I am doing each element category independently as well, the difference is that I did not put them all in the window at once. Too late to do anything about that for the songs that are finished now. I understand the slider issue, I was trying to warn other people who have been doing it my prior way. I will change to all models displayed in the window for future songs, but if I add my snowflakes and candy canes I will have 89 models. That is a lot of sliding and a lot of models to work on. I have been trying to keep my timing marks to be less than 15, sometimes less than 10. Live and learn. I'm not complaining about nutcracker functionality, just trying to warn others and make a case for future changes to make it easier to use. Without nutcracker I would have far less RGB elements, but I'm learning how to use it for DMX stuff as well and it works great.
sorry jim for the misuderstanding. i have always said what is in the grid is what gets saved. i understand that you thought you could remove a model and later click it back in and it would remember the effects. that is not how it works, as you found out.
when you press save all models in the grid are written to the xml file. i , for example, have 120 models. this is because i load up peoples models when they are having issues. i do not want all those models in my songs. only the models in grid are written to the xml.
next year we will redesign the grid so you collapse columns (7 minitrees are now one column), we may do an even larger change to the grid. this is really the first year anyone has used xlights for their shows with nutcracker. we have learned what works and what doesnt.
i agree 50 models is too unweildy to work with. we are toying with making the grid with time going horizontal (liek vixen,lsp,lor). we will experiment and try to improve the ui.
thanks
sean