jumping cues in SCS 9 (fix in 9.1.4)
Posted: 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
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