LUMIPro 2018 Beta

Thank you beta testers!   I mean seriously, THANK YOU!  There is so much about Linden's scripting language that somehow seems to behave differently with me and it seems that no how much testing I do with an alt, it just doesn't tend to find all the bugs.  It is you guys that help make LUMIPro one of the more solid scripted HUDS on SL.   Again, did I say thank you!?

I'm not expending 6-7 betas like I did a couple years ago getting the scene system together.  That was painful.  It was because it touched so much of the overall code.  This time the changes were mostly centered in the color scripts and since I  did some planning a couple years ago, the scene system didn't need any changes to support the customer colors.

So what is this beta about?  Is about color!  I found myself and had other people say the same, that they had certain "signature colors" that they tended to use as their go-to colors when they did work.  There wasn't an easy way to revive a prior favorite color except through the scene system.  Now there is a "save" button on the color flyout and a new category of colors exists called "favorites".  You can name your color and the color propagates through the scene and backup systems.

Due to memory constraints, you can save about 35-50 favorite colors, but do people really have more favorite colors than that?  lol

As far as best testing goes, please watch the briefing video below.  If you find a bug or have some basic feedback on the look and feel or things are not obvious please submit your bug to here.

The beta1 window is scheduled for 2 weeks and we'll then give you an update and let you know.  check back to this blog for more details. We would also like to ask if you are a blogger please feel free to discuss the new features, but please keep the bugs you find during beta for the submission form. You guys are amazing!

Thank you
---Stefan!!

be sure to watch the video full screen and ensure its set to HD 1080p

LUMIPro 2017 Version 2 beta

I'm doing a maintenance release of LUMIPro to cover some issues some customers as well as I found.  Hopefully these are useful improvements for everyone.

As always, the purpose of the beta program is to identify issues with a broader testing base.  Thank you for offering to help!!

You can get the 2017 version 2 hud as a beta at the lumipro headquarters http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Phenomenal/218/167/1502

Please submit your bugs through pressing the help->Support button.

thank you all so much!!

Change list (in no particular order)

1. options->rez backup server looking for 2016 backup server
2. Saving a scene removes the old scene name
3. Clicking a sitball no longer resets location
4. Cycling the power button no longer shows the balls and preserves alpha
5. Large pose file names now shows better on the display menus
6. Pixel cleanup on the sliders
7. Deleting a single pose no longer resets to the top of the list
8. Scene checks animation exists and issues pop-up if not vs throwing a script error
9. Sit ball joystick in/out no longer moves the projector
10. Projector menu now added to final LCD location
11. Wearing the backup server no longer displays yellow text on a teleport
12. Cataloging will stop if close to memory full
13. Pressing the animation stop button doesn’t request an animation unless there are outstanding poses
14. Attempted to reduce texture sizes to prevent slow performance message (still there sadly)
15. After filing all 10 models the HUD gracefully is full
16. Scene restore of a camera only position no longer does an eye animation request to the model.
17. Delete All now works with pose filters (example: you can now delete all poses with the word “SIT” in them.
18. Faster post catalog reset with a large number of animations
19. New feature:  You can transfer a scene to a friend with a LUMIPro
20. Now you can type “YES!” to deleting an animation and you won’t be asked each time
21. The joystick now selects projector when selecting the black ball on the color menu (convenience)
22. help notecard updated
23. change server updates to the new release (won’t work on beta, ignore the update message)

2017 release candidate

OMG I think i'm done.   final animations, final permissions. final help graphics.  if you find ANYTHING please tell me in the next 20 hours  (12/10 5pm SLT).  Thank you everyone!!  seriously!

2017 Beta5

This should be the last beta release.  We're waiting for a few help textures for the manual and a few animation updates.  Animations from 4 vendors now included in this release!  Several real bugs were found through your posting your beta feedback.  Thank you so much! Beta5

Recycles both joystick and LCD display on attach to refresh textures

cleanup the pose menu

Rezzing an eye gazer sets the joystick correctly

Fixed outside joystick buttons for facelight movement

New poses (a few need fixing and a vendor missing still)

2017 Beta4

I'm getting super close to calling the HUD and scripting complete.   Now to test like crazy
The new animations from various vendors are not in the HUD yet.  Thank you beta testers, you identified 2-3 bugs i missed.

Beta4

Fixed default blue vs green

Reduced default saturation from 0.84 to 0.54

Optimized split positions

Projector rotation menu cleanup

Projector debug messages removed

Projector, eye gazer, and sitball now report a clickable address for location after 4 days idle

animation list starts at first post, not last pose

eye animations now saved in the scene system regardless whether the model is being posed or not

LCD defaults to modern mode on an attach or relog

Beta3 Update

So i was shooting as part of beta2 testing and found the gobo a little harsh. so i played with the gobo transparency and found it could soften it quite a bit.  Sadly it doesn't' seem like the rendering system is capable of more than "soft" and "harsh" but still it was kinda cool.  So i added it to the system.

Beta3 change list:

4 more scripts removed

Joystick outside buttons now work for face lights

displays the unique name of the avi if the avi teleports or goes offline until the model is assigned

restoring presets only now properly reports the last backup date

wearable backup server does not display text when worn on every teleport

Soft and harsh projectors

Beta2 update

This is a fairly quick update to Beta1 but had enough changes that i wanted to make sure it got some good testing.

Beta2 Change List:

Added Filter Pose feature to LCD

Report selected pose filter on the pose dialog

removed backup/restore debug messages

Pose catalog updated after restore complete

removed 9 scripts

12 new gobos from TexasRob!  We now have 40 total

Welcome to LUMIPro 2017 Beta

It always blows me away when i write this post.  There are beta1s for about 7 releases of lumipro.  I'm so happy you are willing to help making the 2017 release amazing.

Ok.  Here is the deal.  I need about 20-30 users to give it test runs. Help find bugs.  Tell me what you like or don't like with the interface.  Tell me positive as well as negative feedback please.

You can give your feedback here.  https://goo.gl/forms/A7tz1KzEoXOUhLZD2

please watch the video i recorded to help brief you on the new features.  There are still a couple of small features i'm going to add in beta2, but i wanted to get this big feature released.

BTW the ball movement feature i protyped about 4-5 different ways.  I really need your feeback, 

2016 Release Candidate

Holy crap i think i'm done!!!

I wanted to release this to the beta community today and i will release to the general world this Friday.  So please here is the last chance to get me your beta bug reports.

I wanted to give a final thank you to everyone that participated in the beta and a double thank you to those that submitted beta reports with their bugs and experiences.

Please feel free to submit any further beta experience reports between now and Friday to this link.

You guys are amazing!!  The best of the best on SL!

Release candidate change list:

• New Poses!!
• Projector lighting initial 15%
• Option menu reorganized
• New feature:  Delete animation under options menu
• Few spelling errors here and there

2016 Beta6

Beta6 is super close to final release.  I expect there to be one more release after this called "RC1" for "release candidate 1" but the expectation is this release is final and from here i'm just making sure nothing broke and things are correct.  I've fixed a few issues from beta5 around projectors no derezzing, backup servers not restoring right, etc.    There is now a new option command to flush all the demo poses out of your hud. 

I'm gunning to have this release out the door next week, so any feedback needs to come FAST!

Submit any issues on the beta checkout to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N_rmeRC8SwlexlKcoAkHE2Bsx2JsjJlBVHNbg2jGboo/viewform?c=0&w=1

LUMIPro 2016 Beta6 release notes:

• Backup server now attachable and works in zero rez sims.
• Naming a preset with /42 does not change the save date on a preset
• Add option menu item to delete demo poses
• Bug fix:  changing animations while on a model other than owner reverts back to owner.
• Various bug fixes around the backup server
• Partial set of new poses included in this release

Couple shots i did during beta6 testing with Sammie using sitballs and saved presets

2016 Beta5

OMG this is getting close to final beta.  Just a small number of issues around the backup/restore server.  Sorry beta4 had a couple problems that led to a lot of bug reports.  But thank you THANK YOU for staying patient with me.

Beta5 change list

1. Adjusted warning thersholds for pose memory (thanks Aida)
2. Moving to production config.  Presets no longer flying out.  Alpha config back to default
3. Reduced script count and memory by moving several buttons to a common script. 
4. Allows clicking the yellow model text area to bring up a list of models (same as models button)
5. Tuned the sitball thresholds for restore and movement to make it work better in real situations and movement greater than 10m
6. Sit ball movement set against initial photographer position.  Allows the photographer to move without changing move behavior
7. Sit ball will not move unexpectedly (when rezing a projector or another sitball for example)
8. Error in projector messaging and movement on a worn projector
9. Various message cleanups regarding estimated camera position, sitball, and projector movement restrictions
10. Fixed /43 pose filtering being picked up by other huds in the room
11. Fixed the preset teleport if camera position is not saved
12. Cleaned up projector error responses for saving inworld and restoring attached and visa versa.
13. Attempted fix for lag based issue issue where sometimes the swatches on the first page or set to black (reset race). 
14. If you select a swatch and saturation is < 50% then saturation is set back to 100%
15. If the light intensity is <0.1 and a color swatch is selected, the intensity is set high
16. Pressing the stop button now unlocks the camera
17. Projector menu says "lock" and "unlock"vs before always saying lock.
18. When you start moving the projector it defaults the color menus over to the projector
19. Pressing the power button hides the wearable ball lights as well as cutting the intensity to all lights
20. If the model crashes, the projector no longer goes crazy and attempts to move to location 0,0,0;

2016 beta4

Thank you again everyone for all your support during the beta progress.  I believe there will be probably a beta5 and possibly a beta6 before production.  This release had a huge and painful thing happen every scripter hates which is the preset save/restore script ran out of memory.  I had to create a second script and work out a way to push data back and forth between two scripts.  It was about 20 hours of unplanned work.  lol  but i think its back up and working and working well. It also gives plenty of memory so i won't have this problem again (knock on wood).

We have had 29 beta reports given and this release coveres several of them.  Beta 5 will address the rest.

We had 3 beta testers get confused about the unlock button.  I'm going to rework the icon on the interface to be better.  But when you restore a camera preset your camera position is "locked" and even if the avi walks around the camera wont budge.  pressing the unlock button on the preset card (bottom right) unocks your camera.  I also have the camera unlock on a teleport.

Keep the beta reports coming.  Even if your report is "things are great" that helps.

Beta4 fix list

1. Added second script to give more memory to save presets
2. Display names vs unique names used on display for projector, give lights, and HUD model display vs 
3. Preset eye animation save reports "not set" if eye animation selected then stopped now as expected
4. Backup server now allows restoring presets from a friend's server.  Just have the friend click the backup server and restore presets to their hud.
5. Sit ball won't move more than 20 meter from where rezzed.  This is good when you start at a skybox and then try to restore a sitball position on the ground.
6. Sit ball preset save wont save if the avi isn't actually sitting on the ball
7. Sit ball no longer sizes as expected
8. Sit ball no longer responds to touch for movement
9. Camera position is calculated only after the sitball has been moved.
10. Restore will attempt and warn if the camera was restored in a different sit ball state than the restore
11. Region names with spaces in them now work on the advanced preset/teleport
12. Projector restores all light/bulb/gobo settings even if position is not able to be restored
13. Adjust click position on sliders advanced to allow triangle to bring out advanced similar to presets
14. Help about "light details" removed color/sliders/advanced reports all the same information and reduces local chat
15. Minor hud distortion making buttons not round fixed.  The hud looks like it went on a diet.
16. "pick me up and wear me" display text only displays while on the ground and not when worn (allows greater hud movement)
17. Misc spelling errors fixed
18. Animation preset save working without changing models. 

2016 beta3

thanks to all the beta testers.  You guys are a life saver.

Beta3 is released.  it is about 95% feature complete. The biggest open item i have is the preset save/restore script itself is getting so large there isn't sufficient room to save all 9 presets so i get the fun (yay me) of breaking the script into a dialog script and a storage mule script.  That will probably take me at least through mid next week to get going. 

Beta3 fix list:

• Camera is unlocked on a teleport
• Camera relative position is calculated if the camera restore is > 2 m from the save position.  Very cool!
• Fixed 2 o'clock and 5 o'clock joystick buttons (closer/farther)
• Added gears menu (advanced options) to the presets menu
• Added front hud power button.  Fast shutting off of lights for a model (example when teleporting to a   sim that gets angry that you're wearing lights)
• Backup/restore prim changed to something smaller
• Ball size now only changes on an explicit change request.  Bug fixed if projector selected
• Updated face graphics
• Gobo rotation doesn't reset on a gobo change
• Intensity close to zero set exactly to zero
• A projector intensity of zero disables the light (like the wearable balls)
• LCD help works
• Moved to display name vs unique name
• LCD name is limited to 16 characters

Sammie is going to be expanding the beta test group as we gain more confidence the hud is stable and the right interface.  

Thank you Beta1 testers.  you guys rock.  Special thanks to Karol, Kerena, queenbmommi, BroderickLogan, and Linc for submitting bug reports.

This is a fast release of beta2 with 14 fixes because there were a few bugs that i considered "pain enough" that it was causing enough enoyances even for myself that i wanted to get the fix out quickly.  To get the update, just wear the beta1 to get the beta2.

remember the backup/restore server works great going from beta to beta.  Steps
1.Wear old hud
2. help button -> options -> rez backup server
3 .help button -> options -> backup
4. detach hold hud, wear new hud
5. help button -> options -> restore

6. wait until it reports complete.
7. Tell Stefan how awesome he is


Beta2 fixed list
 Preset
  Gobos are now saved as part of preset save and restore
  Wearable projector position save/restore working
  Restore debug messages removed
 Projector
  Projector hud callup not responding
  Additional gobos and next/prev added
  Bulb button broke
  Wearable projector movement fixed
 Sitball
  Sitball rotation on the hud outter left/right controls
  Sitball now moves correctly when no one is sitting on it
  Only the selected model can sit on the sitball
 Misc
  Joystick does not require cycling before working on sitball
  Derez now works if there is no model change.
  Joystick now supports repetative touch and hold
  Attempted fix on joystick flipper not rezzing always.  Lets see if it works

Beta3 is going to focus on giving "relative" camera save/restore capability so that you can restore camera positions in locations other than exactly where the camera was saved.

Keep sending reports even if they are just confirming you've had a good experience.

Thanks again!  ---Stefan

Beta Tags and Feedback!

This is just a quick note to let you all know we are going to try to release beta two this weekend. So if there are any bugs, issues, or feedback of any kind please let us know. You can find the place to leave feedback here. We also have each of you a LUMIPro Beta Tester tag if you wish to wear it. Well until next time... Thank you all again for your help.

Welcome The Beta Team!

First of all congratulations to everyone who made the first beta team! We want to thank you for taking the time to help us test this new update. Remember that beta testing is all about using the product as much as you can, and letting us know what you think. Don't be shy! We want to know what you like, what you don't like, what needs to be changed, what isn't working or anything in between. To make this easier for us and you please leave any feedback on our Beta Feedback Form. As always if you have any questions feel free to contact us. Thank you for taking this journey with us to make this next release of LUMIPro amazing!

LUMIPro 2016 Beta Video!

Finally!!   LUMIPro 2016 Beta!  Please take a few minutes to watch this video to help brief you on the 2016 release.  We won't be able to get the manual together until formal release, so this is the only way for you to get updated on the new capability and how to use it.  Please let me and Sammie know if anything is confusing. Remember in beta we can change the GUI and what not, so speak up if something is unclear or awkward!  Thank you all so much. (Also look at the prior video for more detail on the camera DOF)

Sneak peak of the camera save/restore feature

V3.4 Beta1!

Beta time again!!

For customers of lumipro that have owned for a while you're all aware of the beta program.  
For new customers of lumipro, i always release updates to lumipro for free and existing lumipro customers are always available to join the beta.  The purpose of the beta program is to give interested customers a chance to try out new features before full release and also help me find bugs.

Watch the video for the briefing and how you can get the beta hud yourself.

I'm looking for bugs and feedback on the interface.  There still bits and pieces of features not fully functional in this release.  I'll get them cleaned up over the next month or so.

Click here for the studio

Thank you!!!

beta10

I had a customer today really confused with the color picker related to the quick set balls. 

I've made a change to the quickset balls where the color is not changed by the quickset. 

I added an "x" on the color tab so closing makes more sense
I no longer toggle the flyin/flyout of the color picker and require using the new "x" I created.

little changes :)