[Hopperxx] How do you debug a projector?

[Buzz Kettles]

 ​​historically there was a way to open a message window from a projector

message=1 in the .ini maybe?

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 4:26 PM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com> wrote:

> Thanks very much, Valentin. I understand.
>
> ja
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> On 2/18/2018 8:44 AM, Valentin wrote:
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>> Am 2/18/2018 um 4:55 PM schrieb Jim Andrews:
>>
>>> Brilliant as always, Valentin. Thanks so much.
>>>
>> You are welcome ;)
>>
>> That solves the problem.
>>> The sound is working. Now it's just a matter of narrowing it down to the
>>> relevant required Xtras.
>>> Isn't there a setting one can check so that all required Xtras are
>>> included in the projector itself? In Publish Settings > Files I see
>>> "Exclude all xtras" (which isn't it) but there is also "Copy linked and
>>> dependent files". That doesn't seem to do it.
>>>
>> "Copy linked and dependent files" is only about adding additional
>> (non-binary) files to the projector, it's not about xtras. For such a
>> "standard projector", all xtras that are shown in the movie's xtra list:
>>
>>    Director menu -> "Modify" -> "Movie" -> "Xtras"
>>
>> are automatically added to the projector, unless either checkbox
>> "Exclude all xtras" in the publish settings is checked or checkbox
>> "Include in Projector" was deactivated manually for individual xtras in
>> this mentioned "Movie Xtras" dialog (it's always checked by default).
>>
>>
>> How does one know which Xtras are required if you are not there to
>>> answer the question, Valentin?
>>>
>> Normally, whenever some new asset type is added to a castlib, Director
>> automatically adds the needed xtras to this xtra list mentioned above
>> (and "Include in Projector" defaults to true).
>>
>> In your case, either some xtras are missing in the "Movie Xtras" list,
>> or some "Include in Projector" checkboxes are deactivated. Once you
>> found out which xtras were missing, you can fix both, either using the
>> "Add..." button in this dialog to add a missing xtra or editing the
>> "Include..." checkbox state.
>>
>> After that, you should be able to publish projectors that include all
>> needed xtras.
>>
>> Valentin
>>
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