Loading a Scene

The simplest way to get started with the 3D Visualizer, is to load an existing scene. This scene can be one created with the ShowDesigner module or with one of the earlier versions of MSD.

During the load of a scene, the 3D Visualizer will check if all the fixtures in the scene have a valid license. In scenes created with MSD 6, these licenses should be alright if you have kept your subscription up to date. The license for fixtures is something that was introduced in version 5, so when you load a scene from version 4 none of the fixtures have a license.

Any problems with any license will be reported in the Report View, and display just after the scene is loaded.

•	One or more fixtures do not have a license. This generally occurs when you load a scene created by an earlier version of MSD. There are three thing that you can do to solve these issues

•	Reopen the scene with Open & Update. This will replace fixtures in the scene with new versions from the MSD 6 libraries.

•	Give the fixtures in the scene a 'public' license. A public license can be automatically retrieved from the lighthouse web-site.

•	Give the fixtures in the scene a 'private' license. This will make the scene only work for your dongle, but allows you to work with the scene without having to connect to the internet. At a later stage you (or someone else) can always give the fixtures a 'public' license.

•	One or more fixtures have an invalid private license This generally occurs when you load a scene created by someone else. There are two thing that can do to solve these issues

•	Reopen the scene with Open & Update. This will replace fixtures in the scene with new versions from the MSD 6 libraries with correct licenses.

•	Give the fixtures in the scene a 'public' license. A public license can be automatically retrieved from the lighthouse web-site.

•	One or more fixtures have an invalid license This occurs when you open a scene that contains fixtures that have a licenses that is newer than the expiration date of your subscription. The only thing you can do to solve this is renew your subscription for MSD 6.

•	One or more fixtures have a private license This means that there are fixtures in the scene that are licensed to your dongle only. Before others can use this scene, these fixtures need to get a public license.

All this can be read in the Report View, including links to give the fixtures public or private licenses.

Besides any issues with licenses, you can also see the Report View if a file needed by the scene could not be found. These could be bitmap files used in textures, movies used in media feeds or custom gobos.