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xLights is a show sequencer and player/scheduler designed to control
USB/DMX/sACN(e1.31)/ArtNET(e.1.17)/DDP controllers.
xLights also integrates with the Falcon Player.
xLights imports and exports sequence data from sequencers such as LOR (SE, PE, SS and S5),
Vixen2, Vixen 3, LSP, and HLS.
Latest releases are found at www.xlights.org
Videos tutorials are found at videos.xlights.org
Forums are located at nutcracker123.com/forum
Issue Tracker is found here: www.github.com/smeighan/xLights/issues
XLIGHTS/NUTCRACKER RELEASE NOTES
---------------------------------
2023.13 Aug 22, 2023
-- enh (ClutchplateDude) Expose color count to shaders
-- enh (scott) FPP 6+ no longer needs to switch to bridge mode
-- enh (dartunder) FPPConnect - enhance "Cancel" button handling
-- enh (scott) Change downloading of Lua Scripts to github
-- enh (scott) Add RGB hex values to color tooltips
-- enh (scott/dkulp) FPP Connect - bunch more logging to help diagnose FPPConnect/discovery issues
-- enh (MartinMueller) Add support for HTTP based ESP configuration
-- enh (dartunder) Increase size of group center mark, implement dynamic scale
-- enh (dkulp) Allow up to 100 layers for Circle and Star models
-- enh (scott) Add Experience Pro controllers
-- bug (dkulp) Bunch of FPP Connect fixes/updates to perform better, handle errors better, etc...
-- bug (scott) Fix label alignment in DMXPanel
-- bug (scott) Controller model property disappears on controllers in e1.31 mode
-- bug (mjunek) Fix issues with DPIPixels uploads for Hanson rPi-28D
-- bug (scott) Fix Force Custom Color in State Dialog
-- bug (merryoncherry) Fix some potential thread safety issus in WLED effects
-- bug (dartunder) Fix FPPConnect progress dialog always on top
-- bug (scott) Metronome effect with tags doesn't save tags
-- bug (scott) Added hinkspix checks to verify correct output boards are connected
2023.12 Aug 9, 2023
-- enh (gil) Improve model creation in 3D mode. Models used to not place well depending on how you had the view rotated.
Now xLights will detect the view angle and make a decision on the best place to start the model so you shouldn't
run into models being created way in front or behind the view camera.
You can now rotate to a side view and draw the models rotated 90 degrees.
If you run into model placement issues let me know.
-- enh (dkulp) FPPConnect - use parallel uploads of FSEQ files to multiple controllers
-- enh (scott) Allow picture type singing faces on groups
-- enh (scott) Add effect count to SearchPanel
-- enh (dkulp) Use FPP7 Cape API's to verify cape pinout is usable prior to upload
-- enh (dkulp) Minor render speedup by allowing models to render non-dependent layers while waiting for dependent models/groups to finish the frame
-- enh (merryoncherry) Adjust group default camera mapping on import
-- enh (scott) Purge Backup needs to leave one folder so there is at least one backup
-- bug (dkulp) Fix hange in SingleStrand effect if the effect is a single period long
-- bug (scott) Fix HinksPix 80 only updating 48 portsf, faster upload to HinksPix
-- bug (scott) Fix RGB2Go and E1-Wifi auto layout
-- bug (gil) Fix model selection in 2D for models based on BoxedScreenLocation (Matrix, Trees, etc.). Fixes #3887
-- bug (gil) Fix arches not rendering correctly when rotated
-- bug (gil) Fix some bugs with SketchEffect with closed paths
2023.11 July 23, 2023
-- enh (keith) Make Smart Recievers a more visual component of the visualizer
-- enh (keith) Add smart remote tooltip to visualiser
-- enh (keith) Fast change smart remote number (and all models on it) by right clicking on the remote in visualiser
-- enh (keith) Add smart remote drag/drop in visualiser
-- enh (scott) Add Controller Cap and Serial protocol information to automation API JSON
-- enh (scott) Add ability to set Model Properties through automation API
-- enh (scott) Added Metronome w/ Tags for use with state effect
-- enh (scott) Added name support to getControllerPortMap command, added group and models filters to getModels
-- bug (scott) Added FPP Proxy IP checks
-- bug (dkulp) Attempt to workaround issues on Windows when filenames and FPP Connecte are not in UTF-8 encoding
-- bug (keith) Fix incorrect month in log files
-- bug (keith) Workaround for Minleon Smart T's with RGB+ pixels
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crash on save if sequence references models that don't exist
-- bug (dkulp) Another attempt to get the controller properies to not rebuild the entire list all the time, prevents crashes
-- bug (Pierre Beukes) Fix Moving Head Export: Include slew limits
-- bug (dkulp) Fix problems with displaying models with circle/blended circle after changing it on layout page
-- bug (dkulp) If resizing/moving/rotating multiple models, make sure the Undo records everything instead of the single selected model
2023.10 June 30, 2023
-- enh (dkulp) Add node number under mouse cursor to lower right corner of SubModelDialog
-- enh (scott) Add zero layer size for circle model (for center pixel)
-- enh (keith) Enable ESC to close visualizer
-- enh (merryoncherry) "Batch Render" enhancements to disable various warnings, modal dialogs, etc...
-- enh (keith) Allow ovverride of Twinkly http port
-- enh (MartinMueller) Add full set of ESPv4 variants
-- enh (scott) Add HinksPix Pro 80 support
-- enh (dkulp) Enable HTTP/2 for FPP Connect and Discovery
-- bug (merryoncherry) Fix issues with bulk edit of effects
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crashes when selecting Vendor/Model/Variant using keyboard
-- bug (dkulp) Fix FPP Connect if there is a powered on Falcon v4 controller on the network
-- bug (dkulp) Fix square pixel type on Windows
-- bug (scott) Serial port configuration fixes
-- bug (dkulp) Fix animated GIFs not working properly
2023.09 June 3, 2023
-- enh (scott) Add CSV Submodel import
-- enh (merryoncherry) Single strand chase offset and static modes
-- enh (scott) Add Effect Count to xLights and Vixen3 imports
-- enh (dkulp) Cache animated GIF frames during render to speed up looping renders. (uses more memory)
-- bug (dkulp) Sort by Z for house preview on Sequencer tab to match layout tab
-- bug (dkulp) Fix loading of older xlights_network files causing crashes
-- bug (dkulp) Fix pictures effect value curve min/max
-- bug (keith) Don't use NOWAIT on datagram sockets to avoid dropping packets
-- bug (keith) Fix Falcon F48v4 detection
-- bug (scott) Fix Linux app name parsing for launcher
-- bug (dkulp) Fix display issues on OSX with "Blended Circle" pixels in a group
2023.08 May 13, 2023
-- enh (dkulp) Windows/Linux - redo OpenGL to be based on Metal architecture
- removes OpenGL 1.x support (retains OpenGL 2.x)
- Provides shading of 3D models similar to Metal
-- enh (keith) Violin support for guitar effect
-- enh (keith) Greater control of the wave shape on guitar strings
-- enh (kevin) Allow customization of lightning width
-- enh (dkulp) Don't mark GPU rendering as experimental, it works
-- enh (kevin) Add simple path re-ordering to SketchAssistPanel
-- bug (keith) Dont show falcon controllers in FPP connect if in bridge mode
-- bug (keith) Fix Falcon V4 DDP one based does not upload correctly
-- bug (dkulp) Fix some DPI scaling issues on Windows
-- bug (dkulp) Fix a BUNCH of issues with DPI scaling on Linux
-- bug (keith) Fix duplication of face files in zip packages
-- bug (keith) Fix multiple panels attached to on port in visualizer
-- bug (scott) Fix import of some AC model effects
-- bug (keith) Timing marks cannot be dropped by clicking waveform and pressing t
-- bug (keith) Suppress controller name IP address resolution if a controller is marked as inactive
-- bug (keith) Color multistring custom model nodes differently in node layout
2023.07 April 25, 2023
-- enh (keith) Add -x option to xSchedule to silently exit if xSchedule is already running
-- enh (keith) Add some Hanson Electronics boards
-- enh (keith) Add ability to invert channels on DMX effect
-- enh (keith) Add value curve to picture effect centre
-- enh (keith) When user presses update on effect/colours panel and has > 1 effect selected warn the user about what will happen
-- enh (keith) Add cleanupFileLocations and saveLayout APIs
-- enh (keith) Add stagger to stacked model group buffers
-- enh (keith) Add SVG support to VU Meter level shapes
-- enh (keith) Add warmup frames to snowflakes and meteors effect
-- enh (keith) Allow suppression of dark mode on windows
-- enh (keith) Add video sampling instead of image resizing to video effect
-- enh (keith) Add ability to reset an effects settings explicitly
-- enh (keith) Add chord support to guitar effect ... prefix C before note so CA is the A chord
-- enh (keith) For superstrings > 3 channels add support for RGBW colour handling to control behaviour
-- enh (dklup) FPP Connect upload content to the appropriate directory
-- enh (scott) Increase ESPixelStick outputs to 8
-- bug (moc) Fix ripple effect SVG settings
-- bug (keith) Fix text effect not respecting \n as new line
-- bug (keith) Fix QM crash if using them after doing a notes import
-- bug (keith) Fix QM import creates illegal timing tracks with zero length timing marks and overlapping timing marks
-- bug (keith) Fix show/hide effect assist overwrites effect assist preference
-- bug (keith) Only show line segments buffer on a polyline with indiv segments
-- bug (keith) Fix Advatek upload broken
-- bug (keith) Update time display when waveform is clicked
2023.06 April 10, 2023
-- enh (keith) Add Guitar effect
-- enh (scott) Add JSON endpoints getModel, getControllerPortMap, getShowFolder
-- enh (moc) Add a bunch of improvements to Ripple
-- enh (moc) Add a bunch of utilities to the submodels dialog
-- enh (kevin) Add transformations - rotate & flip
-- bug (dkulp) Upgrade wxWidgets on Linux to address GTK issues
-- bug (dkulp) Update CURL calls to set Accept-Encoding to allow gzip/deflate to work for all
-- bug (dkulp) Fix some discovery issues
-- bug (dkulp) Fix FPP file manipulation on 6.3.3+
-- bug (dkulp) Fix models not drawing in layout
-- bug (keith) Fix compare between version numbers to work with subversions
-- bug (scratch) Fix some effects panel scroll bar
-- bug (moc) Fix some value curves not resetting
2023.05 March 27, 2023
-- enh (dkulp) MacOS - Use Bonjour to help discover FPP instances
-- enh (dkulp) FPPConnect - better support for FPP7 instances
-- enh (merryoncherry) Ability to press ENTER to save a submodel name
-- enh (scott) Add Copy States to State Dialog
-- enh (Pierre.Beukes) Confirmation prompt when cancelling the Submodels creation dialog
-- enh (keith) Add a text filter to the VUMeter timing track triggers to selectively react to timing track effects
-- bug (dkulp) Z-Sort models before display to better handle transparency
-- bug (keith) MP4 export requires at least 16x16
2023.04 March 11, 2023
-- enh (keith) Add "Build a Light Show" vendor to prop downloads
-- enh (dkulp) Add new K64D-B and K8-Pi controllers
-- enh (keith) Add CMY support to DMX moving heads
-- enh (keith) Add ability to zoom to the selection in the sequencer tab
-- change (keith) Default ArtNet universes to 510 channels when discovered
-- bug (keith) Audio does not stop when jukebox stops
-- bug (merryoncherry) Fix some threading issues with Text/Shape effects on Windows
-- bug (dkulp) In some cases, the logs on MacOS could not be created.
-- bug (merryoncherry/dkulp) Fix some bad rendering with Warp effects
-- bug (merryoncherry) Fix bugs with compress/expand of node ranges in SubModel node selection
-- bug (merryoncherry) ValueCurves for Ripple Rotation were not working
-- bug (MrPierreB) Metronome timing tracks were not available for import
-- bug (scott) Fix background image crash on Windows
2023.03 February 22, 2023
-- enh (dkulp) Add ability to create "FPP Command Preset" and "FPP Effects" timing tracks and save that in fseq files (FPP 7)
-- enh (dkulp) Add FPPConnect upload of fseq/media to FPP7
-- enh (keith) Change jukebox to play the sequence looped for the effect duration rather than just selecting the effect
-- enh (merryoncherry) New 5x5 Font for text effect
-- bug (merryoncherry) Fix icons for Import Effects panel not matching model
-- bug (merryoncherry) Fix save icon remaining pink if saving linked network/models
-- bug (keith) Overlap checks does not always identify model
-- bug (scott) Fix crash when switching from player
-- bug (scott) Allow Serial Outputs On Virtual Matrix
-- bug (keith) Fix crash when setting smart remote type on a port with no models.
-- bug (scott) Fix F##v4 upload
2023.02 February 01, 2023
-- enh (scott) Add "dark mode" for Windows
-- enh (lutz) Add Effect Duration to the variables available to shaders
-- enh (dkulp) Allow xcontroller variants to specify which "ConfigDriver" they need. Not based soley on vendor.
-- enh (keith) Fix #3687 add optional frameMS and view parameters to xlDo newsequence
-- enh (scott) Add Wally's WB48
-- enh (dkulp) Add Warning about potential removal of OpenGL 1.x/2.x
-- enh (dkulp) Add Warning about potential removal of Windows 7 support
-- enh (dkulp) Add Warning about potential removal of FPP <6 support
-- bug (dkulp) Fix Twinkly output on M1 Macs
-- bug (keith) Fix crash when dropping sketch effect
-- bug (scott) Hopefully fix IP/Host Validation
-- bug (dkulp) Fix duplication of media dirs if flip back/forth of tabs in preferences panel
-- bug (dkulp) Fix DDP packet data type to match spec
-- bug (dkulp) Prevent visualizer from opening up if Output to lights is on (prevents some crashes)
2023.01 January 05, 2023
-- enh (dkulp) Speed up aborting of rendering so UI tasks can complete quicker
-- bug (dkulp) Fix Aborted rendering not marking ranges as "Dirty" so they render properly later
-- bug (dkulp) Fix some crashes with resizing/moving effects and timing marks
-- enh (dkulp) Update to latest wxWidgets+patches so Scott can play with Dark Mode on Windows
2022.26 December 29, 2022
-- enh (scott) Added ability to duplicate or "tile" an effect
-- bug (dkulp) macOS - Fix some issues in SubModel dialog where everythingn will grey out after deleting a submodel
-- bug (dkulp) Fix some crashes if supress frames is used at the beginning of an effect
-- bug (dkulp) Fix memory leak with GIF images
-- bug (gil) Fix mutex deadlock and fix hitting wxassert in the debugger when importing sequences with timing tracks
-- bug (dkulp) Fix memory leak in faces effect with images on Matrices
-- bug (dkulp) Fix memory leak in video reader
-- bug (dkulp) Fix memory leak in MusicEffect
2022.25 December 16, 2022
-- enh (Shelby) Bunch of Vixen 3 import enhancements to aid migration from Vixen 3
-- enh (scott) Add date modified to Batch Render dialog
-- enh (scott) Save size/position of Batch Render dialog
-- enh (scott) Add ESP32-AE+ variants
-- enh (keith) Increase maximum size of background images to 4K
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crash in GPU renderer if too many commands are submitted at once
-- bug (keith) Fix second and subsequent strings on multi string models which are shadowed not showing the visual cue that they are shadowed
-- bug (gil) Fix model handle size with low zoom settings
-- bug (scott) Use Node Name and Strand names on effect export
-- bug (keith) Fix Visualizer printing dark when OS is in Dark mode
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crash with twinkly export on macOS
2022.24 December 1, 2022
-- enh (keith) SubModel creation - allow user to press space when a cell is the active cell to "double click" on the cell
-- enh (keith) Improve some face/state effect render times
-- enh (dkulp) macOS - Add "Open New Instance" to Doc icon
-- enh (keith) Allow removal of Sketch effect background image
-- enh (keith) Allow keyboard delete of a preset
-- enh (scott) CustomModel dialog - allow h/v flip of selected area
-- enh (keith) Expand fan effect radius
-- enh (scott) Added search to Face Download Dialog
-- enh (scott) Added support for QuinLED-Dig-Octa
-- bug (gil) Fix bug when drop sizes set negative. Introduced in 2022.22 when fixing drop size set to 0 bug
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crash in render on Linux
-- bug (scott) Fix upload to Dragon controllers
-- bug (keith) Bulk Edit Combo box does not work as a combo box
-- bug (keith) FPP Connect uses different method to determine FSEQ location than save sequence
-- bug (keith) Put warnings in log when zip extract filenames exceed MAX_PATH
-- bug (keith) Add more logging to Twinkly enable
-- bug (keith) Fix crash on render model to LCB
2022.23 November 17, 2022
-- enh (keith) Upgraded to newer Visual Studio, hopefully fixes some image issues
-- enh (dkulp) Add Shader filename in log if shader cannot be compiled to make debugging shader issues easier
-- enh (dkulp) Finer grained FixFiles locking results in faster startup when bouncing back/forth between Windows/macOS
-- enh (keith) Add a default camera to groups and handle using it when selecting per preview render buffers
-- enh (MrPaulAR) Add serial outputs to visualizer to some Pi based controllers
-- enh (keith) Add Mattos Designs controller
-- enh (KMojek) Add "Reverse Fades" checkbox to ColorWashPanel
-- enh (merryoncherry) Import custom model - add submodels to groups
-- bug (keith) Export model does not allow selection of groups containing submodels of the model being exported
-- bug (keith) Sketch effect background image not included in packaged sequences
-- bug (scott) Fix hinkspix upload if only using SR ID of B,C,D on 16SR.
-- bug (scott) Fix model sorting in import dialog
-- bug (scott) Fix SVG import from packaged sequences
-- bug (scott) Fix ExperienceLights upload color order
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crash in Shader effect if shader is not a proper shader or is using invalid unicode characters
-- bug (dkulp) Fix hang on sequence close with RenderCache enabled
-- bug (gil) Fix start channel bug when PolyLine Lights/Node is greater than 1
2022.22 November 7, 2022
-- enh (gil) Refactored several huge sections of code in PolyLine reducing the complexity of the code
-- enh (keith) Add a way to add show players and pure media players to the controller tab
-- enh (keith) Prompt user if sequence unsaved and they try to access FPP connect
-- enh (keith) Add option to output to lights when defining faces, states, submodels and using the node select dialog
-- enh (keith) Add support for the original Minleon NDB controller
-- enh (keith) Add Custom Christmas Creations as a prop vendor in the model download
-- enh (keith) Add visual model node selection to the test function
-- enh (scott) Add experience lights discovery
-- enh (dkulp) Increase maximum matrix size
-- bug (gil) PolyLine: Now all variations of using lights/node > 1 should work
-- bug (gil) Fix bug where program appeared to hang if dropsize is set to 0 for PolyLine
-- bug (keith) Address a crash in render cache. This is not a complete fix as we are seeing some hangs in batch render related to this.
-- bug (keith) Fix Twinkly start channel bug
-- bug (keith) Fix node select does not work on windows if dark mode selected
-- bug (keith) Fix some Pixlite controller uploads failing
-- bug (scott) Fix experience lights DDP start channel and max pixels per port
-- bug (dkulp) Fix falcon FPP discovery
-- bug (dkulp) Fix blended/solid circle node display not dependent on camera view point
2022.21 October 28, 2022
-- enh (dkulp) Much faster algorithm for finding frames in the RenderCache, should speed up initial rendering after load
-- enh (dkulp) macOS: RenderCache uses mmap to reduce actual memory usage and allow the OS cache to handle loading/discarding
-- enh (dkulp) macOS: Add RotoZoom to Metal based GPU rendering engine
-- enh (dkulp) macOS: Add Plasma to Metal based GPU rendering engine
-- enh (dkulp) Several performance improvements for the Parallel job pool
-- enh (dkulp) Display submodel effect rendering status as tool tips in Rendering progress dialog
-- enh (scott) Several updates for Experience Lights controllers
-- enh (gil) PolyLine enhancement. Add ability to define which segment owns the pixel at each endpoint.
-- bug (dkulp) Fix Shift/Two Finger panning on TouchPad when not viewing from front
-- bug (dkulp) Fix problems with GPU rendered effects saving as "black" into RenderCache
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crash when creating new sequence if "More Options" button is used aand certain other values are adjusted
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crash in "Log Rendering Status" if models have finished
-- bug (dkulp) Fix display of model groups when some models are added/removed
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crash with certain effects if they occur after a GPU rendered effect
-- bug (dkulp) Fix fire effect on "Per Model Per Preview" render buffers
-- bug (dkulp) Fix fire effect on submodels with non-default render style
-- bug (dkulp) Honor the "max group size" in more cases to avoid massive render buffers
-- bug (gil) PolyLine: Fix #Lights/Node not working when > 1. Still fails when Icicle drops are used. Working on it.
-- bug (keith) Fix crash after removing a submodel from a group
-- bug (keith) Context menu of SubBuffer has options that don't make sense in that context and can cause a crash
-- bug (keith) RGBW doesn't always zero out the unset channels
2022.20 October 17, 2022
-- enh (scott) Add Experience Lights upload support
-- enh (scott) Add VU Meter Timing Event chase to/from middle
-- enh (keith) Add menu option ot re-enable rendering on all models
-- enh (keith) Add the ability to light up the port number of pixels on each port on a controller in controller test
-- bug (dkulp) Fix auto-upload of FPP config causing reset to player mode with FPP6
-- bug (dkulp) Attempt to fix crash on macOS when double clicking on xseq files
-- bug (keith) Fix several Shader parameters not resetting and Offset X not loading
-- bug (scott) Fix FPP upload not remembering models from Controller
-- bug (scott) Fix/workaround a VS2022 optimizer bug causing a crash
-- bug (scott) Fix Bulk Set Port and increment with multistring models
-- bug (scott) Fix SerialiseModelGroups with groups with other models
-- bug (scott) Max Cascade should not be dependent on cascade on ports
-- bug (scott) Fix Export 3D custom model trees
-- bug (scott) Fix serial on espixelstick v4
-- bug (scott) Mapping dialog: Remove *.* from save filter, switch format if JSON formatting is found
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crash on Effect Import dialog on Linux
2022.19 October 4, 2022
-- enh (keith) Add DMX512P pixel support to Advatek controllers
-- enh (keith) Add Advatek v8 protocol support
-- enh (keith) Separate Advatek expanded mode support as a variant.
Users who were using expanded mode may need to change variant to upload.
-- enh (keith) Add twinkly products as recognised controllers
-- enh (keith) Show as an error non selection of controller model
-- enh (keith) Give remote falcon users in xSchedule more control over logging volume
-- bug (dkulp) Fix issue where model groups dont update until xLights restart
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crashes where Fire/Candle effect is used on a submodel
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crashes where inactive models are added to groups
-- bug (dkulp) Ensure BBB serial output uses the same pinout version as strings
-- bug (keith) Possibly address some twinkly start output crashes and if not capture more information
-- bug (keith) Fix expanded mode not being set on Advatek boards when it should be
-- bug (keith) Fix Twinkly protocol not proxyable via FPP
-- bug (keith) Fix not all minleon controllers show the minleon protocols
-- bug (keith) Slightly improve visual artefacts on pixture effect on windows due to wxWidgets bug on visual studio
-- bug (keith) Fix unnecessary reboot prompt when uploading DDP to F48 V3 controllers
-- bug (keith) Fix face shimmer is not frame rate independent
-- bug (gil) Fix moving heads dont move smoothly on windows
2022.18 September 28, 2022
-- enh (dkulp) Add discovery for new BBShiftString FPP capes
-- enh (dkulp) Add upload config support for K128D-B cape
-- enh (scott) Support for new HinksPix firmware to support 402 universes
-- enh (gil) Improve drawing of 3 point models (Arch, Candy Cane, Icicles) when green square is right of blue square.
Note: If model changes look because it was on a tilt an X rotation with the red rotate handle should fix it.
-- enh (scott) Added the ability to scale/offset DMX Values in the DMX Remap Dialog
-- enh (scott) Added per model color to DXF file export using the Tag Color
-- enh (scott) Added Search Box to SubModel Dialog
-- enh (scott) Add Ability to Merge/Copy The Submodels on Replace Model with a Model
-- enh (scott) add "${UPPER}" and "${LOWER}" to Text Effect
-- enh (scott) Added JSON format import mapping file.
-- enh (scott) Added Align Front, Back, & To Ground KeyBindings.
-- enh (keith) Add german dictionary to install, user will need to manually add
-- enh (keith) Allow shimmer to be suppressed on a face effect
-- enh (keith) Allow double click to manually set custom value curve Y values
-- enh (keith) Add ability to match video effect duration to the selected video
-- enh (keith) Add DMX512P and SJ1221 pixels to Falcon
-- enh (keith) Allow renaming of previews
-- enh (keith) Aldd option to delete model strand and node effects
-- bug (keith) Suppress Tip of the Day if not show folder is set
-- bug (keith) More workarounds for image scaling on Windows release builds with MSVC22
-- bug (keith) Don't allow opening of _.xbkp files without renaming
-- bug (keith) Fix controller name, advanced config, zigzag for pixlite controllers
-- bug (scott) Fix DMX Beam Always On when using Color Wheel
-- bug (scott) Fix Package Sequence from automation API
-- bug (scott) Fix SubModel Dialog not persisting screen position and size.
-- bug (dkulp) Older BBBSerial outputs may have device improperly configured during FPP upload
2022.17 September 8, 2022
-- enh (keith) Add xSchedule Remote Falcon option to send the first playing effect as the currently playing sequence
-- enh (keith) Add SVG support to the shapes effect (some SVGs with gradients may have an issue)
-- enh (keith) Allow optional disabling of more pedantic Check Sequence checks
-- enh (keith) Disable autosave during render all
-- enh (keith) Add shimmer support to matrix faces
-- enh (dkulp) Update wxWidgets to 3.2/3.3
-- enh (scott) Add M16-PI controller
-- enh (scott) Added duplicate node custom model checkbox
-- enh (scott) Add smart remote and model chaining details to DXF export
-- enh (scott) Added Bulk Edit to Text Effect File Picker
-- bug (keith) Fix picture files showing red as if there is an error when there isnt an error
-- bug (keith) Dont use render cache for text effect if text is coming from a file
-- bug (keith) Fix a bug with importing models and adding them correctly to existing groups
-- bug (keith) Fix speed value curve reset on the video effect
-- bug (keith) Fix brightness blend does not respect alpha channel
-- bug (keith) Fix xSchedule adds multiple sequences in reverse order than expected
-- bug (keith) Fix reverse video does not work for start positions other than 0ms
-- bug (keith) Fix servo effect crash due to missing Nod channel
-- bug (keith) Fix Falcon v3 upload leaves unused ports with invalid settings
-- bug (keith) Fix hang if indiv start channels refers to a model on no-controller
-- bug (keith) Fix crash when xlDo killed while executing a render
-- bug (keith) Fix shadow model for errors which cannot be corrected through UI (on load)
-- bug (scott) Fix WLED pixel limis and universe limits to match current capabilities
-- bug (scott) Escape model names for xmaphints export
-- bug (scott) Disable Universe Per String, when Auto Size is disabled as it does nothing
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crash for some per model renders
-- bug (dkulp) Fix DMX models returning zero size resulting in problems with centre calculation
-- bug (cyber) Fix host name validation for controller reports some valid names as errors
2022.16 August 22, 2022
-- enh (keith) Allow optional turn off of house and model window docking
-- enh (keith) On Falcon and FPP allow definition of zigzag in xlights for upload
-- enh (keith) Include controller connection zigzag in xmodel export and import
-- enh (ruskin) added an xSchedule command to clear all pixel overlays
-- enh (scott) WLED 0.13.2 updates
-- enh (scott) Add xmaphint mapping for strands and submodels
-- bug (keith) Fix hang if xSchedule is both FPP master and remote
-- bug (keith) Fix flash when xSchedule starts video
-- bug (keith) Address xLights lagging due to timer issues
-- bug (keith) Resize of effect row does not immediately adjust number of rows drawn
-- bug (keith) Fix multiselect of state effect corrupts state radio button
-- bug (keith) Fix xlDo closexLights does not work
-- bug (keith) Fix ugly outline on effect buttons
-- bug (keith) Fix xlDo openSequence does not accept sequence name in json
-- bug (keith) Fix picture effect warns multiple times that file not valid
-- bug (keith) Fix replace model loses group membership
-- bug (keith) Fix Falcon FPP upload over wifi not working
-- bug (ruskin) Fix "Set pixel range" doesn't clear pixels when channel count of zero is used
-- bug (scott) Adjust x/y locations of FPP virtual display map to the whole preview, not the arbitrary bounding box
-- bug (scott) Fix stand rendering with layered arches and stars
-- bug (scott) On Hinkpix Pro move DMX after pixels
2022.15 August 4, 2022
-- enh (keith) Add a Liquid effect gravity direction.(fixes #3343)
-- enh (keith) Add ZCPP support for default port brightness.
-- enh (scott) Added Model Icons to Import Dialog if a rgbeffects file is found.
-- enh (scott) Added Wally Light's WB1616 Controller.
-- bug (keith) Fix possible xScanner crash.
-- bug (scott) Fix virtual display map upload on FPP 6.
-- bug (scott) Fix strand order for rendering on stars.
-- bug (scott) Fix loading matrix face images from Network Shared Folder.(fixes #3342)
-- bug (scott) Fix Text Effect Replace with encoded characters.(fixes #3359)
-- bug (scott) Fix Import Effects Automap not matching strand/node name.(fixes #3328)
-- bug (pierre) Prevent duplicate values when bulk editing comboboxes.
-- bug (keith) xSchedule: Fix Non-Musical Sequences Playback Slower Than Expected.(fixes #3322)
2022.14 July 10, 2022
-- enh (keith) Add a tool for remapping custom models to alternate pixel layouts
-- enh (keith) Make random effect generation cancellable
-- enh (keith) Add option to RGB Cycle testing to tag every 50th pixel
-- enh (keith) Allow user dictionary items to override the standard dictionaries
-- enh (keith) Allow visualiser and upload support for APA109 compatible pixels on a WS2811 port
-- enh (dkulp) Add host specific media support to FPP connect
-- enh (scott) Add backup restore process
-- bug (dkulp) Fix some issues where multiple audio devices exist
-- bug (dkulp) Fix some crashes where render buffer needs to be larger than model
-- bug (dkulp) Fix fractal/ivy wave effect
-- bug (dkulp) Fix playlist item duplication in FPP upload
-- bug (keith) Fix some ripple parameter scales on S5 import
-- bug (keith) Fix rotozoom order not saved
-- bug (keith) Fix issue with audio file upload to FalconV4
-- bug (keith) Fix export as custom model does not export depth
-- bug (keith) Fix some duplication in transition time combobox behaviour
-- bug (keith) Fix video reported as missing if using sequence media
-- bug (scott) Fix color error in sketch effect
-- bug (scott) Fix issue with PiHat upload
-- bug (scott) Fix fire effect crash
-- bug (moc) Fix some issues with model state dialog
2022.13 June 26, 2022
-- enh (scott) Added Controller Hyperlinks to FPP Connect
-- enh (scott) Add FPP 6 DPIPixels support
-- enh (scott) Added setting to Select Video Export Video Codec
-- enh (scott) Added right click option to change tree/matrix/custom model string count from the visualizer
-- enh (scott) Add Bulb Type to LOR S5 Preview Import
-- enh (scott) Remember Controllers Splitter Location
-- enh (keith) Add infrastructure for tip of the day functionality. Currently not enabled.
-- enh (keith) Allow xSchedule to direct and source audio from specific sound cards
-- enh (keith) Add support for the Advatek MK3 controllers
-- enh (moc) Add horizontal tree option to the tree model
-- enh (dkulp) Move to latest wxWidgets on OSX and Windows
-- bug (scott) Fix Empty Brightness Field in Dimming Curve Dialog
-- bug (scott) Fix Loading Timing Labels flagging the Sequence as changed
-- bug (scott) Fix DMX Validate Settings off by 1 error
-- bug (keith) Increase colour dropper limit from 200 to 1024
-- bug (keith) Add a way to optionally force strict source port compliance for artnet
-- bug (keith) Add more import of Ripple properties from S5
-- bug (keith) Ensure ZCPP respects default controller brightness
-- bug (keith) Show search and select effect times formatted.
-- bug (keith) Fix link colour on windows when in dark mode
-- bug (keith) Add back manual custom model generation for tricky models to video
-- bug (nash) Fix numerous issues with perpare audio feature
-- bug (dkulp) Fix some corruption of canvas effect buffers when layers below use subbuffers
-- bug (dkulp) Fix canvas mode effects that use Per Model render styles.
-- bug (dkulp) Fix issue when loading a xsq by double clicking on it
-- bug (dkulp) DMX moving heads use sequence frame timestamp to calculate pan/tilt rates instead of real time
-- bug (moc) Fix drag select on submodels dialog loses mouse if you leave the window area.
2022.12 June 7, 2022
-- enh (scott) Move ScottNation controllers under their own vendor
-- enh (keith) Rewrite custom model generation to use a faster algorithm
-- enh (scott) Add DMX color wheel support
-- enh (keith) Lift Falcon V4 max group size to match latest firmware
-- enh (dkulp) Add twinkly output upload to FPP
-- enh (dkulp) Merge artnet multi-lines to one when uploading to FPP
-- enh (scott) Added the Ability to define "Preset" channel values when render non DMX Effects on a DMX model
-- enh (keith) When a ruler is defined on import or export of some model types save the real world dimensions
in the xmodel file and apply them when loading it
-- enh (keith) Add an option to silence the audio in xLights
-- bug (scott) Fix faces effect required a minimum of 10 states
-- bug (scott) Fix default gamma not saving
-- bug (keith) Fix twinkly model data import imports upside down
-- bug (dkulp) Abort render whenever a model group is changed
-- bug (keith) Abort render whenever a timing track is deleted or renamed
-- bug (keith) If there is no LUA mime handler use the txt handler instead
2022.11 May 21, 2022
-- enh (scott) Added Load from State to DMX Effect
-- enh (scott) Add import from SVG to Sketch Assistant Panel
-- bug (dkulp) Fix toolbars/images on Windows with non-100% scaling (WIP)
-- bug (dkulp) Fix drag/drop in Import Dialog on MacOS
-- bug (dkulp) Fix video stream of exported House Videos if codec has to change from defaults
-- bug (dkulp) Maybe fix green video export on MacOS
-- bug (dkulp) Change how buttons with background colors set are drawn on MacOS
-- bug (dkulp) Fix hang with drag/drop of Faces Effect
-- bug (dkulp) Fix a crash situation if a buffer is reported as being larger than it actually is
-- bug (keith) Fix a possible OpenGL crash if context cannot be created
2022.10 May 15, 2022
-- enh (aarcangeli/keith) Add support for Twinkly controllers including discovery
-- enh (keith) Add ability to import Twinkly pixel layout into a custom model
-- enh (keith) Add support for the Minleon NDBPro
-- enh (scott) Update FPP Connect model generation to support all models, models only on controller and get models from FPP
-- bug (keith) Fix crash in effects rendering with model as a pixel on inactive models in a group
-- bug (keith) Fix when editing faces/states/submodels using key binding rgb effects file not marked as dirty
-- bug (keith) Fix choice controls try to set before list is populated resulting in loss of value
-- bug (keith) Fix DMX model export creates invalid xmodel file
-- bug (scott) Fix a crash when working with Hinkspix 16 port remotes
-- bug (dklup) Fix issues with shear on 3 point models
2022.09 April 29, 2022
-- enh (kevin) Allow for reverse of sketch-effect paths
-- enh (kevin) Sketch effect remembers background image and opacity
-- enh (kevin) Add value curve for Sketch effect motion-percentage
-- enh (kevin) Add closed paths with motion to Sketch effect
-- enh (dkulp) Add value curve for Sketch effect draw percentage
-- enh (scott) Add BBB16 Expansion
-- enh (scott) Preliminary support for Picture XY and Marquee LOR S5 Import
-- enh (dkulp) Add "Remove models from group" to Popup for SubModels in groups
-- bug (dkulp) Fix finding of images for Sketch effect on MacOS
-- bug (scott) Fix picture XY movement settings
-- bug (gil) Fix DmxServo3D Import problems
-- bug (scott) Fix Falcon v3 pixel type decoding and prevent lockup of controllers
-- bug (scott) Fix Falcon v4 missing Default Brightness
-- bug (dkulp) Fix problems with exported House video if Hardware encoders are unavailable/busy
-- bug (keith) Fix test mode outputting double frames
-- bug (keith) Fix xCapture not ignoring non lighting data E1.31 packets.
-- bug (dkulp) Fix content scale in export House Videos on mixed Retina/non-Retina multi monitor setups
-- bug (robfallone) Fix stack traces in crash logs on Windows
2022.08 April 12, 2022
-- enh (keith) Better music/piano effect horizontal scaling
-- enh (scott) Updates to effect search to use regex, other options
-- enh (kevin) New "Sketch Effect"
-- enh (dkulp) Allow ENTER/RETURN to end Polyline (request from FMM)
-- enh (dkulp) Add "Remove Models from Group" to popup menu (request from FMM)
-- enh (keith) New Controller Oriented test channel selection
-- enh (scott) Attempt to auto-find singing faces files
-- enh (scott) Several updates to Faces dialog
-- enh (keith) Add tag color to model groups
-- enh (keith) Check Sequence - flag invalide/missing background images
-- enh (keith) Move some toolbar buttons around, reduce screen usage of toolbars
-- enh (keith) State Effect - Significantly increase maximum states supported
-- enh (keith) Select all timing events using right click on a timing track
-- bug (keith) Only show default brightness and gamma on controllers that support it
-- bug (scott) Fix Hinkspix Serial issues, move DMX to end
-- bug (keith) Fix crash in check sequence with mesh's with spaces in MTL files
-- bug (keith) Some videos may not fully play due to strange way they calculate length
-- bug (keith) Make backup of backup folder exclusion case insensitive
-- bug (keith) State Effect - fix not rendering on first dropped
-- bug (keith) Node layout for custom model with multiple strings but no indiv start nodes incorrectly shows the string number
-- bug (dkulp) Fix Image Model transparency issues, make sure not "dark" on layout panel
-- bug (keith) Reset to default waveform on load of new audio after custom filter applied
2022.07 March 28, 2022
-- enh (gil) Add Jaw Orientation property for the DMXSkull model
-- enh (gil) DMXSkull model changed so color error checking is only done when color channels are active
-- enh (scott) Added Effect Settings Search Panel.
-- enh (scott) Added Text Replace to Text Effect ${TITLE},${ARTIST},${ALBUM},${FILENAME}.
-- enh (scott) Added Support to Import S5 .lorprev Preview Files.
-- enh (scott) Added WLED Dig-Uno ESP32 Variant with correct pins.
-- enh (scott) Added WLED Warning For Firmware v0.13 & v0.13.1 not working with Controller Upload, use v0.13.2 or v0.13b5.
-- enh (scott) Added xLightsAutomations APIs to get and set Effect Settings.
-- enh (scott) Added Lua commands for TableToJSON and Table Logging.
-- enh (dkulp) Add a timer for video export
-- enh (dkulp) Move 3D checkbox so it does not get lost when screen sizes are changed
-- enh (keith) Add the minleon 4 port NDB controller
-- enh (keith) Use number aware sorting in test dialog for models and submodels
-- enh (keith) Add the ability to split the current effect
-- bug (scott) Fixed wrong HSV value with On Effect added in 2022.6
-- bug (keith) Fix state dialog shows colours even when force colours is not set
-- bug (keith) Fix wave effect frozen at frame rates over 20ms
-- bug (keith) Fix visualiser does not show port number for models on other controllers
-- bug (keith) Fix jerky model video playback due to frame count interpretation error
-- bug (keith) Restore AVI export on windows for model video so lossless compression works
-- bug (keith) Fix issues with make all model start channels valid not working
-- bug (keith) Fix xSchedule POST requests issued as GET requests ... this will need to be re-setup.
-- bug (keith) Fix uploading to minleon controllers
-- bug (keith) Fix sequence number bug in KiNet protocol
-- bug (keith) Fix crash in text effect in animation sequences
-- bug (keith) Fix save sequence does not update MRU
2022.06 March 6, 2022
-- enh (gil) Add auto repeat option to Morph. Automatically scales the repeat to model size.
-- enh (keith) Add a low definition rendering mode to matrices
-- enh (keith) Enhance we way transition times are set
-- enh (keith) Add exportModelWithRender to API
-- enh (keith) Add radial colour curves to the on effect
-- enh (keith) Add greater precision to wave effect speed
-- enh (keith) Allow disabling of render at the element level
-- enh (keith) Add word flip movement to the text effect
-- enh (keith) Add a reverse lookup from rendered data to source effects
-- enh (cpinkham) Add z coordinate to the FPP virtual display map
-- enh (dkulp) Adjust xLights calls to FPP to use tweaked API
-- bug (keith) Fix presets using per model buffers dont preview correctly
-- bug (keith) Fix model default type causes face definition to not save correctly
-- bug (keith) Fix polyline reports incorrect real world dimensions
-- bug (keith) Fix missing gridlines in morph effect assist
-- bug (keith) Fix blended circles have an incorrect coloured halo
-- bug (keith) Fix when effect dragged from palette drop location not shown in the waveform
-- bug (keith) Dont add inactive models to a model group ... this will stop them displaying but may create other issues
-- bug (dkulp) Provide a workaround to spaces in material file names
-- bug (scott) Fix issues with ordered node selection for submodels
2022.05 February 26, 2022
-- enh (keith) Upgrade windows to use FFMPEG v5
-- enh (keith) Rewrite windows hardware video processing
-- enh (keith) Reduce minimum frame time to 10ms
-- enh (keith) Allow xmodels to include shadow models for simpler import
-- enh (keith) Improve the face defaults based on the type of model
-- enh (keith) Add to the model export dialog the type of export
-- enh (keith) Add a colour search and replace function to edit menu
-- enh (keith) Where DMX models cant render draw an error box and also explain why in check sequence
-- enh (scott) Add 3D mouse support to windows
-- enh (scott) Allow selection of matrix faces by double clicking the row title
-- enh (dkulp) Add bulk edit of pixel appearance settings
-- enh (dkulp) When control held down and object selected rotate/move the view rather than the object
-- bug (scott) Fix batch render
-- bug (scott) Fix Q1 pin on QuinLED-Dig-Quad
-- bug (dklup) Fix FX not rendering
-- bug (dkulp) OSX Fix node select grid colours in dark mode
-- bug (dkulp) OSC Fix fallback for 3D mouse where drivers are missing
-- bug (slupsky) Fix default view for new sequences
-- bug (keith) Fix ruler does not initialise if you are not in 3D mode
-- bug (keith) Fix heart render has inconsistencies
-- bug (keith) Universe per string allocates too many universes for serial port models
-- bug (keith) Sequence save as does not update recent sequences menu
-- bug (keith) Fix DMX general model does not display
2022.04 February 5, 2022
-- enh (dkulp) MacOS: Move to FFMPEG 5 for accelerated ProRes video decoding on M1 Pro/Max
-- enh (dkulp) MacOS: Update 3D Mouse support to manipulate individual control points
-- enh (dkulp) MacOS: Enhanced iCloud support to make sure files are fully downloaded when needed
-- enh (dkulp) Change export model videos to mp4 (from avi) to fix issues trying to import into various apps (like FinalCut)
-- enh (keith) Add FX to single strand effect. This is a port of WS2812FX/FastLED as modified by WLED into xLights.
-- enh (keith) Add keybindings for model data, faces, states and submodels
-- enh (keith) VUMeter: Use sensitivity setting in VU Meter Timing Event Colour to control the transparency of the colour when no timing mark is actually present
-- enh (scott) Change xlDo controller and model commands to use JSON list type. Added more lua type wrappers to methods
-- enh (keith) Add ability to change temporarily multiple times before restoring to permanent
-- enh (keith) Warn user if they change show folder to a non-empty folder that does not contain networks or rgbeffects
-- bug (MikeSoukup) Include middle pixel for Single Strand / From Middle effect with odd number of nodes
-- bug (keith) Fix falcon WAV file header validation
-- bug (keith) Prevent negative drops on icicles
-- bug (keith) F1 on layout tab can cause a never ending loop
-- bug (dkulp) Fix undo of view object movements
-- bug (dkulp) Fix video preview on Windows
-- bug (keith) VUMeter: Level colour shows white before it is first triggered
-- bug (keith) Crash loading submodel which references nodes that are out of range in the model
-- bug (dkulp) Fix arch/single line/candycane rotation around center
-- bug (gil) Fix issue with Per Model Default Deep not creating large enough buffer
2022.03 January 22, 2022
-- enh (dkulp) MacOS: Initial support for 3DConnexion 3D mice in Preview windows
-- enh (dkulp) MacOS: Support for using normals for shading 3D meshes
-- enh (sslupsky) Add support for differential ports for BBB16v2
-- enh (gil) Add new render buffer "Per Model Default Deep" that will recurse nested model groups
-- bug (dkulp) MacOS: Fix scrolling/displays on OSX after play finishes
-- bug (dkulp) Fix group centering + if submodels are in the group
-- bug (dkulp) Fix several issues with mesh/obj files not rendering properly
-- bug (dkulp) Fix crashes if material files cannot be loaded
-- bug (dkulp) Fix problems on OpenGL with single color strings
-- bug (scott) Fix crashes in custom model wiring view
-- bug (gil) Fix issues with PolyLine caused by multiple string upgrades
-- bug (keith) Fix cyan first pixel on some models showing incorrectly
2022.02 January 15, 2022
Note: macOS now requires macOS 10.14. 10.12 and 10.13 are no longer supported
Note: The DMX models have changed from using world coordinates for various sizes (like beam lengths) to
values relative to the size/scale parameters. Thus, users will need adjust things to accomodate.
Pixel sizes are also consistent between 2D and 3D and thus may also need adjusting.
-- enh (gil) Add multiple string support to PolyLine
-- enh (dkulp) Move all UI views from OpenGL to Metal on macOS
-- enh (dkulp) 3D and 2D layouts use same code paths (just flattend for 2D) so features like cyan starting
nodes will work on 3D layout.
-- enh (dkulp) 2D layouts now use flattened 3D meshes for DMX models instead of a red X
-- enh (scott) Automation: add getModels, getControllerNames and getControllerIPs
-- enh (scott) Add LUA scripting engine for scripting Automations
-- enh (keith) Show which panes are visible with checkmarks in the view menu
-- enh (dkulp) Add Warp to Metal GPU rendering
-- enh (gil) Add multiple string support to PolyLine
-- bug (keith) On some models, the cyan "first node" marker is in the wrong location
-- bug (robfallone) Fix Per Model Per Preview doesn't include all Single Line models in group
-- bug (Nick Krecklow) Use full LOR brightness encoding range in LOROutput
-- bug (keith) Fix highlighting of nodes in submodels and states where nodes are reused across multiple rows
-- bug (scott) Increase number of universes for v4 ESPixelStick
2022.01 January 6, 2022
NOTE: This will be the last version to support macOS 10.12 and 10.13. Future builds will
require macOS 10.14 or newer.
-- enh (keith) Small models in groups may use render buffers that are too small and cause pixelation. Fixes #2866
-- enh (scott) Change export of models/controller connections to xls file instead of csv
-- enh (scott) Copy Smart Remote settings on Replace Model with model
-- enh (sslupsky) controller: add support for default gamma
-- enh (keith) Make model dimensions editable in real world units
-- enh (scott) added packageSequence and packageLogFiles automation
-- enh (scott) Added Remove All Models conformation dialog
-- enh (cjd) Add ttyACM* devices (fixes #3016)
-- enh (scott) download package sequence as zip file
-- bug (keith) Fix FV3 does not reset zigzag when configuring a port
-- bug (keith) Fix #3040 xlDo does not unescape some characters
-- bug (keith) Fix #3045 ... add more sequence properties to getOpenSequence call
-- bug (scott) regenerate timingList after importing timing tracks
2021.40 December 20, 2021
-- enh (scott) Add alternate node support to horizontal matrix
-- enh (keith) Add a selected count on FPP connect
-- enh (keith) Detect when user tries to use AC mode without a suitable timing track
-- enh (keith) Add ability to stretch custom model data to grid size
-- enh (keith) Add Ctrl A-x + space to fast set smart remote of selected model in visualiser
-- enh (keith) Add support for double height of waveform (without increasing display height)
-- bug (scott) Fix hinks export on OSX
-- bug (keith) Fix polyphonic transcription does not display notes
-- bug (keith) Fix race condition sometimes experiences uploading to F48V4
-- bug (keith) Fix ripple effect xcentre affects the ripple amount
-- bug (keith) Fix a pixlite serial port upload error where there is a gap in used channels
-- bug (keith) Fix xSchedule refire frequency fires immediately if started late
-- bug (keith) Fix tooltip lingers after you start to drag model in visualiser
-- bug (keith) Dont defaul matrix faces
-- bug (keith) Fix xSchedule Remote Falcon API calls failing
-- bug (keith) Fix sequences and lyric tracks download with wrong file extension on OSX
-- bug (keith) Fix device naming is inconsistent between xScanner scans
-- bug (keith) Fix an old value curve on Single strand reports upgrade issue
-- bug (dkulp) Fix doublie clicking on xsq directory access issues
-- bug (dkulp) Fix canvas layer changes not always detected
2021.39 December 5, 2021
-- enh (keith/dkulp) New REST/Scripting API for controlling xLights from scripts (work in progress)
-- enh (scott) Basic script/automation runner dialog
-- enh (keith) FPP Connect to remember column sort order
-- enh (Camden Narzt) Add alternate nodes ability to vertical matrix model/tree
-- enh (keith) Include sequence name when reporting excessive mmissing models
-- enh (dkulp) Add "V2 ZSTD/Sparse" to default save type in Preferences panel. Can be used to create
sparse sequences that only contain multiple specific model to act as effect sequences for FPP.
-- enh (keith) Update to latest libcurl on Windows to fix some FPP Connect crashes
-- enh (keith) Fix maximum generic serial payload size to 4096 bytes
-- bug (keith) FV3 copies group count from first virtual string when it shouldnt
-- bug (dkulp) Uploads to Beagles may not adjust to proper compression level
-- bug (keith) Fix Fv4 sequence upload at level 9 causes playback issues, reduce compression level
-- bug (keith) Fix some issues with LOR Optimised output would not send anything for long periods of time
-- bug (scott) Fix HinksPix SR AC Upload
-- bug (keith) Fix #id:sc not working for serial controllers
-- bug (keith) Fix Falcon upload of Start Nulls
-- bug (keith) After reconfiguring, give Fv4 controllers longer to reboot
-- bug (dkulp) Fix various effects that are rendering improperly on multi-layer stars
-- bug (dkulp) Fix layered arches to "Inside" layer is actually the inside layer
-- bug (dkulp) OSX/Linux Preferences "Other" tab settings getting wiped out when opening preferences again
-- bug (dkulp) Fix a semi-common crash in AudioManager when closing sequences
-- bug (dkulp) OSX - if opening the hardware video encoder for exporting preview video fails, try dropping to
mpeg4 instead of h264/5
2021.38 November 20, 2021
-- enh (keith) Add auto layout for J1Sys
-- enh (keith) Add segment measures to Polyline
-- enh (keith) Make state on faces and state effect bulk editable
-- enh (dkulp) Use multi-cores for Lines effect to speed up rendering
-- enh (dkulp) Add "Blur" to Experimental GPU/Metal Rendering Engine
-- enh (dkulp) Bunch more optimizations to Butterfly for Experimental GPU/Metal Rendering Engine
-- bug (dkulp) Fix v2 smart receivers not being selectable for FPP capes based on ttyS serial outputs
-- bug (dkulp) Fix rare crash-inducing race condition in the JobPool
-- bug (dkulp) M1Pro/Max fails to decode some mp4 files, detect and fallback to software decoding
-- bug (dkulp) Fix vertical grid lines on non-Retina displays
-- bug (dkulp) Revert back to OpenGL on OSX until all views can be converted to Metal to reduce vsync contention
-- bug (scott) Fix some issues if a controller that a model is assigned to is no longer available preventing it
from being assigned to a new controller
-- bug (scott) Fix issues with new curl lib and some controllers on latest Linux/OSX
-- bug (scott) Fix HinksPix port display for multistring models
-- bug (keith) Fix auto layout models does not correctly handle model after one with start nulls if it has none.
-- bug (keith) Invert layout when printing
-- bug (keith) FV3 splits not calculated correctly if dummy pixels required.
-- bug (keith) Display controller connection properties consistently.
-- bug (keith) Have save buttons when linked show red if either layout or controllers need saving
2021.37 November 12, 2021
-- enh (dkulp) Add LED Panel output to Pi based FPP controller types
-- bug (dkulp) Fix Life effect not rendering past first frame
-- bug (keith) Insert Prior seems to max out at 50 but the number box allows larger numbers
-- bug (keith) Fix crash with Pictures Effect Assist panel
-- bug (keith) Fix media upload repeats to FV4 whwn it shouldnt
2021.36 November 9, 2021
-- enh (dkulp) Fix crashing on OSX 10.12
-- enh (dkulp) Warn on OSX 10.12 and 10.13 that support will be dropped soon, update to 10.14 will be necessary soon
-- enh (dkulp) More work moving to Metal on macOS
-- enh (dkulp) Esc to cancel drag/paste in Pictures assist
-- enh (dkulp) Add Butterfly types 2-5 to "Experimental GPU Rendering" option
-- enh (scott) Added Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical to Layout Tab
-- enh (scott) Various smart receiver type checks
-- enh (scott) Increased ESPixelStick v4 ESP32 Max Universe size to 12
-- enh (keith) Add the ability to use a state as a face outline when using node ranges
-- enh (keith) Add entec controller properties (no upload yet)
-- bug (keith) Prevent discovery duplicating controller names.
-- bug (keith) Fix sequence being marked as dirty when it isnt really.
-- bug (keith) Replace model with this model does not prompt if the model is on No Controller (#2910)
-- bug (scott) Don't override ESPixelStick controller parameters if not set in xLights
-- bug (scott) Workaround for ESP32 lockup issues
-- bug (scott) Default HinksPix 16 Port AC to 0 start pixels
-- bug (dkulp) Fix dragging of selection in Pictures assist window
-- bug (dkulp) More of a workaround - CTRL-C/V copy/paste in Pictures assist. Cmd-C/V still not working.
-- bug (Shelby) Upgraded libcurl on Monterey defaults to chunked transfers which breaks uploads to ESPixelStick
2021.35 November 2, 2021
-- enh (keith) Allow setting a default Virtual Matrix/Video display location used when creating new playlist items
-- enh (keith) Add magic words to SMS plugin that can trigger actions
-- enh (keith) Update xSchedule FPP ping response to version 3
-- enh (keith) Introduce the "No Controller" as the default when adding new models to reduce overlap situations even further
-- enh (keith) Start introducing pixielink support
-- enh (keith) Make shadow models/models being shadowed visually distinct in visualiser
-- enh (scott) Make hinkspix sequence export weave universes like the upload config does
-- enh (scott) Add support for smart remote types for controllers
-- enh (scott) Add scale but keep aspect ratio to matrix singing faces
-- enh (scott) Allow sequence import to load *.piz files without renaming them
-- enh (dkulp) Begin introducing use of the Metal graphics API from some screen drawing and effect rendering
-- bug (keith) Prevent blank web page being set for xSchedule which looks like web interface is broken
-- bug (keith) Adjust Twilio plugin to work with updated API
-- bug (keith) Fix error display when F48 is configured with 512+512+1 pixel
-- bug (keith) Remove inner % property when star is 1 layer
-- bug (keith) Fix layout wiring view does not correctly show missing nodes in custom models
-- bug (keith) Fix faces effect wont render if nodes have been renamed after face effect was created with default names
-- bug (scott) Fix crash due to _MACOSX folder in zip files
2021.34 October 23, 2021
-- enh (billc) Add LED panel support for rpi-28D
-- enh (keith) Add ability to set a default virtual matrix and video location
-- enh (keith) Add to Alphapix and Pixlite/Pixcon property which forces DMX outputs to start at the beginning of a universe
-- enh (keith) Make inactive controllers ping results look different
-- enh (keith) Change some default settings for new users to be better options
-- enh (keith) Add an output processor which can exclude channels from dimming and gamma
-- enh (keith) Add to visualiser errors if smart remote and non-smart remote models are mixed on a group of 4 ports
-- enh (keith) Add tooltips to string 2+ on multistring models
-- bug (keith) Fix Hinks 4 port LR port 4, 8 etc show incorrect value
-- bug (keith) When testing with suppress unused outputs xlights normal output breaks
-- bug (keith) Fix calculation of first serial port channel when first model is not channel 1
-- bug (scott) Only show FPP multisync flag on players
-- bug (dkulp) Fix calculation of text length for non-OS fonts
2021.33 October 16, 2021
-- enh (keith) Add in validations for null pixels and group maximums for controllers
-- enh (keith) Add in a bunch of validations on the start channel dialog
-- enh (keith) Add ability to save/load dmx effect mappings
-- enh (keith) Double click on model removes it from the port.
-- enh (keith) When double clicking to add model to port scroll the controller so it is visible
-- enh (scott) Add detailed messages to multi controller upload
-- enh (scott) Enhance visualiser export with start channel and pixel count properties
-- bug (keith) Put in some protections for stupid long sequences in sequence settings. Also defer actually setting the sequence length until it is actually required.
-- bug (keith) Fix batch render shows sequences in backup folders even when told not to
-- bug (keith) Fix some artificial WS2811 protocol chips not showing in protocol list
-- bug (keith) Fix fire more than once sequences repeat fire if less than 1 minute long
-- bug (keith) Fix stars converting from old start location properties can end up corrupting rgbeffects file
-- bug (keith) Force Falcon V3 smart remote uploads to be one pixel for unused ports
-- bug (keith) Fix hide models on other controllers on visualiser does not always make sense
-- bug (keith) Fix windows stack walks are broken
-- bug (keith) Add filename checks to many effect properties to prevent filenames that wont save correctly
-- bug (keith) Add exception handler to prevent .net plugins crashing xSchedule
-- bug (keith) Fix hangs when zooming in on layout with grid visible
-- bug (keith) Fix some rendered face issues. This likely breaks anyone still using xLights 3 face effect definitions ... but it is time to get with the times guys.
-- bug (dkulp) Fix occasional corruption of FPP serial outputs
-- bug (dkulp) Fix issues with single channel custom models in groups not rendering simple things like "On" effects properly if Horiz/Vert per model selected.
-- bug (scott) Fix empty import view crash
-- bug (scott) Fix check sequence crash if no controller port assigned on a model
2021.32 October 10, 2021
-- enh (keith) Add an optional alignment grid to the 2D layout
-- enh (keith) Increase 3D clipping depth on layout for larger displays
-- ehh (keith) Increase tooltip duration and add a bunch of new tips
-- enh (keith) Validate controller IP on controller tab
-- bug (keith) Fix effect panels enabling/disabling broken after render all
-- bug (keith) Fix crash rendering text effect for non-true type fonts
-- bug (keith) Fix VU meter timing event random bar not lighting rightmost bar
-- bug (keith) Fix import of timing track auto selected if existing instance of that timing track has no marks
-- bug (keith) Fix DMX effect does not save correctly as a state
-- bug (keith) Fix double click on effect does not work if scrolled horizontally
-- bug (scott) Add back easylights 16 code until firmware fixes are released
2021.31 October 7, 2021
-- enh (david) Linux set TCP_NODELAY for OpenPixelControl TCP Output
-- enh (jason) Add virtual matrix to pi hat capabilities
-- enh (scott) Added purple highlight to State Dialog, Selecting Grid Header will populate all nodes with force color if enabled or white
-- enh (scott) Add ArtNet upload to ESPPixelStick V4
-- enh (dkulp) Add multi-colour emojis to windows
-- enh (keith) Report duplicate nodes in submodels in check sequence
-- enh (keith) Add cyan first pixel to 2D as well - disable it for single node models
-- enh (keith) Allow selection of gif files in movie effect
-- enh (keith) More xScanner enhancements. Recognise more controllers. Faster execution.
-- enh (keith) Warn every time xLights starts if the current show folder is in a backup folder
-- enh (keith) In check sequence add validations to string start nodes highlighting common errors
-- bug (keith) Fix double click on effects at maximum zoom can choose the wrong effect
-- bug (keith) For single colour custom models where all nodes only occupy one cell go back to old buffer style
-- bug (keith) Fix select effects wont select effects that have no colour selected
-- bug (keith) Fix universe per string not updating if the number of channels on controller does not change
-- bug (keith) Fix XL font vertical and rotated 90 degree movement
-- bug (keith) Fix a crash when loading FSEQ files
-- bug (keith) Fix timing panel reverse checkboxes not being reset resulting in weird UI behaviour
-- bug (keith) Prevent Pixlite upload sending a group count of 0
-- bug (keith) Fix when channel block is first model on a Falcon V4 port an incorrect number of channels are configured
-- bug (keith) Allow falcon to upload even when warnings are reported
-- bug (scott) Fix layered arch start location
2021.30 September 28, 2021
-- enh (dkulp) Add Mr/Mrs Claus, Christmas Tree, Gift emoji to popup list
-- enh (dkulp) Add skin tone for Emoji's (ShapeEffect)
-- enh (keith) Restructure xScanner to run without locking up the UI during the scan so you can access information while the scan runs
-- enh (keith) When uploading to a controller with a FPP proxy check the FPP has that IP address proxied. Warn if it doesnt.
-- enh (keith) In layout show the first pixel of every model in cyan when in 3D.
-- enh (keith) Show groups and submodels in different colours in the model lists on the model groups panel
-- enh (scott) Increase WLED maximum port number
-- enh (scott) Add multiselect to view import
-- bug (dkulp) Use the native emoji fonts on Linux/OSX and don't try to use the Windows specific font
-- bug (keith) Fix grouped pixels uploading to Falcon V4
-- bug (keith) When discovering E131 controllers dont set universe sizes to > 512 ... but add multiple universes
-- bug (keith) Centre the close button on the keybindings dialog
-- bug (keith) Fix hinkspix port number display in visualiser for ports > 4
-- bug (keith) Force valid start channels when not using full xLights control on the Falcon V4
-- bug (keith) Force gamma to valid value when uploading to Falcon V4
-- bug (keith) Validate WAV files uploaded to Falcon V4
-- bug (keith) Dont switch Falcon V4 from Player modes when uploading
-- bug (scott) Fix duplicate models added to group on import/download
-- bug (scott) Fix ESPixelStick v3 start channel upload
2021.29 September 16, 2021
-- enh (dkulp) Update Twinkle effect to use different placement alogirithm if buffer is very sparse
-- enh (dkulp) Keep Star screen coordinates as "floats" to provide smoother sizing/better display
-- enh (dkulp) Add Inner Layer % field to star model to allow the inner models to be larger/smaller
-- enh (dkulp) Add "Shaders on Background Thread" setting (Other panel in preferences) on Windows to enable running shaders
on the render thread. Defaults to off.
-- enh (scott) Check firmware on the hinkspix is high enough to work with upload
-- enh (scott) Added Opening and Exporting xmaphint files
-- enh (scott) Add export of submodels from one model to other models
-- enh (keith) Add hinkpix LR port number hints to visualiser tool tips
-- enh (keith) Default new controllers to auto size, auto layout and full control as this is more common than manual setup
-- enh (keith) Add some validations on FPP proxy usage to catch some errors
-- bug (dkulp) Twinkle effect text should be "Percent of lights" as its a percent, not hard number of lights.
-- bug (dkulp) email entry field not being saved on OSX unless some other setting also is changed
-- bug (dkulp) UNC style paths for Media/Resource directories had the first \ stripped off (and thus didn't work)
-- bug (kevin) Hopefully reduce some crashing on Windows associated with shader effect
-- bug (keith) Fix arch model import throws error and places arch in the wrong place
-- bug (keith) Fix several upload configuration issues for the FxxV4 - requires firmware build 5 or higher
-- bug (keith) Add drop hint validator to icicles and polyline model
-- bug (keith) Update star render buffer for single node stars so it better reflects the actual number of controllable nodes
-- bug (scott) Fix FSEQ upload to ESPixelStick
-- bug (scott) Fix pressing delete after selecting a group deletes the models in the group
2021.28 September 7, 2021
-- enh (keith) Add a check sequence warning about data layers which are uncommonly used
-- enh (keith) Have face effect use the first assigned face on a model if the effect is calling for a face that is not on the model
-- enh (scott) Highlight nodes used in other rows of submodel
-- enh (scott) Move HinksPix upload to the upload API
-- enh (scott) Added Layout Bulk Edit Options to set just protocol and Set Controller Port Number and Increment port number with each model.
-- enh (dkulp) Allow FPP serial devices to be configured using USB controller
-- bug (scott) Fix LOR S5 Start Layers
-- bug (keith) Leave Pixlite in advanced mode after upload
-- bug (keith) Catch attempts to upload to the wrong version of Falcon controller
-- bug (keith) Don't switch falcon away from player modes when uploading
-- bug (keith) Fix several issues using FPP connect to upload to Falcon V4
-- bug (keith) Fix some Falcon V4 upload issues affecting long strings and serial output
-- bug (keith) Fix falcon does not measure banks correctly if the number of ports is not divisible by 16
-- bug (keith) Fix face effect image display not respecting image transparency
-- bug (keith) Fix when switching between artnet and E131 don't allow universe to be left as 0
-- bug (keith) Fix purged backups not consistently deleting files
-- bug (keith) When converting from DDP to E131 with 1 channel we end up with universe size 1
2021.27 August 28, 2021
-- enh (scott) Add new hinkspix long range support for visualiser and upload
-- enh (keith) Strip out further code undermining users free rights to choose their models on windows
-- enh (keith) Remove all model group missing models warnings as there is nothing a user can really do about it and several legitimate
ways to trigger it.
-- enh (keith) Suppress model faces lead in/out was not working unless you chose to fade
-- enh (keith) Show in model properties strands/string as an error if it does not divide evenly into nodes per string
-- enh (keith) Don't let the fix files routine look into the backup folder.
-- enh (keith) Don't have the backup process follow symbolic links
-- bug (keith) Fix cant export presets with & in the name
-- bug (keith) Fix channel block and single channel models not represented in visualiser correctly on pixel ports
-- bug (keith) Fix multichannel 'single channel' custom models not rendering correctly (mostly missing face effects on channels)
-- bug (keith) Fix music effect separate not working
-- bug (keith) Fix Falcon V4 upload fails for brightness settings the controller does not support
2021.26 August 25, 2021
-- enh (dkulp) Add support for "Virtual Matrix" and "LED Panel Matrix" protocols for Models
-- enh (dkulp) Add Virtual Matrix and LED Panel Matrix ports to Visualizer for controllers that support them
-- enh (dkulp) Mark the various Pi based hats as being able to support Virtual Matrices
-- enh (dkulp) Add a "Pi4 Virtual Matrix" FPP controller type that enables the second HDMI output port
-- enh (dkulp) Update FPP output upload to fully configure virtual matrices
-- enh (dkulp) Add "Full xLights Control" ability to FPP based controllers
-- enh (dkulp) Support multiple virtual matrices per FPP output port (colorlight/linsn sender cards)
-- enh (keith) Add check sequence warning for large custom models
-- enh (keith) A better way to deal with deciding to map effects due to large numbers of missing models
-- enh (keith) Add to check sequence a check for model groups where more than one of the contained models contains the same node
-- enh (keith) Add open proxy button to controller tab
-- enh (keith) When replacing a model with a model merge the group membership of both models
-- enh (keith) Import Lyrix audactity like timing files ... xLights will autodetect the lack of tab delimiters and instead use space as a delimiter
-- enh (keith) Add lead-in/out to the faces effect when using suppress when not singing.
-- enh (keith) Add base support for auto map hints - there is no UI support for this in this release
-- enh (keith) When dragging submodel or node effects in the mapping dialog if you hold down the shift key and drop the model onto
a submodel or node with the same node then map all matching submodels/nodes at once
-- enh (keith) Add option to purge download cache on xLights startup
-- enh (scott) Add start/end nulls to ESPixelStick
-- bug (dkulp) If FPP hat/cape supports both pixels and panels, upload configs for both (actually all 3 with VirtualMatrix)
-- bug (keith) Fix a falcon with no models but full xLights control does not actually clear all the outputs
-- bug (keith) Fix crash in OSC where no path is specified
-- bug (keith) Fix crash on startup when using a generic serial output
-- bug (keith) Fix inactivating/activating a model does not add/remove <> around model name when applied
-- bug (keith) Fix single channel custom model does not render twinkle correctly because the model buffer is not 1x1
-- bug (scott) Fix DDP configuring of ESPixelStick V4
2021.25 August 13, 2021
-- enh (dkulp) If the model being imported can be mapped to a vendor supplied xmodel, prompt to use the vendor supplied xmodel.
-- enh (keith) Reduce calls to lookup supplier from MAC address by using a local lookup file
-- enh (keith) Redo the circle model default render buffer to better handle layers with different numbers of nodes
-- enh (keith) Add option to emit MIDI and ArtNET timecode where hour = the step playing. This also works for SMPTE receive