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Oh, I thought it used to give the full version. Another way to test would be to right-click on the script file and select Open in ScriptIDE - if it is too new it will fail, possibly with a more informative error.
I gave this a try (keyboard shortcut button). I was able to set the shortcut to Shift+8 with that button. Now the shortcut works on the main keyboard when I type Shift+8, but it does not work on the numeric keypad in any combination I t ried. I guess the numeric keypad has different key codes, even though both keys have an 8 on them.
Ah, the mysteries of life. Thanks for the suggestion.
What does Meta mean in the keyboard shortcut key modifier list?
I did see that the menu to select the keyboard shortcut has the same dark font issue.
As far as I can tell, it's not possible to make a menu bigger. I just made all my menus the 22 button size - I'm more about efficiency than good looks and so I don't mind seeing empty buttons that I can add info to as I go along or in the future if necessary. Each of my menus has buttons of a single colour, apart from my master menu, which has buttons of all different colours, each corresponding to the colour of the menu it links to. I've yet to fill one of my 22 button menus, but when I do then the last button will just link to another menu in the series with the same colour (e.g Lights 2). My master menu is called 'All Organized' so that it sits at the top of the list in Visual Menus. This probably all makes more sense to do than it does to read :) Finding anything this way just involves remembering one shortcut for the master menu and then clicking twice.
I know I've already said it, but I love this product. I can have a mixed up menu that links to all the things I'd use, regardless of the source (e.g light sets from Daz and Rendo, quickly available to choose from via a single menu), I can have products and tools mixed up in a single menu too - my 'Speed Booster' menu has a button for the Decimator window, one to open Matty's 'Resource Saver Shaders' in the Content Library, one for the Scene Optimizer product and even one for the Spot Render tool. It's just not possible to make all of those things accessible to together so quickly (or at all, as far as I know). Bitwelder seems very quick to address any issues or produce updates if necessary. I can't see this being something I'll ever regret buying.
I hadnt thought about "Continue" buttons, but I have been leaving room for "Back" buttons,etc. Thanks for the idea. I dont mind if I have huge menus with empty space either. Ill just make a master template and go with that. By the way, if you havent made your own templates yet with QTDesigner (I think thats what it was called), its super easy.
I'd thought about making a template of my own, but figured that there wasn't a lot of point since the included templates more or less met my needs and that I could always make my own in the future. Then I thought about how neat it is that everything is just where I've put it in Daz Studio, and your comment made me think 'Yes, why not?'. I'm pleased that I did it, but since it meant replacing the menus I'd already made using an included template with otherwise identical menus using a template I'd made myself, it wasn't without a few hitches. Just in case anyone else is thinking of doing the same, this is what they were...
Firstly, because you can't just change the template of your menu, you have to rename the old one (I just added 'Two' to the end), then create a new one with the old one's original name and copy the entries from the first and paste them into the second, one at a time for what feels like forever (realising how glad you are that you didn't leave this until some point in the future after all, when you'd probably have had more menus with even more entries!). After this, you delete all your old menus.
Next, whatever is going on under the hood uses numbers (or something other than the names, anyway) to identify the menus. I'd pretty much expected this as I don't suppose you'd be able to rename them as easily and still have the system know what you're on about, but I still didn't really think it through properly. If, as I did, you've recreated a master menu first (with links to your other menus) before recreating your other menus, your master menu is still going to link to the old ones and you're going to have to assign the new ones to your buttons instead.
Lastly, I could not assign a shortcut to my new master menu without Studio crashing. After repeated attempts and trying things like recreating the menu again with one of the supplied templates, none of which worked, I eventually discovered via Window/Workspace/Customize (Daz Studio main menu) that even though I had deleted unwanted menus, there were still references to them under Actions/Custom. These were probably visible when I was trying to assign a shortcut through the Visual Menus dialog, I just never noticed them. Or something. Once I'd deleted them, everything worked properly and I was able to assign my shortcut without Daz crashing and laughing at me.
I hope that helps someone. I could probably have explained it all better but it has just gone 4.00am here and my brain is closing down. I would hate it to sound like all of the above was more trouble than it was worth, though. It really wasn't. I still love this product (and promise never to say it again until next time!). It makes me feel like Christmas has come early to Daz Studio :)
Glad to hear it! I love it when tedium can be eliminated...
Thanks, Paintbox! It looks like Cris answered your question about renaming buttons (thanks Cris!). Also, thanks for the heads up.
Yes, I can confirm it was saved from 4.10.0.123. Thanks Richard! @silvioarturi_d26d1707cd, have you had any luck by updating to the latest Daz Studio?
Sorry this is happening! As Richard suggested, you could make sure you have the latest update to Daz Studio. VisualMenus also needs registry access (or plist.info for Mac)...it may be worth checking if you have security software that might be blocking it? It could also be that there is a corrupt file in the installation...this happened to me once...you might try uninstalling and reinstalling the product. Please let me know how this goes...I hope you are able to get it working!
Glad you are liking it! And thanks for the complementary words about my videos. It was surprising to me how long it takes to make a video. I thought I'd save time by making videos instead of a written user guide..,boy was I wrong! It turns out that for me to make a video where I'm not completely rambling and getting all tongue-tied and confused is to actually write out a script ahead of time, word-for-word.
Sorry that is happening, and thank you for this video! I'll definitely be looking into this...
Thanks for this info! This is concerning--I wonder how many people are experiencing this... I wish it were happening to me so I could troubleshoot it directly.
Will do! Let me know if there are any special features that you would like to see. Also, you could always try it, and return it for any reason within 30 days--you probably already know that, but just in case you didn't.
It isn't currently possible to change the menu layout once you've set it, but I plan to make it available in a future update.
In Windows, at least, I believe Meta refers to the Windows button on the keyboard. I'm not sure if there is an equivalent on Mac?
Sorry for all these isssues--I hope I can make it easier and more workable.
How about the facility to merge a saved file into the current scene ?
Can anybody point me at some scripting to do that ?
Thanks
S.
Thanks for this, totally cool!
It's in the available actions.
Thank you for the suggestions.
I ran a "Check updates" from Daz Studio but I did not get further updates available.
For the registry access, I'm not sure how to check that. Daz Studio seems to work fine, shouldn't the script share its same access rights?
I tried to install the script both through DIM and downloading it manually and putting it into the runtime folder, but the result was the same.
If you do a manual install, you should have a folder designated for Scripts in your My Daz Library folder. I'm on a Mac so am hesitant to give you the path, however, the contents of the downloaded zip should give you the path with the folder structure. My Runtime folder is only for Textures and Support folders when it comes to Studio.
This has been fixed, and will appear in the next update. Now selected assets in both "Files" and "Products" tabs of Smart Content will appear in the VisualMenus action editor's "Content Items" tab. Thanks again for taking the time to make the video!
This has quickly shot to number one of my "Most useful DS Tools" list ;)
Laurie
Having thought about it, I believe the most likely cause is that you are using an slightly older version of Daz Studio (4.10.0.107), whereas the script was saved using 4.10.0.123 (the current general release). That would be the first thing to resolve. One thing you might try to force a download of the most recent version of Daz Studio:
1. Close the Daz Studio application (important, will mess things up if it is running when you uninstall it)
2. In Daz Install Manager, uninstall Daz studio by going to the "Installed" tab, checking the checkbox next to Daz Studio 4.10 and pressing the "Start Queue" button at lower left of screen
3. If Daz Studio 4.10 then shows up in the "Ready to Install" tab, right click and choose to "Delete Package". If, on the other hand, Daz Studio doesn't show up in "Ready to Install" tab, skip to step 4.
4. In the "Ready to Download" tab of Daz Studio, re-download/install Daz Studio by checking the checkbox nex to Daz Studio 4.10 and pressing the "Start Queue" button at lower left of screen...it should re-download a 'fresh' copy of Daz Studio
If you decide to try this (at your own risk
), do you get the latest Daz Studio?
Absolutely! The amount of time this saves is incredible.
Thanks for letting me know about the fix & keep up the great work as this was money well spent
It's not just saving time for me, either. I've put my most used tools and products into my menus, but went through my stuff to create the links and found a surprising amount of 'most used' from the relatively recent past that I'd stopped using because I'd forgotten they were there and where they were - mostly lights and effects. The options that I automatically reach for now have grown, choosing between them takes seconds and I can make my art much more interesting in a fraction of the time. I've also cleared a few items from my wishlist after realising how similar they were to products I'd forgotten I owned (and am using again now they're so simple to find). I've a feeling that VisualMenus has probably paid for itself here already.
they do have different keycodes
EXCELLENT PRODUCT!!!!!!!! Very well document and very very useful. THANK YOU bitwelder for giving Daz a huge upgrade. This plugin gets my best product of the year award.
Crashes Studio 4.10.0.123 every time.
Studio 4.10.0.123 W7 pro i7 24GB ram
I have looked at the video and pdf tutorials, and am following the steps, in order.
Created a custom action for the script so I could open it with Content Library items selected
Open Script, choose New, select menu style
Double click menu buttons, add content items
Select Add Keybpoard Shortcut, go to Customization Pane, select menu, add keyboard shortcut
This is where the crash happens, hitting either Apply or Accept. In either case, either Studio locks up indefinitely, or it just crashes.
Fix needed.