File Cleanup Locations

[Santacarl]

I saw the new addition to do "File Cleanup Locations" and figure that must be part of the answer on how to do this but when I click on it nothing happens. 

Can someone explain how to use the file cleanup option?  I'm obviously missing something....

[allknowing2012]

I saw the new addition to do "File Cleanup Locations" and figure that must be part of the answer on how to do this but when I click on it nothing happens.

Can someone explain how to use the file cleanup option?  I'm obviously missing something....

For the open sequence, any files that are outside of your showfolder are copied into your showfolder and then xlights is repointed to use them.

[Santacarl]

I saw the new addition to do "File Cleanup Locations" and figure that must be part of the answer on how to do this but when I click on it nothing happens.

Can someone explain how to use the file cleanup option?  I'm obviously missing something....

For the open sequence, any files that are outside of your showfolder are copied into your showfolder and then xlights is repointed to use them.

Thanks for the response 'AK'.  I tried that no less than 20 times.  I created a fresh/new sequence, imported effects from another person's sequence...Effects came over fine.  While in the 'Sequence' tab I selected File Cleanup Locations and Xl jumped from the sequence tab to the layout tab on it's own (with red rings around some of my props) then the computer locked so badly that even the mouse is inoperative....I have to turn the power off to the computer to reboot...

I must be doing something wrong in my attempt to bring over files...but I have no clue what that would be.

Guess I need to upload a 'bug report' if I can remember how to do it....as I recall the last time I did that it frustrated me to no end to the point that I would have preferred figuring out how to pull teeth out of a chicken....Haha....

[allknowing2012]

There was a bug, fixed in .11 that it would flip to the layout after an import (it goes and makes a model active). So that has been addressed. As for it locking up .. not sure about that .. could be shaders? In preferences, other tab I think, disable the run shaders in the background. That too has issues and addressed in .11

Not sure if you get a chance after the import, but perhaps see if you can check the disable render button bottom left to catch it before the lockup.


Tools->Package Logs and Help->Issue Tracker is you want to post a problem report.