Great shows finalists! Thanks to Tim and Drew and the Finale crew for allowing us all to participate in this fantastic contest!

I just want to wish all the other pyrotechs that submitted or will be submitting shows GOOD LUCK. Can’t wait to see what everyone scripted.

With Drews info, auditing positions using the filters worked out great. So I just wanted to share the filtering I used to make sure all the effects are in the correct position so none of us have an issue…Read More

Yea I figured it would be difficult to do that but was just curious. That’s cool you guys are willing to provide feedback if asked.

Thank you for all your help!

Ahh OK. I get it now. Thanks Drew.

If a show doesn’t make it to the finals do to a technicality like the wrong effects were used instead of the Pyrojam inventory, or effects were placed in the wrong positions, or shells are angled over the 20 degree limit, will you guys notify us of the reason the show was disqualified?

Thanks Drew. So just to confirm. If the next time is blank that cue will still fire?

I was worried that there was a problem with the script. That was the only reason I was trying to remove and then replace it to see if the NEXT event time would return. I’m removing that column. lol

By the way. I came across this when auditing the show.…Read More

I’ve run into another issue that I don’t understand. In the script it shows nothing in the NEXT space. So if I delete it, it removes more times from the NEXT space. Why is this?

Then this happens.

I think I answered my own question. I deleted the effect from the script and my priced by the cost of the effect. Not sure why its showing 0 though. I do have the two chain options in check marked in the user settings.

So while auditing product positions I came across this and wondering if this isn’t counted in my total cost.

It shows the product in my script and shoots it in the design window but USED shows 0.

Awesome. That is very helpful!

Thanks Drew.

Is there a way to do a mass audit of the products placed in firing positions to make sure none of the effects are in the wrong positions? Such as 4″ shell placed in a CK position instead of 2.5″ – 4″ shell position? Or is going through the final script and checking each cue the only way to do this?

I downloaded the 2023 beta update just now and it resolved the camera problem. I had updated to the full release version yesterday so maybe that was the issue.

So I did the update last night and now all the camera positions are incorrect. This is happening when I select front view.

Drew, about a week ago I started to get notices that there is an update available. I have been ignoring it in fear I will loose or wont be able to open the current shows I’m working on since instructions at the beginning of the contest stated we must have this particular version on of the software running to use the pyrojam template. Can I allow…Read More

DrewFinale wrote:
Hi Engineer Cat, aggressively angled parabolic sequences of comets absolutely are possible. Take a closer look at the table on the competition page and you’ll see that there are no angle restrictions for the row of 19 “Front” positions. The only limitation is that the single shot racks will be placed on the ground, so you s…

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DrewFinale wrote:
Hi Engineer Cat, there’s nothing wrong whatsoever. The red highlight in your screenshot indicates that the effect is angled to the right. If the effect were angled to the left, the highlight would be green. In this context, red is not bad, red is just a visual indicator of an angle to the right.

Ah fantastic. I’m suddenly n…Read More