Yes that sounds funny but I ran across this problem today creating and testing an effect under my user.
Using my Effect MULTICOLORBARS1A if I set #11 to down when I produce a file and put it into LSP the effect actually starts at the bottom of the tree and goes upward.
If I change it to up then the effect in LSP moves from the top down.
I actually couldn't get the old server to produce any output (it kept getting internal server error) so I tested it on the new You are not allowed to view links.
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One thing further the animated gifs produced by Nutcracker is showing the effects moving in the correct direction as defined by the setting in #11, it just works in reverse when brought into LSP.
I tried garlands this afternoon and they go up instead of down. Bummer.