great idea

Feature Request – Preview effect inside “Edit Effect VDL” dialog   It would be nice to be able to preview the VDL effect inside the VDL editor, instead of having to “Enter”, add the effect to your show, and hit play. I want to be able to add a keyword, remove a keyword, change a value, etc. and be able to play the changes immediately instead of having to exit the dialog.

Pyroland – PYL2001 – Mother of Dragons – 1.4g – 6″ – single – shell – 6/12   Product page: https://pyrolandfireworks.com/store/p255/mother_of_dragons_6_inch_shells.htm Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0CAeC-wZo0   6″ 194.0m 3.02 PFT Strobing Comet Red To Peony   Not sure how to get the time rain crackle effect. Also no idea how to make the strobe slower.

Pyroland – PYL1033 – Pushin Up Daisies – 1.4g – 200g – 12 shot – cake – 8/1   Product page: https://pyrolandfireworks.com/store/p20/Pushin_Up_Daisies_-_Full_Case.html Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0CAeC-wZo0   Cake dimensions: 7.5″ dia x 7″h   Based on an effect a local club member created. Added brocade tail to match better.   1″ 25.0m 9.60s 0.30 PFT 12 Shot Cake (a) Dense Very Narrow Strobing Peony w/ Glittering Tail w/ Very Long Very Long Strobing Bouquet + (b) Horsetail, 4 Rows, Rows 1,2,3,4 (aab/0.1)

Hi, yes is it this flame https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32701287069.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.469311cepzxX63&algo_pvid=bf7df4ab-0869-4d84-b015-81da7bb29e73&algo_exp_id=bf7df4ab-0869-4d84-b015-81da7bb29e73-0&pdp_npi=3%40dis%21CZK%218504.99%218504.99%21%21%21%21%21%402145280e16874681696755289d0749%2160673335701%21sea%21CZ%210&curPageLogUid=EuFwgDmYVX6x   2 chanels:   1Chanel is safety value between 102 and 153

Hi Brad, if line item in the Script window has an address, and the effect has a valid ‘Type’ in the Per-show effects collection in the Effects window, then it should be in the exported script file. Obviously, it’s not impossible for things to be missing, but it’s very unlikely to be a pervasive issue in your show. To build confidence that nothing is missing, add a filter for ‘Type’ using the blue gear icon in the Script window, then check the list of types in the drop-down to make sure they are valid. As an example of a bad ‘Type’, I recently helped a user that had 6 effects missing when he exported his script. The reason was because the ‘Type’ for the 6 effects was set to ‘Rack’. Normally, this would have been easy to catch because the ‘Address Show’ feature won’t assign a Rail or Pin number for an effect with Type = Rack. But, in this case the user had hand-keyed in all of his addresses. To fix the issue, all the user had to do was change the Type from Rack to Cake for that effect in the Per-Show effects collection and the script exported perfectly.    

Same interest from me. I think a good option here may be for us to use a shared google doc (sheet), but before I make and publish something, I’d like Drew to give us a thumbs up that he’s ok with that.

Hi Brad,   was it configured as DMX ?  If yes, keep in mind that in a lot of reports DMX effects are filtered out !

This will be the worst troubleshooting email ever, because I managed to fix the problem already, and don’t have a test case Finale file that replicates the problem.  But curious if anyone has ever run into this problem.   Had 3 flame effects in my show. Just happened to notice that they weren’t on the inventory pull sheet report when picking products. Verified the effects were still in the show, and still appeared in the Script window, and had been addressed with valid rails/pins.  Everything seemed to be in order. Turned out they were also missing from the labels report and from the Cobra script export.   Tried all the following to get them to appear: Selected the flames on the timeline, reassigned the same object.  NO LUCK. Assigned different flames.  THE NEW FLAMES DID APPEAR ON THE REPORTS. Assigned the original flames back.  DISAPPEARED AGAIN. Edited the original effect copied the VDL from another flame that was working. NO LUCK. Deleted the flames entirely from the timeline, and just re-posted the original (non-working) flames to the timeline.  NOW THEY WORK.   Wish I had saved a copy of the file when it was broken, because now I can’t replicate the issue.   But confidence is a bit shaken, because now uncertain if any other effects are missing and I didn’t catch them..   Anyone else run into anything similar?        

Hi Jonathan, you’re really close, I think you’re probably one small step away from getting exactly what you want. My guess is that after adjusting the column widths in the Script window, you’re not selecting ‘Save current table layout to report template’ from the blue gear menu. You need to do this in order for your column width adjustments to take effect.   Here’s an in-depth post on configuring reports: https://finale3d.com/groups/english/forum/topic/custom-report-syntax/#post-1416226