{"id":1789,"date":"2019-10-01T08:20:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T14:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2021-01-23T02:56:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T09:56:54","slug":"smartdancer-102-controllers-and-divisioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=1789","title":{"rendered":"SmartDancer 102 – Controllers and Divisioning"},"content":{"rendered":"

SmartDancer<\/strong> has 2 controllers.<\/p>\n

CONTROLLERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main reason for SmartDancer<\/strong> controllers is to be able to control 2 halves of a set of bots (or dancing avatars) at the same time but in different ways.\u00a0 You can send commands to 2 halves using just 1 controller but when sending to controller zero, it sends commands to ALL controllers so this way you can insure tighter timing by sending 1 command to control both halves in different ways at the same exact pinpoint time using multiple controllers.\u00a0 We will explain that method in more detail later.<\/p>\n

You can control up to 9<\/strong> bots\/avatars with one controller.<\/p>\n

If you have 9 bots\/avatars, you could control 5 with 1 controller and 4 with the other controller.\u00a0 If you had 6 then you could control 3 with 1 controller and 3 with the other controller…etc, etc.<\/p>\n

You need at least 1 controller rezzed<\/strong> at design and showtime.<\/p>\n

The controller talks to the bots (or Palettes, or Special Poseball)<\/em><\/strong> and makes them move or turn or June or change speed, or flip, or combinations there of.<\/p>\n

A major purpose for the controller is to SEND the formation positions<\/strong> to the\u00a0 bots (or Palettes, or Special Poseball).\u00a0 This is done by resetting the controller, a very important first step. Only needs to be done once.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have the Artiste HUD<\/strong> then it talks to the controller telling it what to tell the\u00a0 bots (or Palettes, or Special Poseball) to do.<\/p>\n

GROUPING<\/strong><\/p>\n

HALF vs ALTERNATE vs NO_GROUPING<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You can tell the controller which group-ing methodology you will be using coming up.<\/p>\n

Lets look at HALF vs ALTERNATE<\/strong>.\u00a0 The bots kindly use RED<\/span> <\/strong>and BLUE<\/strong> <\/span>coloring of the bot-head to let you easily follow which bots are affected by which controller<\/p>\n

Using just one controller you can quickly send commands to the RED<\/span> <\/strong>bots AND<\/strong> a different\u00a0 set (or same) commands to the BLUE<\/span> <\/strong>bots.<\/p>\n

You would use the SENDA<\/strong> button to tell the controller that subsequent commands would go to RED<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You would use the SENDB<\/strong> button to tell the controller that subsequent commands would go to RED<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You would use the SENDC<\/strong> button to tell the controller that subsequent commands would go to both <\/b>RED<\/span> and <\/b>BLUE<\/strong><\/span> (or BLACK if NO_GROUPing)<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n

OR<\/strong><\/p>\n

you could use 2 controllers with one sending to RED<\/strong> <\/span>and the other sending to BLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

HALF<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Imagine a formation change applying to just the RED or BLUE bots instead of ALL the bots. That could make for some unusual and interesting bot\/avatar movement.<\/p>\n

ALTERNATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Imagine a formation change applying to just the RED or BLUE bots instead of ALL the bots. That could make for some unusual and interesting bot\/avatar movement.<\/p>\n

This coloring choice of making the middle bot RED instead of blue makes more sense because the other 8 will be in sync since the middle bot is usually doing something different or differentiated from the rest WHEN here is an ODD number of bots\/dancers.<\/p>\n

So next you tell the controller WHICH half (red or blue) that the
\nsubsequent commands will go to.<\/p>\n

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NO_DIVISION<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ALL subsequent commands apply to ALL the bots.<\/p>\n

This is the mode other formation tools use.<\/p>\n

Not only do we have formation<\/strong> commands but we ALSO<\/strong> have\u00a0turns<\/strong> and Junes, flips, and speed-assignment,\u00a0 all of\u00a0<\/strong>which can apply to divisions<\/strong> as well as ALL<\/strong> the bots.\u00a0 We will talk about the commands in an upcoming post.<\/p>\n

NOTE: Juneing<\/strong>\u00a0 (a term i made up in respect to June Taylor of the June Taylor dancers) is rotating a formation<\/strong> around the center-point or center avatar of a formation.<\/p>\n