Feedback about the mod

[Miniontoby]

Hi there,

I have been using this mod for a week or so and I have some feedback.

1. The right click config menu's all show the same 'fixture name' even tho it is NOT that fixture.

   • LED Fresnel shows LED Fresnel, cause of

     Theatrical/common/src/main/java/dev/imabad/theatrical/client/gui/screen/fixtures/FresnelScreen.java

     Lines 7 to 9 in 7d9fbb9

     	public FresnelScreen(FresnelBlockEntity be) {
     	super(be, "block.theatrical.fresnel");
     	}

   • Moving Light shows Moving Light
   • Moving Wash shows Moving Light
   • LED Panel shows Moving Light

2. The name of DMX universe and artnet universe are a little uhm confusing. What do I mean? Well, the "DMX universe" that you're setting inside the fixtures actually is the "Art-Net universe" (which confused me for an hour) and is the same universe that is set inside the Art-Net config as "Network" inside the Minecraft menu. On the other hand, the "DMX universe" inside the Art-Net config menu is actually correct and lines us with DMX universe inside Art-Net.

3. The configuration card could use some guide, cause I don't understand how it works.
   Edit: Welp I just figured it out. Shift-Right click to open settings, set it up, click checkboxes (that look strange...), then right click on any fixture to set the channel... But theres no way someone would have known that

4. The fixture config menu would be nice if when opened will 'focus' onto the address field, as this helps speed up configuration process, specially when setting up 35 LED panels.

5. The Moving Wash doesn't cast a beam and it's focus channel only makes the world brighter, but doesn't make the world the color of the wash...

Anyways, nice mod. This is to be honest the most underrated mod of all time!

Aside from the points I just mentioned, I do give this mod a 4/5. Super nice, but just a little hard to set up by hand.

[Rushmead]

Hey! Thanks for using the mod and for this feedback! Can I check what version you're using?

The right click config menu's all show the same 'fixture name' even tho it is NOT that fixture.

• LED Fresnel shows LED Fresnel, cause of
• Moving Light shows Moving Light
• Moving Wash shows Moving Light
• LED Panel shows Moving Light

Thanks, I've fixed this ready for the next release!

2. The name of DMX universe and artnet universe are a little uhm confusing. What do I mean? Well, the "DMX universe" that you're setting inside the fixtures actually is the "Art-Net universe" (which confused me for an hour) and is the same universe that is set inside the Art-Net config as "Network" inside the Minecraft menu. On the other hand, the "DMX universe" inside the Art-Net config menu is actually correct and lines us with DMX universe inside Art-Net.

I've also fixed this - there's a lack of documentation and instruction for the entire mod and this isn't something I have time to fix. However there is a somewhat active community on the discord where there are a few tutorials and information about how to use the mod.

3. The configuration card could use some guide, cause I don't understand how it works.
Edit: Welp I just figured it out. Shift-Right click to open settings, set it up, click checkboxes (that look strange...), then right click on any fixture to set the channel... But theres no way someone would have known that

As I said above, there's a lack of docs but I recommend joining the discord server for community help.

4. The fixture config menu would be nice if when opened will 'focus' onto the address field, as this helps speed up configuration process, specially when setting up 35 LED panels.

Fixed ready for next release.

5. The Moving Wash doesn't cast a beam and it's focus channel only makes the world brighter, but doesn't make the world the color of the wash...

It not casting a beam is intentional. It's not possible to do coloured light in Minecraft without a mod like Shimmer, so that will be why it is lighting up the world but not doing any colour. If you want the lights to actually cast colour, install the Shimmer mod.

Thanks again!

[Miniontoby]

I am currently running 1.20.2 Fabric.

Thanks for fixing points 1, 2 and 4

For point 3 I would suggest adding some kind of instructions inside the tooltip of the configuration card.
And yeah, I'm in the discord now

About point 5: The Led Fresnel does cast a beam, tho. But I will be installing Shimmer, I guess...

Update: I tried, but it crashes... the .jar file says its build for 1.20.1 whilst im running 1.20.2, maybe thats why the mixins are wrong, but idk. My launcher should download the correct version

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Oh and I (just) installed the Extra Fixtures mod as well now and it does also have the problem from point 1, but I guess it probably is fixed now with the new update that you just made

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Btw I might be able to help write a wiki/documentation. I don't mind if its github wiki or if its like readthedocs.io

[Miniontoby]

Btw I noticed that inside 1.20.2 the Configuration card's checkboxes are 4 pixels with like blue pixels and such...
Looks like its a bug, as inside 1.20.1 (which I tried for Shimmers, with no luck btw), it does show a check icon inside 1.20.1

And I've noticed some strange behaviour as well, inside Fabric 1.20.2 without Shimmers.
With some specific pan/tilt configurations sometimes the beam of the Fresnel's sometimes just 'jitter'. It just constantly moves a few pixels back and forth. As if the Fresnel is not hung strongly. As if the trussing is not on stable ground.

Welp, seems like I didn't hit Save enough times