1.3 (Beta UnReleased)

Notes

• There are LOTS of upgrades and new functionalities. For this reason (and some other hoohaa I don't want to explain), this HUD is not backward compatible with older light fixtures. DO NOT PANIC UNTIL I SAY ITS OK TO DO SO. Updating isn't difficult. More later.
• Ortho Recommends:  Its ok to update your light fixtures and pyros "in-place" with the updater beacon.   I do, however, recommend that you use new laser fixtures.  The new lasers are more capable of cool movements and use fewer prims.
  
• Added several new laser fixtures, including many with trusses attached.
  
• When the HUD is RESET, all of the channel buttons dissapear. As the light fixtures rest and connect with the HUD, each channel button for which there is a light fixture will re-appear. The idea is to show only the buttons which are in use. there is also a menu option for forcing all of the channel buttons to appear.
• Removed some un-necessary delays from the RESET process.  Should be a bit faster now.
  
• Added a dual-range controller for BRIGHT, GLOW. This makes it a lot easier to select small values of glow with a higher degree of accuracy.  The controller button is divided into 2 sections  "top" and "bottom".  Clicking along the bottom edge gives a finer degree of control over the lower portion of the range.  Clicking along the upper half of the button gives you the full range of values, same as you are used to.
• Changed some of the button colors to better indicate that they are controlling bi-directional. like FLOW, TWIST, etc.
• Documented BEG and END colors
• Added the HOLLOW controller button. This lets you create the illusion of 2 nested light beams. You can control the size of the inner beam.
• Added the 5 position Multi-Beam controller button. This, along with several new light fixtures, lets you call up different configurations of concentric nested light beams.  To explore the options, find a light fixture labeled (Multi), rez it, and play with the Multi-Beam controller button.
• Added a RANDOM COLOR SPEED controller button. This allows you to set a speed at which lights will cycle through random colors.  Random color has 2 different modes.  Click in the upper 1/2 of the button and the all of the beams in a fixture will cycle colors together.  Click in the bottom 1/2 of the button and various beams of a fixture will each cycle with diffent colors.  This can create some beautiful effects when using (multi) light fixtures.
• Changed the baseline operational channel. This was necessary for various internal (I'm not going to tell you exactly why) reasons. Side effect: the new HUD is not compatible with previous versions of the light fixtures. See notes for easy upgrading. You don't have to rebuild your stages.
• Added menu item UTIL->OPCHANNEL. The OpChannel allows you to set a "operation channel". This allows you to better isolate your light HUD from various interferance.
• Added menu item UTIL->INFO. Tells you your current password and OpChannel
• Added Groups. These are named A through L. These groups replace the [*] and [ALL] buttons. The new groups are programmable, meaning you can choose which channels belong.
• Removed channel 31.   Why?  Because of some technical hogwash making the new group function work smoothly (as it should) vs the way LSL handles some internal data typing in their script language.  Bottom line is... I added 12 programmable groups and subtracted 1 control channel.  Merry Christmas!
• There is a new function where you can set your "OpChannel". This lets you further isolate your HUD from everyone else's. Its cool. Take a look at it in the menus under UTIL.
• Sequences now record and playback scene changes.
• Added "Stage Trim Accessory" light prim.  This is a prim which contains scripting to make it respond to the Light HUD.  You can ue this prim, mod, twist and turn it, and link it into your stage builds.   This allows you to make portions of your actual stage build respond to light commands like Color, Ambient, Glow, etc.
  
• Added a Facelight attachment.  This works the same was as any other light fixture.  Rez it (or wear it).  It is transparent so you will have to view invisible to catch it and edit it.  (Ctrl-Alt-T).   Give it a channel number and Reset the HUD.  It will appear and respond to COLOR, AMBIENT, and REACH commands.   It also responds to scene recalls.
• Added a new set of motion commands which apply to individual light/laser beams as opposed to the entire fixture.  See "Movement Controls"
• Added a set of motion PRESETs.   The motion control area of the HUD now allows you to show an array of buttons which will recall various pre-configured motion PRESETS.  See "Movement Controls"
  
• Removed the MINIMIZE button. Move the minimize function to a blue menu selection.
• Added a built-in library of preset selections. 120 buttons of light settings. Access this by clicking the CLIPBOARD looking button at the top of the HUD (where the minimize button used to be)
• Added 4 or 5 more pyro fixtures. These are all particle effects. Dont Forget that the HUD has BEGIN and END color control. Play. Have fun. Check them out:
  • Jet Flame
  • Poof
  • Rain
  • Snow
  • Helix
  • FireBall
  • Smoke Wall
  • Smoker Half Round 30 meter
  • Smoker Half Round 20 meter
  • Smoker Half Round 10 meter
• Rental. As of version 1.3 the lights will be rent-able. If you are interested in renting the lights check out the display in the store.
• Assitant HUDs. You can now license an Assistant to run your lights. Details HERE
• Club HUDs. You can get unlimited HUDs to run lights in your club. Details Coming Soon

Fixes

• Sometimes when switching scenes the light beam texture would be left looking "offset". Fixed.
• Changed the behaviour of the SAVE button. The save button dissapears when you choose a channel, and re-appears when you choose a scene (if you have a single channel selected and not a group). The net effect is that, you can't hit SAVE and think you are saving unless you have a single channel, and a scene selected. Strictly speaking this isn't a bug fix but it does make it easier to know when you have correctly selected a channel and a scene and can edit and save changes.
• If, during sequence recording, you fill the seq up and recording stops, that seq would not repeat on playback. Fixed.
• Added a range check on the channels assigned to a light fixture, pyro, etc.  Anything outside of the range 0-30  will default to channel 30.
• Turning off FLOW could result in the light beam being "stuck" in mid flow.  Fixed.
• Several of the light fixtures, the "X" shaped ones, when you size the light beam, some of the beams move around on the fixture un-naturally.  Fixed.   You will have to use the new fixtures.  Doing an in-place update doesn't fix this buglet.
• Improved the appearance of light beams during "transitions".  Meaning, when you recall a new preset onto a light, the beam doesn't flicker around, it turns off clean, then turns back on clean with the new settings.