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FUNCTION BUTTONS
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1 = Minimize Button – this button minimizes the HUD, replacing it with a 1 square MAXIMIZE icon/button that appears by default in the lower right corner of your screen.

It is editable, along with the main HUD, such that you can position your HUD in any of the 4 corners.

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2 =        Menu -This button pops up and displays the menu

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3 = Stop button. This button will STOP the currently playing animation.  If C,02,AutoIdleOnStop,yes exists in the *dances nc, then the FIRST time you press STOP, it will auto-play a random Idl eAnimation. An idle animation is used to play during the occasional SILENCE between songs. Idle animations appear in the *dances nc with a type of ‘A’ and dance-id of “00“.  The SECOND time you press STOP without playing a normal dance animation will actually STOP the Idle Animation and you will return to your default AO. If there are dancers dancing in sync via invites, with the HUD owner then all dancers will STOP dancing and will play the IDLE animation.

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4 =   Idle Animation – This button plays a RANDOM IDLE animation from 1 of the existing idle animations.  An idle animation is used to play during the occasional SILENCE between songs.  It ignores AutoIdleOnStop setting  in the *dances nc and chooses an animation that has “00” in its dance-id position. If only 1 exists then that idle-animation will always be chosen.  IF more than one idle animation exists, then a random idle animation will be chosen and played.

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5 = Random Animation – This button plays a RANDOM DANCE animation that is:
1) on the active COLUMN and
2) on the currently displayed PAGE and
3) is the same SPEED as the last selected dance

 

In the above example, pressing the DICE button will randomly select and PLAY one of the following animations in the SLOW column on Page 1 from:  Blues-1, Blues-2, Blues-3, Blues-7, Blues-8, Blues-9

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6 =   Sort  – There are 3 sort orders that toggle when the AZ button is pressed:

The default is Sort by Speed/BPM  (Sp) Descending: (Fastest at top)

After 1st click, it then sorts by NickName (Nn) Ascending (A at top, Z at Bottom)

After 2nd click, it sorts by DanceId Ascending (01 at top, 30 at bottom)  01-10 = page1, 11=20 = page2, 21-30 = page3. This is the same as DanceId Order (Da), assuming your DanceIds are in order.

After 3rd click, it reverts back and sorts by Speed/BPM (Sp) Descending (: (Fastest at top)

Animations of the same speed-value, sort by BPM-Descending.  This allows you to make even finer delineations of speed within a general speed value.

If you want to sort strictly by BPM then make all the speed-values for a given column the same. (i.e. 5 for all the dances in the middle column).

If you want a different Initial-Sort-Order then edit the *dances notecard and change the InitialSortOrder entry to:
SortBySpeedDesc or SortByNameAsc or SortByDanceIdAsc

Each column can be sorted differently at the same time.

NOTE: When all dances are the same speed and the sort order is SortBySpeedDesc, then the cannot be determined so no expectation should be made!

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7 =   List All LoadSets – this button will list from 1 to 30 loadsets in loadset order.  This allows you to quickly select which loadset you want to load. It’s contents will display using all 3 columns if animations exist for each speed-set.  Three speed-sets exist. One for Fast (7,8,9), Medium (4,5,6) and Slow (1,2,3). Simply click on the button that has the loadset name you wish to load. It will replace all 3 columns with the 1st page of each column for that loadset. Columns can be empty. At least 1 column will have something in it.

In the above example I have a total of 3 loadsets named Leni/Blues, Lambada, and Jana. This list will always appear in purple.

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8 = Next Animation – This button plays the NEXT DANCE animation that is going down the column that is:

1) on the active COLUMN and
2) on the currently displayed PAGE and
3) is the same SPEED as the last selected dance

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9 = Search – The SEARCH feature is unique to dance HUDS as it allows you to find, locate, and present a nicknamed animation thru the SearchEngine provided.  This assumes that: 1) the Search Engine is either attached or in the same region/sim at the time of SEARCHING AND was present when the animation nicknames were ADDED.  Access the MENU then press the Search Button.

It will return a full-match or find the 1st 10 near matches base don a partial search.  The search-box is CASE-SENSITIVE. 

The initial partial search results always appear in the center column and in GREEN type.

Assuming we selected Leni-12 as the animation we were actually looking for, when we press it, the full loadset is loaded and the result is selected and the page (1 to 3) is positioned and the results is selected in the appropriate column.  In this case, the FAST column and the 2nd entry.  Other columns will also appear for this LoadSet (Leni/Blues) IF there are also either Medium and/or Slow animations.

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10 –  Decrease Speed – clicking once on a playing animation will decrease its speed by one, TEMPORARILY (until the next reset or EraseAllData…a LOAD will NOT remove TEMPORARY speed or bmp assignments.  The screen will redisplay, changing color of the changed animation AND, if necessary, indicating that the column of the animation MAY change meaning that the animation may show up in a different column.  You MAY NOT see the change IF the change forces the animation to appear on a different page.   Some people think this makes the actual dance move faster but that is not the case.

IMPORTANT: The HUD follows the updated cell and will load a new LoadSet if it has to.  Example:  Imagine you have loadset 02 in column #3 and LoadSet 05 in Column #2. If you adjust a dance in Column #2 DOWN  from a speed of 4 to a speed of 3, it will end up in Column #3 since 1s, 2’s, and 3’s only show up in Column #3.  Well it would be for LoadSet 05 so Column #3 would load LoadSet 05, go to the page that has the affected animation AND Select it with a green box.

 

11 –  Increase Speed – clicking once on a playing animation will increase its speed by one, TEMPORARILY (until the next reset or EraseAllData…a LOAD will NOT remove TEMPORARY speed or bmp assignments.  The screen will redisplay, changing color of the changed animation AND, if necessary, indicating that the column of the animation MAY change meaning that the animation may show up in a different column.  You MAY NOT see the change IF the change forces the animation to appear on a different page.   Some people think this makes the actual dance move slower but that is not the case.

IMPORTANT: The HUD follows the updated cell and will load a new LoadSet if it has to.  Example:  Imagine you have loadset 02 in column #1 and LoadSet 05 in Column #2. If you adjust a dance in Column #2 up from a speed of 6 to a speed of 7, it will end up in Column #1 since 7’s, 8’s, and 9’s only show up in Column #1.  Well it would be for LoadSet 05 so Column #1 would load LoadSet 05, go to the page that has the affected animation AND Select it with a green box.

12 –  Invite – this scans the area the number of meters specified in the *dances nc on the ScanRange entry line,  Default is 20 meters. You can change this value.  It will list the 20 listing the nearest avatars, allowing the invitation of 1 of those avatars (to dance in synchronization with the HUD owner.  If the HUD owner is currently dancing then a 4 second delay will occur and then the invited dancer will sync up with the current animation. Is the HUD owner is not currently dancing then when the HUD owner DOES decide to start dancing, all the invited dancers will sync-dance. Currently, the maximum dancers is 20 plus the HUD owner for a total of 21  The invitation can be repeated up to 20 times.

There a dance chimera which defaults to being worn on avatar-center when attached by the HUD-wearer. Anyone who touches it will automatically be invited to dance and added and sync-danced.  There are also dance pads that, when sat on, will automatically invite and sync the sitting dancer.

13 –  – Clap – This is a toggle that becomes GREEN when activated.  It will play an animation without stopping the currently playing animation.  This allows you to play 2 different animations at the same time, assuming that they control different parts (bones) of the avatar.

You specify  an entry in the *dances nc.  Example: A,99,01,HandClap

99 says this animation, HandClap, will play when the CLAP button is toggled on.  This can be ANY animation that works for you and can be any name. This is the actual name of the animation that will play. There is NO NickName for this option.

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Quick-And-Dirty

Creating a NEW Sequence:

Step  1 – Add a new entry into the *masters notecard inside the  Sequencer-Masters Engine.

Example:

S,001,$My1stSeq

Step  2 – Add new entries  into *seq1 notecard inside the Sequencer-Details Engine. Example:

01 | 20.8 | tap dance
02 | 24.5 | Jive-3

Note: the 001 connects and associates with the 1 in *seq1

Step  3 – Press ReadAndADD button on the Sequencer-Masters Engine.

Step  4 – Press ReadAllAdd button on the Sequencer-Details Engine.

Step  5 – Press TRANSFER button on the Sequencer-Masters Engine.

Step  6 – Press the button on the MainHUD that matches the sequence nickname you created ($My1stSeq) to play it.|

This assumes you added it as an entry into your *dances notecard inside your MainHUD.  Example:

/* DANCES
A,01,01,5,Cool For School,School,0
A,01,02,8,Jive-3,Jive3,0
A,01,03,8,Riverdance,River,0
A,01,04,2,Sexy slow groove dance,SexySlow,0
A,01,05,2,*seq1,$My1stSeq,0

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EraseAllData vs Reset

MAIN-HUD

EraseAllData button – Erases the MAIN-HUD database of dances/animations then rereads all the ‘A’ notecard entries and adds them to the MAIN-HUD database

Reset button – will reread and re-add the ‘A’ records, changing the database if any of the ‘A’ records have changed,

SEQUENCER-MASTER ENGINE

EraseAllSeqs button – Erases ALL sequences in both the SEQUENCER-MASTER ENGINE and the SEQUENCER-MASTER DETAILS databases,

Reset button – will only read the CONTROL type ‘C’ entries.

ReadControls button – will only re-read the CONTROL type ‘C’ entries without resetting the SEQUENCER-MASTER ENGINE

ReadAndAdd button- will read ALL the type ‘S’ entries. It will give a harmless error if the sequence-master already exists.

SEQUENCER-DETAILS ENGINE

EraseDetails button – gives you an option to erase a single DETAILS entry OR erase ALL details, if you specify ‘ALL’. It does NOT affect the SEQUENCER-MASTER ENGINE.

Reset button – will read the type ‘C’ entries but does not affect records in the database. You must explicitly press a button to add Sequencer-Detail records to the database

ReadAllAdd button – will read ALL the *seq notecards and their contents.

ReadRngeAdd button – will read the range of sequences specified by the Range,?,? entry in the *sequences notecard in side the SEQUENCER-MASTER DETAILS ENGINE, inclusively.. This method can reduce a lot of notecard read time when you have a LOT of sequences by only reading the sequence(s) that are new or have changed.

AddNewDetal button – allows you to bypass using notecards and CREATE new sequencer-details using the menu.

ChangeSeq button – allows you to bypass using notecards and CHANGE an existing sequence that may have been created using a notecard OR via the menu AddNewDetal button

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Overview

A sequence is more than 1 dance that play in sequence with specified durations for each one.  This sequence will play with one button-press just like a normal single animation.

This requires the new SEQUENCER-ENGINE to CREATE and PLAY your sequences.  The SEQUENCER-ENGINE consists of a SEQUENCER-MASTER ENGINE and  SEQUENCER-DETAILS ENGINE.  These must be attached or rezzed in the same sim as the Main HUD wearer.

A SEQUENCE has a unique identifier that is a number between 001 and 900. Each sequence will have a NickName. The Nickname is what appears on the MainHUD button that you will press when you want to play a sequence.  The NickName helps you remember what the sequence is about since just referring to a number 001-900 is not that helpful.

Each Sequence has 1 or more DETAILS.  A  DETAIL has 1 duration (seconds) and 1 real animation name. You can have about 40 to 45 details per sequence, though it is unlikely you will ever have more than 10 DETAIL entries for a given SEQUENCE.

Below are the instructions on how to create and manage  SEQUENCE MASTERS and SEQUENCE DETAILS.

Sequences live/exist in the SEQUENCER-ENGINE. To use them they must be TRANSFERRED to the MAIN HUD.  Two ways this happens:

1 – Pressing Reset button on the MAIN HUD
2 – Pressing TRANSFER button on the SEQUENCER MASTER

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Case-Study

 

Sequencing is the technique of specifying more than 1 animation that you want to play in a particular sequence and then have it loop in the same way that a single animation usually loops when dancing by specifying the actual name of the animation AND the duration, how long you want an animation to play before starting the next animation in the sequence.

Animations are often sold in packs of from 2 to 6 dances.  They may have been designed to present and play in sequence.  By pressing one button, you can make them play in sequence, one after the other, instead of having to press a button for each dance, trying to time/guess when one animation ends so you can start the next animation in the sequence.

The system only needs to know the name of the animation, and how long you want it to play. Usually you want it to play the full length. You may have to click on an animation twice to get the duration but it is available in all animations.

In the above example, the name of the animation is Riverdance. The duration, taken from the value after Duration: is 24.50 s (seconds);

You may have problems playing an animation whose priority is lower than the currently playing animation.

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The system identifies a sequence as a nickname just like there is a nickname for a single animation.  The only difference is that sequences always start with a ‘$‘ (dollar sign).

The sequence, arbitrarily named $SeqNick1, can be entered anywhere that a normal animation might appear.  A maximum length of 10 characters for the sequence nickname is allowed.

A sequence will have a speed and, can optionally, have a BPM (Beats-Per-Minute) assigned to it, just like a normal single animation.

You need 3 items to CREATE a sequence.  You need the same 3 items to PLAY a sequence.

–MainHUD

– Sequencer-Master-Engine

– Sequencer-Details-Engine

All 3 can be attached, or rezzed on the ground in the same sim/region as the person using the system.  They are MOD so you can resize them and/or change their transparency. The Sequencer-Master Engine and Sequencer-Details Engine  do not ever have to be accessed directly.  Their menus can be accessed via the MainHUD.  It is often easier, though, to use the  MainHUD when you are not making many additions or changes. Both Sequencer-Master Engine  and Sequencer-Details Engine  can have their menus ALSO accessed by simply clicking on them.

Bring up the Sequencer-Master-Engine menu by either 1:  Clicking on the Sequencer-Master-Engine or Sequencer-Details-Engine
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By pressing the [Sequencer] button on the Main HUD from the [Analytics] Sub-Menu, assuming the Sequencer-Masters Engine is in the region and attached or rezzed.

You can have a mix of attached and rezzed.  It is recommended that you wear them as attachments when in normal use…but…you may find it easier to rez them on the ground when creating sequences as you can more easily load non-full-perm animations .

There are 2 ways to create sequences. The traditional way by editing notecards. The modern way by using the HUD menus.  This modern way can save you time when you only need to add or change a few sequences.  It also expedites faster testing and retesting of a sequence. You can mix the 2 methods, editing notecards and using the HUD menus.

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Method #1: Notecard Editing

The system comes with 2 sequences defined, with only 1 chosen to be used in the MainHUD.  Walk-Thru:

$SeqNick1

Look in the *masters notecard inside the Sequencer-Master add-on:

C,08,AllowSendToHUD,no
C,09,AllowCopyFromHUD,no

S,001,$SeqNick1
S,002,$SeqNick2
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To add a new sequence, edit the *masters notecard and add the following new entry:

S,001,$SeqNick1
S,002,$SeqNick2
S,003,$MySeqNick
END

If you do not remove the existing  masters, S,001,$SeqNick1 and S,002,$SeqNick2, you will get an annoying error but your new sequence will  still add ok.  It is suggested that you remove existing sequence entries but save them in  case you ever want to restore and start over.  Each unnecessary line-entry read costs extra load time.

Example:
Reading ALL Sequence-Masters Line-Entries and ADDING them to the DATABASE
Sequence-Master WRITE ERROR: NickName: $SeqNick1 (001) already exists
Sequence-Master WRITE ERROR: NickName: $SeqNick2 (002) already exists
SequenceMaster: 003 – $MySeqNick was ADDED Successfully !!!
13 Sequence-Master Records Read
1 NEW Sequence-Masters Added
Done

So it is better to just have:

C,08,AllowSendToHUD,no
C,09,AllowCopyFromHUD,no

S,003,$MySeqNick
END

Make the change by removing S,001,$SeqNick1
and S,002,$SeqNick2  and don’t forget to SAVE the notecard.

Press  ReadAndADD button on the Masters menu.

Example:

Reading ALL Sequence-Masters Line-Entries and ADDING them to the DATABASE
SequenceMaster: 003 – $SeqNick3 was ADDED Successfully !!!
2 Sequence-Master Records Read
1 NEW Sequence-Masters Added
Done

NOTE: In this demo, there are already Sequencer-Detail entries for Sequence 003.  This  was done to show you that you can create Details before you create a Master if, for example, you cannot decide, yet, what to name your master.

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Pressing the ListAllSeqs button will produce the following confirmation of what the system thinks it has.

001 – $SeqNick1
002 – $SeqNick2
003 – $MySeqNick

These are the Sequencer-Masters database entries and they survive Resets.  The only way they can be removed is by explicitly pressings EraseAllSeqs button.  This will erase all  Sequence-Masters.

This will ALSO Erase all Details. Details are in another ADD-ON and contain the duration/animation name entries associated with each master entry. You can have 1 or more detail-entries per Master.   A realistic maximum is about 40 to 45 detail entries per Master, although, it is rare or unlikely you will have more than 6.

Press EraseAllSeqs.

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ALL SEQUENCE MASTERS and thus ALL SEQUENCES…HAVE BEEN ERASED !!!
PCSD Sequencer-Detail…All Sequencer-Details have been ERASED DUE TO Sequencer-Masters being ERASE. The Sequencer-Details DATABASE has been DELETED

Now, re-edit the *masters notecard so it looks like this

001 – $SeqNick1
002 – $SeqNick2
END

Now press ReadAndADD

Reading ALL Sequence-Masters Line-Entries and ADDING them to the DATABASE
SequenceMaster: 001 – $SeqNick1 was ADDED Successfully !!!
SequenceMaster: 002 – $SeqNick2 was ADDED Successfully !!!
3 Sequence-Master Records Read
2 NEW Sequence-Masters Added
Done

Pressing the ListAllSeqs button again will produce the following confirmation of what the system thinks it has.

001 – $SeqNick1
002 – $SeqNick2
END

Now remove the previous 2 entries and just add the following entry and press SAVE to save the notecard changes.

S,003,$MyNick3
END

Now press ReadAndADD

Reading ALL Sequence-Masters Line-Entries and ADDING them to the DATABASE
SequenceMaster: 003 – $SeqNick3 was ADDED Successfully !!!
2 Sequence-Master Records Read
1 NEW Sequence-Masters Added
Done

Pressing the ListAllSeqs button again will produce the following confirmation of what the system thinks it has.

001 – $SeqNick1
002 – $SeqNick2
003 – $MySeqNick

Now let’s add another Sequence. (Remove the last entry S,003,MySeqNick)

S,004,$MyLastNik
END

Now press ReadAndADD

Reading ALL Sequence-Masters Line-Entries and ADDING them to the DATABASE
SequenceMaster: 004 – $SeqNick4 was ADDED Successfully !!!
2 Sequence-Master Records Read
1 NEW Sequence-Masters Added
Done

Pressing the ListAllSeqs button again will produce the following confirmation of what the system thinks it has.

001 – $SeqNick1
002 – $SeqNick2
003 – $MySeqNick
004 – $MyLastNik

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Since we Erased all Sequences previously, this means that, while we now have 4 Sequence Masters, we have NO Sequence Details so we can not play any sequence.

Press the [DetailsMenu] button.

Here is where we can manage our sequence-details for any given Master.   There are still detail notecards present for 3 sequences, unless you removed them.

C,01,TestHUD,yes
C,02,TestSequencer,yes
C,03,TestSeqAudit,yes
C,04,WarnWhenMissingAnimation,no
C,05,Range,1,2
C,06,LockHudOnScreen,no
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The Range entry in the *sequences notecard inside the Sequencer-Details Engine specifies which *seq notecards to read when choosing the ReadRngeAdd button. This makes loading faster when we only want to read a few notecards versus re-reading unnecessary notecard sequences.  Always check this entry if things are not working out. It is easy to forget.  Be sure to SAVE the notecard if you have to change it then press Reset. This will read in any new values for the Range entry.  Range,1,2 means we want to read *seq1, *seq2, and write their contents (durations and animation names)  to our Sequencer-Engine database.

OR

If you don’t mind reading all *seq notecards, even those that have not changed, and you don’t mind paying the extra load-time penalty then choose ReadAndAdd button. This will IGNORE the Range restriction and read ALL *seq notecards

At this point, we have no details for 004, yet. We will add those using the MENU method later.

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Now let’s list the 1st a sequence, 001 (*SeqNick1)

Press SelectSeq button

We get the following popup.

This popup is used to:
1 – Show details of a sequence, by number
2 – Choose a sequence to test, by number
3 – Change a sequence entry  (1 duration/anim)
4 – Show number of entries in the Sequencer-Engine Database
5 – Show the highest sequence-number that has detail entries (usually the last entry worked on)
6 – All will list an overview of each detail, Sequence-Number and number of line-entries
7 – Dump  will save database entries between 2 sequence-numbers inclusively by listing the information into local chat, to be copied into a notecard to be restored later, should the need arise.  This allows you to safeguard any changes made to the database using the HUD MENUS.
8 – Restore will update the database with the previous contents from a Dump command  by reading what you have copied and pasted into the *restore notecard.

The ActiveSequence is what certain subsequent
commands will depend on.

It consists of a sequence number, Example: 001 and a sequence nickname. Example: $SeqNick1.  It is possible that the nickname is not present if you chose to create Detail records before creating a Master record.

Sequence NickName: $SeqNick1

 Press ShowDetail

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Sequence/NickName: 001 – $SeqNick1

SID. m:ss Seconds Duration Animation

01 | 0:0 | 0.0000 | 10.000 | Cool For School
02 | 0:10 | 10.000 | 3.0000 | Jive-1
03 | 0:13 | 13.000 | 5.0000 | Riverdance
End 0:18 | 18.000

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Ok, now let’s create our own Sequence Details for Sequence No. 003, NickName of $MySeqNick

We don’t need the existing sequence notecards. Rereading them would slow the process, especially when you start having a lot of sequences. We will save them for emergencies should we ever need to rebuild.  But we don’t need to remove them.  We just change our Range entry in the *sequences notecard from Range,1,2 to
Range,3,3.

Our new sequence-detail entries for Sequence 3 looks like this:

01 | 20.8 | tap dance
02 | 24.5 | Jive-3

In order to read in and make the new Range values active, we need to press Reset on the Sequencer-Details Menu.

Resetting Sequencer-Details Engine !!!
2452 Free Memory in: !PCSD SequenceDetails v2.60
130948 – Free DETAILS-DATABASE Available
WARNING: SEQUENCER-DETAILS HUD IS UNLOCKED
6 Configuration Entries Read Successfully !
$$$ Sequencer-Details Engine READY $$$

Now Press the ReadADDdeta button

Reading range of Sequence-Details notecards between: *seq3 and *seq3 inclusively
$$$ 1 Total Sequence-Details (*seq) read Successfully $$$

Press SelectSeq button
Enter a value of 3, this time.

Sequence/NickName: 003 – $SeqNick3

SID. m:ss Seconds Duration Animation

01 | 0:0 | 0.0000 | 20.800 | tap dance
02 | 0:20 | 20.800 | 24.500 | Jive-3
End 0:45 | 45.300

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Let’s test our NEW Sequence !

3 Steps (4 Steps to Test  the Sequencer the very first time after a Reset)
These are the Button Presses.
Step 3 only needs to be done once after a Reset.

1 – Press the SelectSeq and enter the SequenceNumber of the sequence that you want to test

2 – Press [Test] to bring up the Test sub-menu

3 – Press the Permissions button. Accept Permission to animate.

4 –  Press the CopyFromMai button, to copy the animations necessary to test the selected sequence, assuming they are already in the MAIN-HUD. Or manually copy the needed animations into the Sequencer-Details Engine

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IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!! WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!

If a filename already exists, then a new filename is created in the Sequencer-Details Engine  by appending a number to the end of the new file that was copied.
FileName produces FileName 1 if FileName already exists in the destination.

FileName 1 will ALWAYS be DELETED if it exists, unless it is NOCOPY or NOMOD

Example:  Your animation is named Bollywood7.
Then, Bollowood7 1  will always be deleted UNLESS it is NOCOPY, when using either the CopyFromMai buttons.

NOCOPY animations NEVER get copied between the MAIN HUD and the Sequencer-Details Engine

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5 – Press TestSequence (or TestHUD). 

6 – Press STOP button on Sequencer-Details Engine to STOP a sequence tested using the TestSequenc button
Main-HUD to STOP a sequence tested using the TestHUD button

m:ss Seconds  Duration Animation

0:00 – 0.000 – 20.80 – tap dance
0:20 – 20.80 – 24.50 – Jive-3
0:45 – 45.30 – 20.80 – tap dance
1:06 – 66.10 – 24.50 – Jive-3

It shows a timeline of when each dance starts so you could gauge a sequence lasting close to the length of a particular song that you like.

In this example, you can test the other sequences by starting with step 1 and entering 1 or 2 because these sequences already exist.

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Method #2: Menu Editing

We will first add a 4th new Sequencer-Master to our 3 existing Sequence Masters.

Pressing ListAllSeqs on the Sequencer-Masters Engine should produce:

001 – $SeqNick1
002 – $SeqNick2
003 – $MySeqNick
004 – $MyLastNik

Press the AddNewDetal button

Enter 4 and Press Submit

Enter the information above and Press Submit

INFORMATION: No Sequencer-Details already exist for Sequence No: 004 to ADD details to.
(this simply means that no Sequencer-Detail entries already exist for Sequence No. 004 .  It lets you know this is the 1st time and that you are not adding entries to an existing Sequence No. 004)
CREATING NEW Entries for Sequence Number: 004
New Keys Written…
004-01
004-02

(Note: The first time I entered this i got an error because i made a typo and misspelled the an animation name WARNING: Animation: 2 – JIve-3 was NOT FOUND in the Sequencer-Engine inventory. It should have been Jive-3 not JIve-3. But it added it because it realizes it is ok to add entries without actual animations existing in the Sequencer-Engine because you may intend to only test the sequences using only the MainHUD which is an option)

Pressing ShowDetail:

Sequence/NickName: 004 – $MyLastNik

SID. m:ss Seconds Duration Animation

01 | 0:0 | 0.0000 | 25.860 | Jive-1
02 | 0:25 | 25.860 | 24.500 | JIve-3
End 0:50 | 50.360

THATS IT!  You are ready to TEST Sequence No. 004

Quick and Easy!

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CONFIG

If the actual animations exist in the MAIN HUD and you want to test them in the Sequencer-Engine, then you can use the CopyFromHud button. AllowCopyFromHUD,yes is the required setting in the *masters notecard in the Sequencer-Engine.

In the *masters notecard is another entry.
C,07,SendAnimationsToHUDMethod,copy

When this value is copy, the original animation REMAINS in the sequencer-engine after copying

C,07,SendAnimationsToHUDMethod,move

When this value is move, then the original animation is DELETED after the sequencer-engine copies it to the MAIN HUD.

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CHANGING

You can change (edit) the Master NickName using the
button on the Sequencer-Masters Engine Menu

 

Enter the sequence number, followed by a comma followed by the new NickName (must begin with a $ and be 10 characters or less.

You can change  a detail entry (SeqID, duration, animation)
using the ChangeSeq button on the Sequencer-Details Engine Menu.  First you must select a sequence to change using the SelectSeq button. Then… press the ChangeSeq button on the Sequencer-Masters Engine Menu

Enter the SeqID then the duration and then the actual animation name.  If you only want to change the duration, then you can omit the animation name.

 

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