Thanks for the fast reply. In the beginning of this thread you kindly provided some information how to use it for non Now-Crowd Billboards so I had my hopes up. :) The scenes I needed people for isn't likely to be hosted by DAZ (let's say nightclub interior), so I knew I am kinda stuck with this. I found a workaround - if I put a copy of that billboard in the folder and delete the .duf extension, it seems to work. So filename.duf with filename.duf.png and filename. So the three essential utilities - crowd maker with angle option, angle changer and align to camera work and that's all I need (still puzzled by the .duf.duf thing, though).
Thanks for the great product and your excellent line of Billboards, though I had a bit of a hard time getting the Modern City Life Set downloaded - it seems the DAZ servers are quite busy at the moment and 15 parts á 1 GB produced many failed downloads. But it's all complete now, so I can mix in regular people outside of the club. :)
Is there a post somewhere to see what other Billboard scenes you are working on and which might arrive in the shop? Office looks interesting and if I decide to burn the club down one day, there are excellent options to fill the scene with reporters, police and fire fighters.
I am glad you found a workaround.
I don't have a post for next billboard product; it really depends on my todo list, my inspiration, and what I need myself
I just wasted hours again trying to figure out why Now Crowd Utilities would not orient my billboard to my camera. The log file gave no clue; it said the script executed successfully. I finally figured out (again) that because I had done an animated dForce simulation on clothing in the scene, the timeline was not on frame 0. Now Crowd Utilities (or any of the Orient Camera scripts in the individual billboard products) will not work unless the timeline is on frame 0.
I just wasted hours again trying to figure out why Now Crowd Utilities would not orient my billboard to my camera. The log file gave no clue; it said the script executed successfully. I finally figured out (again) that because I had done an animated dForce simulation on clothing in the scene, the timeline was not on frame 0. Now Crowd Utilities (or any of the Orient Camera scripts in the individual billboard products) will not work unless the timeline is on frame 0.
I will record this as a bug and see about a fix.
EDIT: Strange. That was recorded fixed in January 2020. Is this something that happens only when dForce messes up the timeline? Or any timeline?
I just wasted hours again trying to figure out why Now Crowd Utilities would not orient my billboard to my camera. The log file gave no clue; it said the script executed successfully. I finally figured out (again) that because I had done an animated dForce simulation on clothing in the scene, the timeline was not on frame 0. Now Crowd Utilities (or any of the Orient Camera scripts in the individual billboard products) will not work unless the timeline is on frame 0.
I will record this as a bug and see about a fix.
EDIT: Strange. That was recorded fixed in January 2020. Is this something that happens only when dForce messes up the timeline? Or any timeline?
Thank you for responding. You are one of the best PAs for customer interaction and bug fixing! Here is a simple scenario to try. (Edit: I saved the scene and attached the scene file to save you some work)
Create a new scene
Add a camera to the scene
Set the viewport to use the camera just added
Rotate the camera, to look to the left, for example
Open the Timeline pane
Move the Timeline to frame 15
Add a Now Crowd billboard to the scene
Observe that the billboard is not facing the camera (this is to be expected and normal)
Select the Now Crowd billboard in the Scene pane
Run the Now-Crowd Orient Billboard script
Click the Preview button - nothing changes in the viewport
Click the Accept button - nothing changes in the viewport
Run the Now-Crowd Utility - Orient Billboard script
Click the Preview button - nothing changes in the viewport
Click the Accept button - nothing changes in the viewport
Move the Tiimeline to frame 0
Observe that the billboard is facing the camera in frame 0, not the frame the Timeline was in when the Orient utility was run.
My Now crowd billboard products and Now Crowd Utilities product are installed with DIM.. My installed Now-Crowd Utilities DIM package date is 5/28/2020. DIM doesn't show any updates available, so I believe I have the latest version. There is no version number shown in the actual script interface dialog. The Now-Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle does work to rotate the billboard, but the option in that script to Orient to Camera does not work on a frame other than 0.
If you cannot repeat this scenario with the same results, I guess we need to look deeper to see if one of your other installed scripts has changed something in the Common settings that interferes for me.
Edit: I just noticed that you said the problem was fixed in January 2020. Now-Crowd Utilities hadn't even been released yet at that time. It is possible that old code or settings got used in the new product that reverted a fix you made to the script in Now-Crowd billboard products?
I just wasted hours again trying to figure out why Now Crowd Utilities would not orient my billboard to my camera. The log file gave no clue; it said the script executed successfully. I finally figured out (again) that because I had done an animated dForce simulation on clothing in the scene, the timeline was not on frame 0. Now Crowd Utilities (or any of the Orient Camera scripts in the individual billboard products) will not work unless the timeline is on frame 0.
I will record this as a bug and see about a fix.
EDIT: Strange. That was recorded fixed in January 2020. Is this something that happens only when dForce messes up the timeline? Or any timeline?
Thank you for responding. You are one of the best PAs for customer interaction and bug fixing! Here is a simple scenario to try. (Edit: I saved the scene and attached the scene file to save you some work)
Create a new scene
Add a camera to the scene
Set the viewport to use the camera just added
Rotate the camera, to look to the left, for example
Open the Timeline pane
Move the Timeline to frame 15
Add a Now Crowd billboard to the scene
Observe that the billboard is not facing the camera (this is to be expected and normal)
Select the Now Crowd billboard in the Scene pane
Run the Now-Crowd Orient Billboard script
Click the Preview button - nothing changes in the viewport
Click the Accept button - nothing changes in the viewport
Run the Now-Crowd Utility - Orient Billboard script
Click the Preview button - nothing changes in the viewport
Click the Accept button - nothing changes in the viewport
Move the Tiimeline to frame 0
Observe that the billboard is facing the camera in frame 0, not the frame the Timeline was in when the Orient utility was run.
My Now crowd billboard products and Now Crowd Utilities product are installed with DIM.. My installed Now-Crowd Utilities DIM package date is 5/28/2020. DIM doesn't show any updates available, so I believe I have the latest version. There is no version number shown in the actual script interface dialog. The Now-Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle does work to rotate the billboard, but the option in that script to Orient to Camera does not work on a frame other than 0.
If you cannot repeat this scenario with the same results, I guess we need to look deeper to see if one of your other installed scripts has changed something in the Common settings that interferes for me.
Edit: I just noticed that you said the problem was fixed in January 2020. Now-Crowd Utilities hadn't even been released yet at that time. It is possible that old code or settings got used in the new product that reverted a fix you made to the script in Now-Crowd billboard products?
Thanks for the steps. I could reproduce it and I look like I have a fix. The Orient is the only script with problems? This fix will only go in Now-Crowd Utitlities. It is too much to update some 50+ products.
I just wasted hours again trying to figure out why Now Crowd Utilities would not orient my billboard to my camera. The log file gave no clue; it said the script executed successfully. I finally figured out (again) that because I had done an animated dForce simulation on clothing in the scene, the timeline was not on frame 0. Now Crowd Utilities (or any of the Orient Camera scripts in the individual billboard products) will not work unless the timeline is on frame 0.
I will record this as a bug and see about a fix.
EDIT: Strange. That was recorded fixed in January 2020. Is this something that happens only when dForce messes up the timeline? Or any timeline?
Thank you for responding. You are one of the best PAs for customer interaction and bug fixing! Here is a simple scenario to try. (Edit: I saved the scene and attached the scene file to save you some work)
Create a new scene
Add a camera to the scene
Set the viewport to use the camera just added
Rotate the camera, to look to the left, for example
Open the Timeline pane
Move the Timeline to frame 15
Add a Now Crowd billboard to the scene
Observe that the billboard is not facing the camera (this is to be expected and normal)
Select the Now Crowd billboard in the Scene pane
Run the Now-Crowd Orient Billboard script
Click the Preview button - nothing changes in the viewport
Click the Accept button - nothing changes in the viewport
Run the Now-Crowd Utility - Orient Billboard script
Click the Preview button - nothing changes in the viewport
Click the Accept button - nothing changes in the viewport
Move the Tiimeline to frame 0
Observe that the billboard is facing the camera in frame 0, not the frame the Timeline was in when the Orient utility was run.
My Now crowd billboard products and Now Crowd Utilities product are installed with DIM.. My installed Now-Crowd Utilities DIM package date is 5/28/2020. DIM doesn't show any updates available, so I believe I have the latest version. There is no version number shown in the actual script interface dialog. The Now-Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle does work to rotate the billboard, but the option in that script to Orient to Camera does not work on a frame other than 0.
If you cannot repeat this scenario with the same results, I guess we need to look deeper to see if one of your other installed scripts has changed something in the Common settings that interferes for me.
Edit: I just noticed that you said the problem was fixed in January 2020. Now-Crowd Utilities hadn't even been released yet at that time. It is possible that old code or settings got used in the new product that reverted a fix you made to the script in Now-Crowd billboard products?
Thanks for the steps. I could reproduce it and I look like I have a fix. The Orient is the only script with problems? This fix will only go in Now-Crowd Utitlities. It is too much to update some 50+ products.
Now-Crowd Orient Billboard is where I noticed the problem. Now-Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle also has the problem, because the orient option in that tool doesn't work on the time line.
I haven't tested the other scripts in Utilities to see what happens with them on the timeline.
Edit:
I tried the crowd scripts. They will build a crowd, but the the orient buttons don't work in frames other than 0 there either.
I tried drop to surface, move to ground, and move to height. None of those would move the billboards in any frame other than 0. They just stayed where they were when the timeline is on another frame.
Now-Crowd Orient Billboard is where I noticed the problem. Now-Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle also has the problem, because the orient option in that tool doesn't work on the time line.
I haven't tested the other scripts in Utilities to see what happens with them on the timeline.
Edit:
I tried the crowd scripts. They will build a crowd, but the the orient buttons don't work in frames other than 0 there either.
I tried drop to surface, move to ground, and move to height. None of those would move the billboards in any frame other than 0. They just stayed where they were when the timeline is on another frame.
Now-Crowd Orient Billboard is where I noticed the problem. Now-Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle also has the problem, because the orient option in that tool doesn't work on the time line.
I haven't tested the other scripts in Utilities to see what happens with them on the timeline.
Edit:
I tried the crowd scripts. They will build a crowd, but the the orient buttons don't work in frames other than 0 there either.
I tried drop to surface, move to ground, and move to height. None of those would move the billboards in any frame other than 0. They just stayed where they were when the timeline is on another frame.
Thanks for this extra information.
Do you want to test the update? I could send the updated scripts tomorrow... are you still the gmail email address?
Now-Crowd Orient Billboard is where I noticed the problem. Now-Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle also has the problem, because the orient option in that tool doesn't work on the time line.
I haven't tested the other scripts in Utilities to see what happens with them on the timeline.
Edit:
I tried the crowd scripts. They will build a crowd, but the the orient buttons don't work in frames other than 0 there either.
I tried drop to surface, move to ground, and move to height. None of those would move the billboards in any frame other than 0. They just stayed where they were when the timeline is on another frame.
Thanks for this extra information.
Do you want to test the update? I could send the updated scripts tomorrow... are you still using the gmail email address?
I have also encountered this problem. Unfortunately, it makes the crowd products (which are great) much more difficult to use.
I have a fix. I just need to package it up.
Were you able to fix the last issue with Change Billboard Angle not working unless the billboards are selected before the script is run? The Select button on the Options tab will select billboards in the scene, but the change angle does not work on the selected billboards.
I have also encountered this problem. Unfortunately, it makes the crowd products (which are great) much more difficult to use.
I have a fix. I just need to package it up.
Were you able to fix the last issue with Change Billboard Angle not working unless the billboards are selected before the script is run? The Select button on the Options tab will select billboards in the scene, but the change angle does not work on the selected billboards.
I investigated this, but it works on my system. What steps do you do for it to not work?
I have also encountered this problem. Unfortunately, it makes the crowd products (which are great) much more difficult to use.
I have a fix. I just need to package it up.
Were you able to fix the last issue with Change Billboard Angle not working unless the billboards are selected before the script is run? The Select button on the Options tab will select billboards in the scene, but the change angle does not work on the selected billboards.
I investigated this, but it works on my system. What steps do you do for it to not work?
I'm using the version you gave me to test. Maybe I don't have something installed correctly or don't have all the necessary files. I am testing in DS 4.20.1.38 Public Build now.
Load a Now Crowd billboard.
Do not select the billboard in the Scene pane.(nothing selected in Scene pane).
Run Now Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle (Now-Crowd Utilities product)
Click on the Options tab
Click the Select button
Observe that the Now Crowd billboard is correctly highlighted as selected in the Scene pane
Click on the Angle tab
Check the Live Preview checkbox
Observe that although the billboard is selected in the Scene pane, no billboard is shown in the Change Billboard Angle dialog preview area
Click the Preview button
Observe that no billboard is shown in the Change Billboard Angle dialog preview area
Change the Horizontal and Vertical angle sliders to other values
Click the Accept button
Observe that the billboard did not change angle in the viewport
After playing with this scenario for a while and trying various checkbox combos, etc. I sometimes get an error:
billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - change billboard angle.dse
2022-05-22 11:39:30.445 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 91
2022-05-22 11:39:30.445 [WARNING] :: RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded.
2022-05-22 11:39:30.445 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
<anonymous>()@N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - change billboard angle.dse:91
2022-05-22 11:39:30.446 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - change billboard angle.dse
After that error, I have to close Daz Studio and it crashes.
In fact, now that I experiment some more, I am having problems with the Select operation in other Now Crowd utilities, too. Try this:
Load a Now Crowd billboard.
Do not select the billboard in the Scene pane.(nothing selected in Scene pane).
Run Now Crowd Utility - Move Billboard To Height (Now-Crowd Utilities product)
Click the Select button
Observe that nothing gets selected in the Scene pane
Click the Accept button
Observe that an error occurs
2022-05-22 11:51:07.183 [INFO] :: Loading script: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
2022-05-22 11:52:24.357 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 161
2022-05-22 11:52:24.357 [WARNING] :: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: sBBSelectBillboard
2022-05-22 11:52:24.357 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
<anonymous>()@N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse:161
2022-05-22 11:52:24.358 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
Try this:
Load a Now Crowd billboard.
Select the billboard in the Scene pane
Run Now Crowd Utility - Move Billboard To Height (Now-Crowd Utilities product)
Click the Select button (even though the billboard is already selected)
Click Accept
Observe that an error occurs
2022-05-22 12:09:20.323 [INFO] :: Loading script: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
2022-05-22 12:09:26.769 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 274
2022-05-22 12:09:26.769 [WARNING] :: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: SelectMatchingNodes
2022-05-22 12:09:26.769 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
<anonymous>()@N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse:274
2022-05-22 12:09:26.770 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
I have also encountered this problem. Unfortunately, it makes the crowd products (which are great) much more difficult to use.
I have a fix. I just need to package it up.
Were you able to fix the last issue with Change Billboard Angle not working unless the billboards are selected before the script is run? The Select button on the Options tab will select billboards in the scene, but the change angle does not work on the selected billboards.
I investigated this, but it works on my system. What steps do you do for it to not work?
I'm using the version you gave me to test. Maybe I don't have something installed correctly or don't have all the necessary files. I am testing in DS 4.20.1.38 Public Build now.
Load a Now Crowd billboard.
Do not select the billboard in the Scene pane.(nothing selected in Scene pane).
Run Now Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle (Now-Crowd Utilities product)
Click on the Options tab
Click the Select button
Observe that the Now Crowd billboard is correctly highlighted as selected in the Scene pane
Click on the Angle tab
Check the Live Preview checkbox
Observe that although the billboard is selected in the Scene pane, no billboard is shown in the Change Billboard Angle dialog preview area
Click the Preview button
Observe that no billboard is shown in the Change Billboard Angle dialog preview area
Change the Horizontal and Vertical angle sliders to other values
Click the Accept button
Observe that the billboard did not change angle in the viewport
After playing with this scenario for a while and trying various checkbox combos, etc. I sometimes get an error:
billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - change billboard angle.dse
2022-05-22 11:39:30.445 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 91
2022-05-22 11:39:30.445 [WARNING] :: RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded.
2022-05-22 11:39:30.445 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
<anonymous>()@N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - change billboard angle.dse:91
2022-05-22 11:39:30.446 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - change billboard angle.dse
After that error, I have to close Daz Studio and it crashes.
In fact, now that I experiment some more, I am having problems with the Select operation in other Now Crowd utilities, too. Try this:
Load a Now Crowd billboard.
Do not select the billboard in the Scene pane.(nothing selected in Scene pane).
Run Now Crowd Utility - Move Billboard To Height (Now-Crowd Utilities product)
Click the Select button
Observe that nothing gets selected in the Scene pane
Click the Accept button
Observe that an error occurs
2022-05-22 11:51:07.183 [INFO] :: Loading script: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
2022-05-22 11:52:24.357 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 161
2022-05-22 11:52:24.357 [WARNING] :: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: sBBSelectBillboard
2022-05-22 11:52:24.357 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
<anonymous>()@N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse:161
2022-05-22 11:52:24.358 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
Try this:
Load a Now Crowd billboard.
Select the billboard in the Scene pane
Run Now Crowd Utility - Move Billboard To Height (Now-Crowd Utilities product)
Click the Select button (even though the billboard is already selected)
Click Accept
Observe that an error occurs
Your product is in a strange state. I see the Move billboard to height problem but not the change angle. I will fix the move billboard to height problem,
2022-05-22 12:09:20.323 [INFO] :: Loading script: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
2022-05-22 12:09:26.769 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 274
2022-05-22 12:09:26.769 [WARNING] :: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: SelectMatchingNodes
2022-05-22 12:09:26.769 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
<anonymous>()@N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse:274
2022-05-22 12:09:26.770 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
Uh Oh. I just tested in 4.16.0.3 and Change Angle works. It does not work for me in 4.20.1.38 Public Beta. They use the same Content Library. Did Daz change a construct that you are using in the script between 4.16 and 4.20? Have you tried the latest Beta or any 4.20 version?
Uh Oh. I just tested in 4.16.0.3 and Change Angle works. It does not work for me in 4.20.1.38 Public Beta. They use the same Content Library. Did Daz change a construct that you are using in the script between 4.16 and 4.20? Have you tried the latest Beta or any 4.20 version?
Uh Oh. I just tested in 4.16.0.3 and Change Angle works. It does not work for me in 4.20.1.38 Public Beta. They use the same Content Library. Did Daz change a construct that you are using in the script between 4.16 and 4.20? Have you tried the latest Beta or any 4.20 version?
Right now, I am using 4.10.0.2.
I would wait for the official patch.
OK, we'll see what happens when the official Now-Crowd Utilities update comes out in DIM. 4.20 is the official released Daz Studio version now, so I hope Daz hasn't changed something that broke Change Angle script.
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I am glad you found a workaround.
I don't have a post for next billboard product; it really depends on my todo list, my inspiration, and what I need myself
I just wasted hours again trying to figure out why Now Crowd Utilities would not orient my billboard to my camera. The log file gave no clue; it said the script executed successfully. I finally figured out (again) that because I had done an animated dForce simulation on clothing in the scene, the timeline was not on frame 0. Now Crowd Utilities (or any of the Orient Camera scripts in the individual billboard products) will not work unless the timeline is on frame 0.
I will record this as a bug and see about a fix.
EDIT: Strange. That was recorded fixed in January 2020. Is this something that happens only when dForce messes up the timeline? Or any timeline?
Thank you for responding. You are one of the best PAs for customer interaction and bug fixing! Here is a simple scenario to try. (Edit: I saved the scene and attached the scene file to save you some work)
My Now crowd billboard products and Now Crowd Utilities product are installed with DIM.. My installed Now-Crowd Utilities DIM package date is 5/28/2020. DIM doesn't show any updates available, so I believe I have the latest version. There is no version number shown in the actual script interface dialog. The Now-Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle does work to rotate the billboard, but the option in that script to Orient to Camera does not work on a frame other than 0.
If you cannot repeat this scenario with the same results, I guess we need to look deeper to see if one of your other installed scripts has changed something in the Common settings that interferes for me.
Edit: I just noticed that you said the problem was fixed in January 2020. Now-Crowd Utilities hadn't even been released yet at that time. It is possible that old code or settings got used in the new product that reverted a fix you made to the script in Now-Crowd billboard products?
Just to share - this is the image I was working on when I had the timeline frustration. It has one G8F and two billboards.
Thanks for the steps. I could reproduce it and I look like I have a fix. The Orient is the only script with problems? This fix will only go in Now-Crowd Utitlities. It is too much to update some 50+ products.
Thanks for the steps. I could reproduce it and I look like I have a fix. The Orient is the only script with problems? This fix will only go in Now-Crowd Utitlities. It is too much to update some 50+ products.
Now-Crowd Orient Billboard is where I noticed the problem.
Now-Crowd Utility - Change Billboard Angle also has the problem, because the orient option in that tool doesn't work on the time line.
I haven't tested the other scripts in Utilities to see what happens with them on the timeline.
Edit:
I tried the crowd scripts. They will build a crowd, but the the orient buttons don't work in frames other than 0 there either.
I tried drop to surface, move to ground, and move to height. None of those would move the billboards in any frame other than 0. They just stayed where they were when the timeline is on another frame.
Thanks for this extra information.
Do you want to test the update? I could send the updated scripts tomorrow... are you still the gmail email address?
Do you want to test the update? I could send the updated scripts tomorrow... are you still using the gmail email address?
Great! But it looks like I will have to send you this tomorrow.
No rush. Take whatever time you need.
Sent an email.
replied, twice.
I have also encountered this problem. Unfortunately, it makes the crowd products (which are great) much more difficult to use.
I have a fix. I just need to package it up.
Were you able to fix the last issue with Change Billboard Angle not working unless the billboards are selected before the script is run? The Select button on the Options tab will select billboards in the scene, but the change angle does not work on the selected billboards.
I investigated this, but it works on my system. What steps do you do for it to not work?
I'm using the version you gave me to test. Maybe I don't have something installed correctly or don't have all the necessary files. I am testing in DS 4.20.1.38 Public Build now.
After playing with this scenario for a while and trying various checkbox combos, etc. I sometimes get an error:
2022-05-22 11:39:30.445 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 91
2022-05-22 11:39:30.445 [WARNING] :: RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded.
2022-05-22 11:39:30.445 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
<anonymous>()@N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - change billboard angle.dse:91
2022-05-22 11:39:30.446 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - change billboard angle.dse
After that error, I have to close Daz Studio and it crashes.
In fact, now that I experiment some more, I am having problems with the Select operation in other Now Crowd utilities, too. Try this:
2022-05-22 11:51:07.183 [INFO] :: Loading script: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
2022-05-22 11:52:24.357 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 161
2022-05-22 11:52:24.357 [WARNING] :: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: sBBSelectBillboard
2022-05-22 11:52:24.357 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
<anonymous>()@N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse:161
2022-05-22 11:52:24.358 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
Try this:
2022-05-22 12:09:20.323 [INFO] :: Loading script: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
2022-05-22 12:09:26.769 [WARNING] :: Script Error: Line 274
2022-05-22 12:09:26.769 [WARNING] :: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: SelectMatchingNodes
2022-05-22 12:09:26.769 [WARNING] :: Stack Trace:
<anonymous>()@N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse:274
2022-05-22 12:09:26.770 [INFO] :: Error in script execution: N:/DAZ 3D/Studio/My DIM Library/scripts/riversoft art/now-crowd billboards/utilities/now-crowd utility - move billboard to height.dse
Your product is in a strange state. I see the Move billboard to height problem but not the change angle. I will fix the move billboard to height problem,
Should I wait for the official DIM update and install that and see if the problem goes away? Or do you want me to test a new version?
What version of Daz Studio are you using?
Uh Oh. I just tested in 4.16.0.3 and Change Angle works. It does not work for me in 4.20.1.38 Public Beta. They use the same Content Library. Did Daz change a construct that you are using in the script between 4.16 and 4.20? Have you tried the latest Beta or any 4.20 version?
Right now, I am using 4.10.0.2.
I would wait for the official patch.
OK, we'll see what happens when the official Now-Crowd Utilities update comes out in DIM. 4.20 is the official released Daz Studio version now, so I hope Daz hasn't changed something that broke Change Angle script.
Now that I have the official patch, the tools are working correctly.Thanks for the update.
Great! Thank you for confirming!
Great! Thank you for confirming!