"
Else If ab6.Text= "1" then
Text= "6"
Else If ab7.Text= "1" then
Text= "7"
Else If ab8.Text= "1" then
Text= "8"
Else If ab9.Text= "1" then
Text= "9"
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 04:11
From: Red
Subject: Script running scene directors

Hey guys, you were headed in the right direction, this is what I do for the same thing. 

I have one scene director that moves all the highlights and then my script looks simply like this. 

This goes on text object linked to an integer coming from my dashboard onSetText

dim Hlite as xpSceneDirector

scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("Lineup_Highlight", Hlite)

'Move SD Highlight

    if text = "1"
        Hlite.Play
        Hlite.Position = 241
    else if text = "2"
        Hlite.PlayRange(0,30)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "3"
        Hlite.PlayRange(31,60)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "4"
        Hlite.PlayRange(61,90)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "5"
        Hlite.PlayRange(91,120)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "6"
        Hlite.PlayRange(121,150)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "7"
        Hlite.PlayRange(151,180)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "8"
        Hlite.PlayRange(181,210)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "9"
        Hlite.PlayRange(211,240)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    end if
    

    
My scene director looks like this

Ignore the pauses they are just for testing that track is turned off now.  

The last event is for playing 1 to 9.

That's why you'll see that if = 1 is slightly different. 

------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:44
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
------------------------------

Matt, 

Here is your dashboard that I have revised putting Red's array choice in place of your checkboxes. Parameter is Z_order

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:45
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Do you mind sharing your Dashboard grid with me? I'm curious how you've set it up. My Dashboard has some intricacies that I don't want to break if I make changes.

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:12
From: Red
Subject: Script running scene directors

In my dashboard it makes an integer value 1 through 9 

Visually it looks like this;

In the XPression scene the value of that integer is in a textbox with liveupdate checked.

This text object has the onsettext script I shared earlier. 
------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:02
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks, Red. I appreciate the suggestion. I created a hilite control text object and applied the script to OnSetText. I was able to get the scene to work if I were to type in number 1-9 in the template data and hit Take. My challenge now is how to populate that text object with a number and to run while the scene is still online. The scene remains online throughout an inning. My Dashboard gives a 0 or 1 value when a certain batter is up. I have hidden text objects that receive that data. For example,  "at bat data 1", "at bat data 2", and so on. I tried adding the below script to the same hilite control text object, just above the script you shared. It was unsuccessful though. I'll keep trying some things. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5, ab6, ab7, ab8, ab9 as xpTextObject

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

If ab1.Text= "1" then
Text= "1"
else if ab2.Text= "1" then
Text= "2"
Else If ab3.Text= "1" then
Text= "3"
Else If ab4.Text= "1" then
Text= "4"
Else If ab5.Text= "1" then
Text= "5"
Else If ab6.Text= "1" then
Text= "6"
Else If ab7.Text= "1" then
Text= "7"
Else If ab8.Text= "1" then
Text= "8"
Else If ab9.Text= "1" then
Text= "9"
End If

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 04:11
From: Red
Subject: Script running scene directors

Hey guys, you were headed in the right direction, this is what I do for the same thing. 

I have one scene director that moves all the highlights and then my script looks simply like this. 

This goes on text object linked to an integer coming from my dashboard onSetText

dim Hlite as xpSceneDirector

scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("Lineup_Highlight", Hlite)

'Move SD Highlight

    if text = "1"
        Hlite.Play
        Hlite.Position = 241
    else if text = "2"
        Hlite.PlayRange(0,30)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "3"
        Hlite.PlayRange(31,60)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "4"
        Hlite.PlayRange(61,90)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "5"
        Hlite.PlayRange(91,120)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "6"
        Hlite.PlayRange(121,150)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "7"
        Hlite.PlayRange(151,180)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "8"
        Hlite.PlayRange(181,210)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "9"
        Hlite.PlayRange(211,240)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    end if
    

    
My scene director looks like this

Ignore the pauses they are just for testing that track is turned off now.  

The last event is for playing 1 to 9.

That's why you'll see that if = 1 is slightly different. 

------------------------------
Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:44
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

------------------------------
Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

------------------------------
Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)

If ab1.Text=1 then
move1.Play()
Else If ab2.Text=1 then
move2.Play()
Else If ab3.Text=1 then
move3.Play()
Else If ab4.Text=1 then
move4.Play()
Else If ab5.Text=1 then
move5.Play()
Else If ab6.Text=1 then
move6.Play()
Else If ab7.Text=1 then
move7.Play()
Else If ab8.Text=1 then
move8.Play()
Else If ab9.Text=1 then
move9.Play()
End If

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Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University
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can't upload. Says it must be a supported file. Matt, send me a private message here with a good email.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 14:30
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

Matt, 

Here is your dashboard that I have revised putting Red's array choice in place of your checkboxes. Parameter is Z_order

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:45
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Do you mind sharing your Dashboard grid with me? I'm curious how you've set it up. My Dashboard has some intricacies that I don't want to break if I make changes.

Thanks.

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Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:12
From: Red
Subject: Script running scene directors

In my dashboard it makes an integer value 1 through 9 

Visually it looks like this;

In the XPression scene the value of that integer is in a textbox with liveupdate checked.

This text object has the onsettext script I shared earlier. 
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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 13:02
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks, Red. I appreciate the suggestion. I created a hilite control text object and applied the script to OnSetText. I was able to get the scene to work if I were to type in number 1-9 in the template data and hit Take. My challenge now is how to populate that text object with a number and to run while the scene is still online. The scene remains online throughout an inning. My Dashboard gives a 0 or 1 value when a certain batter is up. I have hidden text objects that receive that data. For example,  "at bat data 1", "at bat data 2", and so on. I tried adding the below script to the same hilite control text object, just above the script you shared. It was unsuccessful though. I'll keep trying some things. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5, ab6, ab7, ab8, ab9 as xpTextObject

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

If ab1.Text= "1" then
Text= "1"
else if ab2.Text= "1" then
Text= "2"
Else If ab3.Text= "1" then
Text= "3"
Else If ab4.Text= "1" then
Text= "4"
Else If ab5.Text= "1" then
Text= "5"
Else If ab6.Text= "1" then
Text= "6"
Else If ab7.Text= "1" then
Text= "7"
Else If ab8.Text= "1" then
Text= "8"
Else If ab9.Text= "1" then
Text= "9"
End If

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Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-22-2023 04:11
From: Red
Subject: Script running scene directors

Hey guys, you were headed in the right direction, this is what I do for the same thing. 

I have one scene director that moves all the highlights and then my script looks simply like this. 

This goes on text object linked to an integer coming from my dashboard onSetText

dim Hlite as xpSceneDirector

scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("Lineup_Highlight", Hlite)

'Move SD Highlight

    if text = "1"
        Hlite.Play
        Hlite.Position = 241
    else if text = "2"
        Hlite.PlayRange(0,30)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "3"
        Hlite.PlayRange(31,60)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "4"
        Hlite.PlayRange(61,90)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "5"
        Hlite.PlayRange(91,120)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "6"
        Hlite.PlayRange(121,150)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "7"
        Hlite.PlayRange(151,180)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "8"
        Hlite.PlayRange(181,210)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    else if text = "9"
        Hlite.PlayRange(211,240)
        Hlite.AutoStop = true
    end if
    

    
My scene director looks like this

Ignore the pauses they are just for testing that track is turned off now.  

The last event is for playing 1 to 9.

That's why you'll see that if = 1 is slightly different. 

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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:44
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 11:22:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Looks great. Could you have a single text object (hidden) with a script on it that would change every time there is a change in that text value? aka OnSetText, rather than on the entire scene. You could put the if else script there, and it would look at the value and run a scene director based on the value of that text.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 23:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Here's the dashboard and a screenshot of the dashboard. The yellow box highlights the checkboxes that I use to indicate current player at bat. This is datalinqed with the "at bat data" in the Xpression scene.

If I put the script in OnOnline, it will only run an animation when the scene goes from offline to online. I don't know if OnRender is the correct place for my script. It seemed to make sense for a script that should run when the scene is already online. I could be wrong though. I'm still learning scripting.

https://byu.box.com/s/j5c9efs1o00epxsv4vlzewt2agp2nmy2

Matt Finlayson

Manager, Live Event Content Creation

BYU AV

301.332.6626 Cell

801.422.0180 Office

1030B ITB

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:53:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Can you share the dashboard grid file too? Also, I see you have it on the OnRender tab. Why there? Trying to wrap my head around this. BTW, Red from Ross Video will have it solved before you and I wake up tomorrow. He is in Great Britain.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:35
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:30:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

Grrr.....maybe it's because I'm a Ute fan, up in SLC. I will snag your scene and play around with it.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:26
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Original Message:
Sent: 2/21/2023 10:18:00 PM
From: MalThePal
Subject: RE: Script running scene directors

I made a mistake it should be Playrange(0, 30). Give that a try

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 22:12
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

Thanks for the quick reply, Mal. Great suggestion. Still doesn't seem to be working for me. The scene directors play fine when I play sequentially. I can go from batter 3 to 4 or from 4 to 7, but not if I want to go from batter 3 to batter 2 or 1.  Or batter 9 to 1. I adjusted the script to include the move9.Play(0,60) where ("delay","end of scene director"). I'm including the scene here, if anyone wants to take a look at it or test some theories.

https://byu.box.com/s/yoxsa1i6s2erhx7374xum1oxsbb1wl1h

Thanks.

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Matt Finlayson
Brigham Young University

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 21:11
From: MalThePal
Subject: Script running scene directors

for starters, if you use move9.Play(0,30) however long it is, then each time it plays it will basically "reset" when it plays again. From the looks of it, your scene director plays and then just sits there at the end, but if you set a start and end, it will play exactly that much of the scene director. Also, you can say dim ab1, ab2, ab3, ab4, ab5 as xpTextObject just to simplify it a bit. I hope this helps.

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Malcolm Thorpe
Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD

Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 19:51
From: Matt
Subject: Script running scene directors

I have an Xpression scene with a batting order. I have an Object that highlights each batter as we move through the lineup. There is an individual scene director for each change from batter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. The below script works from batters 1 to 9. What I can't figure out is why I can't get the scene director to run when I move from batter 9 to 1.  If I take the scene offline and then back online with the batter 1 selected, then the scene director runs as it comes online. I assume it has something to do with the order of the script. I am not a seasoned scripter, so I'm hoping it's a simple fix that this community of experts can easily see.

Thanks in advance for your help.

dim ab1 as xpTextObject
dim ab2 as xpTextObject
dim ab3 as xpTextObject
dim ab4 as xpTextObject
dim ab5 as xpTextObject
dim ab6 as xpTextObject
dim ab7 as xpTextObject
dim ab8 as xpTextObject
dim ab9 as xpTextObject

Dim move1 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move2 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move3 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move4 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move5 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move6 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move7 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move8 as xpSceneDirector
Dim move9 as xpSceneDirector

Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 1", ab1)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 2", ab2)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 3", ab3)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 4", ab4)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 5", ab5)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 6", ab6)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 7", ab7)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 8", ab8)
Self.GetObjectByName("at bat data 9", ab9)

Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim1", move1)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim2", move2)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim3", move3)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim4", move4)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim5", move5)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim6", move6)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim7", move7)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim8", move8)
Self.GetSceneDirectorByName("anim9", move9)