Current Scene Number Actor

MatthewH

I would love an actor that simply outputs the integer scene number of whatever scene it is in. Does anyone know how to do this with existing actors and, if not, how hard would it be to do this, Mark?

keftaparty

Hi matthew. It's not a complete solution because you don't get the integer number, but I use to place in each scene an osc send with a trigger of a text to get feedback of positon when jumping remotly between scenes. Best Mehdi

MatthewH

I already do something along those lines. What I was hoping for was an automatic solution so that I don't have to manually change the number in each scene. Doing it manually is fine until I have to insert a scene halfway through a project with 150+ scenes and renumber half of them by hand in the middle of tech.

keftaparty

Hi matthew,

Would you post a feature request for an actor having the scene number as an output ?

As Jump actors are able to show the number of the next scene, I guess it's quite easy to create such an actor.

I would find it very handly

Best

Mehdi

MatthewH

I sent in a feature request a couple of days ago. I had the same thought regarding the jump actor.

mark

Your wish is my command. Install as follows:

Macintosh:

1) Unzip the attached file.

2) Right click (control-click) the Isadora app.

3) Go into Contents -> MacOS -> Isadora Plugins

4) Drop the unzipped plugin Isadora Plugins folder -- delete the old plugin if necessary.

Windows:

1) Unzip the attached file.

2a) On 64 bit systems, Navigate to c:\Program Files (x86)\Isadora\Isadora Plugins

2b) On 32 bit systems, Navigate to c:\Program Files\Isadora\Isadora Plugins

3) Drop the unzipped plugin Isadora Plugins folder -- delete the old plugin if necessary.

Not really tested thoroughly. Let me know how it goes.

Best Wishes,

Mark

34f17b-mac-current-scene-number.zip 4207f9-win-current-scene-number.zip

Michel

Thank you Mark, this is what makes Isadora so ununique.

Best,
Michel

MatthewH

Thanks, Mark! That does exactly what I needed.

DusX

Sweet.!!! I can use this in a project today!

Bill Cottman

thanks! for future use

fubbi

wow exactly what I needed!

keftaparty

Thanks Mark,

works well on pc running win7 64 for me

Best

Mehdi

CraigAlfredson

This is a great little actor. It would be great if it displayed the scene name just like it does in the jump actor.

I'm also trying to figure out how to use this actor to create a list of which scenes are currently active... Any ideas?

timkelly

Hiya,

Been playing around with this actor, but realised it doesn't seem to honour if scenes have been given manual numbers - just outputs the index of the scene instead. Is there a way round this?

I'm trying to build a cueing system that counts up internal cues between scenes, so my scene numbering has lots of gaps in the numbers.

Woland

@timkelly

This actor gives you the Scene number (these will be consecutive integers starting at 1) based on its position in the Scene List (the Scene Index) not the "Q# / cue number" (which can be set manually).

By default, the Cue Number is based on the Scene Index, but what you've done is changed the Cue Number so that it no longer matches the Scene Number.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I do already have a feature request recorded for Q# actors similar to Current Scene Number and ones that would allow for easy navigation to different cues similar to the Jump actors but based on the Q#'s for Scenes instead of the Scene Index.