From: Helen V. J. <he...@cr...> - 2004-01-04 08:14:41
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thanks for this vi; i'm working on a Big List of things for douglas so i'll incorporate your comments. i'm just heading in to upstage now myself ... point about the text chat is a good one; the audience will be distinguished in that they won't have a name at the start of their chat (because they're not logged in) but you're right, it will be hard to follow (especially if there's a dark background underneath & no scroll bar!). it would be good if we could make the performers' text be coloured or bold. h : ) >hey all i have just been looking around in :8081 > >there have been a few changes and improvements that make the whole space >look heaps better! >the new avs and backgrounds look great! [no i didn't do any hen] > >some points >avs >* when i first log in many of the avs look very large until i select them >then they appear as the little squares in the wardrobe > >* the av names are not all showing correctly mermai, black an... etc >does the space given for a name have to be extended or can it be set to >show x number of charaters that we have to remain within? > >-- when i first went into test stage i could not see the av for mermai >although after going back to admin and re entering i now can > >* when i select an av if i have the movement on slow it will not come on stage >i have to set the movement to fast [this is when i am already holding an av >as well as when i am not] > > >* do the av names have to be black? is there any way we can change them and >or could they have a background colour behind the name? >they are difficult to read on some avs > >text box [chat log] >* when the environment is up and running how will the audience >differentiate text in the chat log? could the player names be bold? >i realise the audience will see the avs onstage [and thus their names] but >if a few people are in there commenting it may be hard to work out what the >'conversation' of the stage is... > >also may be helpful when the avs are responding to or jamming with >the audience > >backdrops >* love how the forest has a jagged edge - like that functionality of the >upstage backdrops, will be great for off/on stage action in performance > >* they are not showing their full names in the gallery [can this be altered >so there is more space for names?] > >* the backdrops that are gifs show up all along the bottom of the gallery >for me - i can select the haunted forest or arabian one in the props >gallery by selecting some of its colour > > >crashing >* after being in the testing stage slecting many avs and typing text, >moving, dropping clearing resetting no problem i went into admin and made a >prop available for the stage > >i was unable to select the prop - and soon after when typing text i was >crashed out of explorer > >this always seems to occur after i have been in the admin area > >cheers >vicki :) > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. >Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's >Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. >Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Upstage-list mailing list >Ups...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/upstage-list -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst he...@cr... http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ |