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RE: Scripting Help

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 10-02-2024 13:53
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L0 and L1 need to be L0mat and L1mat on their last lines. Otherwise, I don't see anything wrong, but this is a hazy area of scope between xpEngine, xpScene, and xpProject, and where the final execution is. Sequencer syntax operates differently from MOS/iNews/production box sometimes. Here are ...

RE: Always face the camera

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 10-01-2024 11:42
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As far as I know, you are going to have to go into VB. Also, if the quad and/or camera is in a hierarchy, you are going to have to calculate the positions, not just taking X,Y,Z positions. UPDATE : Just looked at the API documentation and there is a GetParent method. This means you could ...

RE: sorting tactical settings football/xpression/visual logic

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 09-24-2024 16:52
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I believe Roman had a solution. I've seen this referenced in a similar post. https://rossvideo.community/viewdocument/re-racing-results-leaderboard-an?CommunityKey=91812bfd-9393-4a3f-8a74-7f8035df130e&tab=librarydocuments ------------------------------ Azathoth Son of Cthulhu ---------- ...

RE: XML Sports Live Stats Organization

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 09-24-2024 09:45
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My experience has grazed Datalinq, so the best I can recommend is: Page 441 https://documentation.rossvideo.com/files/Manuals/CG%20and%20Graphics/XPression/User%20Guides/XPression%20User%20Guide.pdf ------------------------------ Azathoth Son of Cthulhu ---------------------------- ...

RE: Need a little help with a simple script. (helping out a fellow designer)

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 09-23-2024 09:08
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getObjectByName belongs to xpScene, so depending where this script is, use: Scene.getObjectByName or Self.getObjectByName Also, letter1Vis is redundant. Just use letter1. It has all the props and methods of xpBaseObject plus extra for text. Use the Xpression API documentat ...

RE: Xpression Preview Window not showing highlighted scene

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 09-06-2024 14:51
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I would assume backwards compatibility. It's a shame this isn't an XML based system for scenes. Then you could make a custom XSLT between versions. ------------------------------ Azathoth Son of Cthulhu ------------------------------

RE: Change Photoshop File layer color

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 09-03-2024 16:17
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When using Xpression for layering graphics and not doing 3D, it is best to set Emissive to white and all else to black. This way lighting and rotations do not affect the coloring of the graphics. Then, if you change the Emissive color, it can tint textures or act as a solid color. --- ...

RE: Change Photoshop File layer color

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 09-03-2024 13:39
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Yes, you can do it in Visual Logic, but I'd recommend VB. Correct me if I'm wrong, but VL is constantly running and doing all the logic trees over and over every frame would be taxing. VB can be triggered when there is a change and run as a loop off an array. A change you need to ...

RE: NEW GAME

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-26-2024 11:29
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xpTakeItem - the customization of a scene. The data for the published objects. Somewhere else in these forums someone from Ross clued me into the fact that the data of an incoming scene can be read. I can't really speak to your specific situation without seeing the code, and I am very bust ...

RE: NEW GAME

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-26-2024 10:56
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I think you are pushing VL to the limit on this. VB would probably be better. If I remember correctly, an established scene can see data of an incoming scene with VB. I would assume this means it could pass data into a text field of an incoming scene. Maybe it is "TakeItems" you can see. You ...

RE: Paginated REST APIs

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-22-2024 09:31
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What is the whole query string? Is it just page? ------------------------------ Azathoth Son of Cthulhu ------------------------------

RE: Paginated REST APIs

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-20-2024 08:16
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Off the cuff ... Sounds like you are getting data from a third party service. Communicate with the service (or fuzz it (don't)) to see if you can get more data per page. Or, you need an internal server that scrapes data that takes multiple queries and then formats the data for Datalinq. ...

RE: auto follow and auto scale a single quad from 2 different ends

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-16-2024 09:30
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I'd recommend VB, not VL. Also, this is some simple math. Distance formula. Midpoint formula. VL has no asin or acos function so figuring out the angle is harder in VL. But in VB, asin for the angle. ------------------------------ Azathoth Son of Cthulhu ---------------- ...

RE: Triggering Different Scene Directors from a Datalinqed Textbox

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-14-2024 13:31
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'not this 'Self.GetObjectByName("AwayTOText", textBox) 'this Scene.GetObjectByName("AwayTOText", textBox) Look at the top of the code window and you'll see the vars. Self as xpTextObject This might even be the text object you're looking for, so no need to search. Use Self.Text ...

RE: I wanted to make something using visual logic where i type a number like 0 or something that makes the alpha of a quad=0 and when I type 1 the alpha of the quad=100

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-14-2024 11:40
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Publish a text field and give it a Data Source. And instead of 0 or 1, give the user something descriptive. Then add some Visual Logic. ------------------------------ Azathoth Son of Cthulhu ------------------------------

RE: I followed the instructions on this video and it worked fine but i want to animate the text went it replaces it's place with another text can anyone help me.

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-13-2024 14:10
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I know it's been discussed before. Can't find the post I was looking for. But maybe these posts might help. https://rossvideo.community/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=199&MID=23239&CommunityKey=91812bfd-9393-4a3f-8a74-7f8035df130e https://rossvideo.communit ...

B&W Images as a Mask (solution)

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-09-2024 15:45
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B&W Images as a Mask (solution)

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-09-2024 15:45
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HAPPY FRIDAY! I've seen posts asking to turn a black and white image or video into a mask. It seems there has been no solution(s). If there has been and this is a duplicate post, sorry. I'm giving a diagram and a sample project (no password). Very important. In Chroma Key you must set ...

Effects in Xpression, Get/Develop more

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-08-2024 13:10
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Is there an SDK for Effects in Xpression? Are there additional effects that we can get? Official Ross or Third Party? ------------------------------ Azathoth Son of Cthulhu ------------------------------

RE: VIsual Logic Bounding Box

Posted By Azathoth Son of Cthulhu 08-05-2024 14:49
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'Bound Box' refers to the bounds of an object or group and cannot be changed or set. Are you trying to make a background element that scales with another object? If so, I imagine there might be a Ross training video for it. ------------------------------ Azathoth Son of Cthulhu -------- ...