jumping cues in SCS 9 (fix in 9.1.4)

paul gardner · Post by **paul gardner** » Mon May 01, 2006 12:22 am

I am now running my second show on SCS 8, and I am very pleased with the results. We have a lot of linked and/or overlapped cues, including hot keys, and they run very well. I decided to try SCS 9 at home, to check it out before buying the upgrade, which I fully expect to do. I like the improvements. However, there is one problem that I can't seem to get around.

When I run my cue list (and I've seen it in the demo too) I find that the program will sometimes either skip or jump backwards to fint a "next cue". For example, I start cue 4, and the program jumps forward to highlight cue 7 as the next one (and that's the one that starts if I right click the mouse). It marks cues 5 and 6 as completed. Alternatively, it might jump back to cue 1 or 2. This problem does not appear to happen if I use the option for the space bar start of cues, and it is MUCH worse (like every cue fails) if I set up the mouse for left-handed use (my normal mode).

Needless to say, I would not feel comfortable using this in a live show. I haven't tried the program on my laptop yet, as I would rather not disturb a known good configuration until after this show is over at the end of next week.

I really like the playlist feature. We don't have much in the way of intemission music in this show, but I've done others where that would be a great tool. I'm looking forward to using the new version with all its features.

Paul

Dave_Green · Post by **Dave_Green** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:31 am

I'm having the same problem both on my laptop and the show control computers at Movie World (We're still running the demo version of 9 at the park until I re-program the shows to make use of the new features)

I find that the problem is intermittent for me. Sometimes it will jump cues and other times it will work perfectly.

Mike Daniell · Post by **Mike Daniell** » Fri May 05, 2006 9:02 pm

This 'jumping' occurs if you right-click to activate the GO button while the mouse is over the grid in the upper part of the Run screen. This will be fixed in 9.1.4.

jmgordon · Post by **jmgordon** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:46 am

Glad to hear this. The problem was causing me some anguish in demonstrating effects to the director this week! As a matter of interest I have been exploring other screen areas to see if they cause the same problem, but have not found any yet.

Malcolm

Mike Daniell · Post by **Mike Daniell** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:30 am

Fixed in 9.1.4.