Script Sharing

cabbage · Post by **cabbage** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:58 pm

If anyone has some scripts that they could share with me I would appreciate that. I've experimented a bit with scripting specifically for use with Darkroom but haven't come up with anything really mind shattering.

A script repository would be a good idea, does anyone know if one exists?

willrob · Post by **willrob** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:27 am

The only scripts I've done have been for specific songs, where I time changes to happen at key points in the song. Applied to other songs, they might now be much use. I also tend to use color maps I've made (using Color Monger).

Currently I can't get the new version of Darkroom to work at all for me, except in random mode. It will let me select a script, but it ignores it when creating its output. Are you expriencing anything similar, or is it working as expected?

cabbage · Post by **cabbage** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:14 pm

I've only tried the latest Darkroom in random mode and it worked fine.

Output from Darkroom without specifying a script is boring and not very random looking to me. I don't mind randomly generated visualisations but it appears Darkroom needs a little help by specifying a script otherwise it's bland output.

If scripts could be shared then perhaps I would get a better idea of what I could do with Darkroom, or at least have a starting point.

chkman · Post by **chkman** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:55 pm

A script repository would be a good idea

Good idea, maybe I'll start one. I was thinking about putting a script generator online. It would have a field for the time and drop downs for each type of config; color, wave etc. If they enter the artist and title we could just add it to a database for downloading.

In the meantime, I will post some scripts with flows merging instead of unions as discussed in this post:

http://forums.soundspectrum.com/viewtopic.php?t=693

cabbage · Post by **cabbage** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:41 pm

The online script generator would be cool, especially for non scripters like myself.

I like the screen shots on your site!

chkman · Post by **chkman** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:44 pm

Thanks,

I was trying to show what the multiple unions look like. I just posted an updated zip of that and one that doesn't use too many unions. I wanted to watch the flows 'merge' like when G-Force is doing it's random thing but it doesn't seem to work in my scripts.

http://www.icubed.com/~chkman/GForce/

willrob · Post by **willrob** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:56 pm

So am I the only Platinum user who can't get Darkroom to run scripts?

Another symptom of my problem: when I watch the video output, about half way through the bottom of the screen gets text added, saying "This is a trial version of G-Force" and then "Upgrade to G-Force Gold at www.soundspectrum.com". It seems Darkroom isn't able tyo recognize G-Force Platinum 3.01.

I've reinstalled G-Force and Darkroom, but this proved no solution.

chkman · Post by **chkman** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:15 pm

I wish I had Darkroom...

Here are some scripts that just use standard configs, except for an occasional colormap no chkman configs.

http://www.icubed.com/~chkman/GForce/ch ... cripts.zip

willrob · Post by **willrob** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:37 pm

So how are you using these scripts?

I noticed that each of the last three sets have the same names for the files â€” Color_Control 0.txt, etc. So obviousl they can't all be placed in the scripts folder at the same time. I have a utility that can rename them all easily, but maybe I'm missing something here and shouldn't rename them.

Normally while in G-Force (via iTunes on my Mac) I can evoke a config from the keyboard, such as CTRL.8. But is thre a way to evoke a script, or use a script in a way other than from Darkroom? Not that i could get Darkroom to run a script anymore. I may have to remove G-Force 3 and go back a generationm and revrt to the previous version of Darkroom to get scripting back.

chkman · Post by **chkman** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:09 am

You can just keep the downloaded zips together and unzip which ever set of scripts that you want to. It will just replace what's currently in the script folder.

CTRL key is the only way I know of to run a script. A script name matching an artist and track title is supposed to run automatically when that song is played but I haven't gotten that to work yet.

willrob · Post by **willrob** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:16 pm

So if I repplace the Scripts folde , how do I use the Control key to evoke a script with a name like Color_Control 0.txt. Would Control 0 do it?

chkman · Post by **chkman** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:54 pm

The keys will start only "CTRL x.txt", x being 0-9 or A-Z. You can start a script from another script. The CTRL x scripts start the wave_CTRL x etc scripts. It was easier to program it that way, counting time seperately for each config. If you want to run just the color script you could edit "CTRL x.txt" and remove the lines that start the other scripts or change them to start any script name that you might create.
CHANGE:
00:01
Run("Color_CTRL A",0);
Run("Wave_CTRL A",0);
Run("Flow_CTRL A",0);

TO:
00:01
Run("Color_CTRL A",0);
Run("WaveTest",0);
Run("FlowTest",0);
That would keep my color script and run a wave and flow script of yours. If you are going to be working on scripts I suggest creating a folder away from SoundSpectrum to store them in. Like a folder on the desktop. Then copy your changes into Scripts. This will keep your files from being overwritten when you unzip.

Always make a backup!

cabbage · Post by **cabbage** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:22 pm

Willrob, I'll try some scripts with Darkroom today and will let you know how it works out.

cabbage · Post by **cabbage** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:36 pm

Scripts don't appear to be working with Darkroom anymore.

willrob · Post by **willrob** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:46 pm

So I'm not going crazy. At least not about this.