[ANSWERED] Erasing a scene from a patch without opening/activating it?

[karlakr8]

I have a patch, in which one scene causes Isadora to crash. All the other scenes work fine. I would like to erase this scene to rebuild it from scratch, but every time I open it, Isadora freezes or crashes.

Is there any way to erase a scene without activating it?

[mark_m]

@karlakr8

Pause the engine, delete the scene, restart the engine

So, in Isadora, go to  menu / output / pause engine, or CTRL/CMD + Shift + P

A red border will appear around Isadora interface.

Now you can just click on the bad scene's name at the bottom of the interface to highlight it, and either right click and choose 'clear' or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL/CMD +B. That removes the bad scene.

Then CTRL/CMD + Shift + P again to resume the engine, and you can carry on.

Pausing the engines stops Isadora from processing anything, and it's just what you need in situations like this!

Hope this helps!

Mark (a different Mark)

[karlakr8]

@mark_m

thanks for your wonderful reply. I've been using Isadora since 2005 and have not used this option ever before!

It seems like something else is wrong though. The programme keeps on crashing. 

[dbini]

blind mode?

(its in the Scenes menu at the top)

[karlakr8]

@dbini

thanks, I managed to get it go with this :)