Thank you so much for your information  

  Leon Le wrote: Hi Drew & Tim, can i create a maxtrix letter shooting effect in the show? because i saw some type of mine in the catalog use for this effect. If i can i have to craete new postition that have 45*, is that allowed? tks so much   Hi Leon, sorry, matrix letter shooting isn’t allowed in this year’s PyroJam competition.

Hi Drew & Tim, can i create a maxtrix letter shooting effect in the show? because i saw some type of mine in the catalog use for this effect. If i can i have to craete new postition that have 45*, is that allowed? tks so much  

Sky Fire Forge, Neil is spot on. The October 2023 full release had a bug that was fixed in the immediate next beta release. I previously thought the bug only affected the intensity curves of very specific strobing effects, but it’s now apparent that can impact a wider range of effects. Thankfully, it’s already fixed. All you have to is update to any beta release shipped after the October 2023 full release and you should be all set.

Thanks Neil and DrewFinale, you are right, updating to the Beta release fixes it.   Tim  

Sky Fire Forge , DrewFinale , I’ve reproduced the issue. It happens on that full release version but it works as expected with the latest beta release.   I checked the effect with the latest beta version (2024.01.15-f5d87c0dd) and with the questionable full release version (2023.10.02-5d6e6ec44) and the issue is apparent on that full release version. Something is different about the way the strobing pattern is randomized or initialized for the custom effect and it causes all the stars to be dark at the same time multiple times during the beginning of the effect.   Using the latest beta release solves the problem. See the issue here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w3Qm2i-7KzQ0reGCBOnC6NH679zWqN48/view?usp=drive_link

  Pyro_7100000 wrote: Thanks for confirming. I look forward to seeing the VDL’s. It’s a bit disappointing if those videos are the most accurate to the original video, for example the first row of taste the rainbow isn’t even in the right order.   Nice catch on Taste The Rainbow, I’ll get that fixed up right away. Anything else?

Thanks for confirming. I look forward to seeing the VDL’s. It’s a bit disappointing if those videos are the most accurate to the original video, for example the first row of taste the rainbow isn’t even in the right order.

  Sky Fire Forge wrote: Drew, thanks for getting back to me. You are right, I don’t see it on your video. I added them to a new show and I get the same results. As long as I know that it is just a “me” problem, I’ll keep it in my show. Could it be a GPU setting issue? BTW, I am running build 2023.10.02-5d6e6ec44. Tim   Although not impossible, a GPU setting seems like an unlikely culprit. I tested using the latest beta release. You could give that a try and see if it fixes the issue. You can get it at finale3d.com/download

Drew, thanks for getting back to me. You are right, I don’t see it on your video. I added them to a new show and I get the same issue as I originally had. As long as I know that it is just a “me” problem, I’ll keep it in my show. Could it be a GPU setting issue? BTW, I am running build 2023.10.02-5d6e6ec44. Tim