Hi nicola fici, the set piece and moving wheel effects are made possible using a “macro”. A macro allows effects to be animated and have a distance offset from the position. The downside is that macros will not show a ‘Used’ quantity. You’re not doing anything wrong; this is just a limitation of the macro functionality. When you use a macro, the price is being added to your show, but you will need to keep track of the quantity manually to make sure you don’t exceed the available quantity.

hi DrewFinale ,I managed to understand why they didn’t work, the only thing is that you don’t see the quantities used.

thank you for that clear answer ! Understanding the huge development it requires and the raytracing market position. I hope one day we could play pyro with raytracing and see as it truly is : the most powerful and sensitive way to light up an environment.   thanks again for the complete answer !

Hello, Finale3D does not make use of any special raytracing features, and probably will not use them soon.  If we did, we would have to make a separate code path just for raytracing GPUs, and since most GPUs do not support raytracing, this would mean that most of our users would not benefit from the development.   So, we don’t use the special raytracing features of these new cards.  If you are planning on running only Finale3D, then I would not spend extra money on getting a GPU with raytracing features.   However, the raytracing GPUs are of course very good “normal” GPUs as well.  And Finale3D will use the “normal” GPU functionality.   TL;DR:  Treat Finale3D like a non-raytracing game when you’re choosing a GPU to buy.  

Hello there,   If you permit it I have a question about supplier catalog. Is there a way to find catalogs of products like VOLTS, TROPICS or otherelse somewhere ?   For example I would like to use this effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJMfSKrHAQA (The Goat Vuurwerktotaal) but I do not really know how to program it with VDL.   Thank you by advance, Best regards 😀

Hi, I would like to know if Finale 3D already use raytracing ? Is it planed in a near futur ?   As I would by a new computer, I would like to know how revelant will be to chip it with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti card. What do you think about it ?   Thanks for advices you can provide.

Hi nicola fici, you should be able to select a position, click on the wheel effect, and the wheel should be added to your show. If it’s not working for you, please reply with a screenshot or photo of the problem.

I’m sorry drew, another question concerning the wheels, do I have to insert a fountain to make it work?

  DrewFinale wrote:     Hi Nicola, thanks for your question. No, shells may not be angled toward or away from the audience. Shells may only be angled left or right.   thanks drew..

  Smitchbomb wrote: In my excitement of making a show and wanting to get it in I recently noticed I made a few position errors but have already submitted the show…can i resubmit the fixed show?   Great question – yes, you can resubmit any time up to the March 4th submission deadline. When you revised your show, please add a note like, “(Resubmission)” to the show title so we know the submission is a revision, not a 2nd entry.