*UPDATED 3/1/19* Layer Shortcuts tool

[Greenlaw]

I'm running Layer Shortcuts in Moho 13.5. I believe it was slightly modified though. Let me check.

[Greenlaw]

Yeah, I have a comment at the top stating:

-- NOTE: this version has shortcut keys disabled to prevent
-- a mysterious LUA error. Code from 513 to 614 is disabled
-- Wes is looking into this.

That whole section is, indeed, commented out in my copy. I think this was done for Moho 13.0 compatibility, and then I forgot about it because it worked fine for me.

Quick fix is to make a copy of the script and remove the following lines from 511 to 612 (these are the lines in the original unedited script.)

I'm not sure the official release includes this hack. If not maybe Wes will update it properly if we ask nicely. (And when he has the time, of course.)

Edit: See Wes' note below.

[synthsin75]

Out of curiosity I had a look at the LUA script and found it refers to "/Smith Micro/" on lines 514 and 516.

Does this mean the script will need an update to work with v13.5 now that "Smith Micro" is no longer in the app install path?

Yeah, I had to hard code the path, since Moho didn't provide that to the scripting API. 13.5 now does, but I have other scripting work before I can get to that.
In the meantime, I've added the changes Dennis mentioned to the official release. This means that keyboard shortcuts will not work (which Dennis doesn't use), but all the buttons will work without errors.

[EricTheFish]

This means that keyboard shortcuts will not work (which Dennis doesn't use), but all the buttons will work without errors.

I commented out those lines and the script buttons are now working as you described. Thanks Wes!

[rafael]

Fantastic! I was just researching scripting in Moho in the hopes that layer selection could be made easier. This will save me a lot of wrist pain--many thanks!!!

P.S. I'm curious, would it possible to link the visibility of a group like this to a hotkey, so you only view the buttons when you need to make a selection?

[synthsin75]

Fantastic! I was just researching scripting in Moho in the hopes that layer selection could be made easier. This will save me a lot of wrist pain--many thanks!!!

P.S. I'm curious, would it possible to link the visibility of a group like this to a hotkey, so you only view the buttons when you need to make a selection?

Glad you find it useful.

I *might* be able to make it so that the button layers are only visible when the tool is selected. I'll have to look into that.

[Greenlaw]

That might be cool!

But if you do, maybe make it optional? I'll have to look at one of my rigs that use Layer Shortcuts and see if the reduced clutter is helpful. Since many of my rigs at work get animated by other artists, I might want the buttons to be visible all the time so the artists know they exist.

(Actually, I've never used Layer Shortcuts on a rig at my workplace. I'll have to ask if we're allowed to install the script there. This tool is just too useful not to have.)

[rafael]

That might be cool!

It's a pretty handy feature that's popped-up in some of the various 3D softwares I've used. In Cinema4D, for instance, you can hit a specific key and have the cooresponding menu pop-up next to wherever your cursor is. That said, I know this was made by a member of the community, and I have zero expectations. It's incredibly helpful to me as it is!

[davoodice2]

hi.
still crashs moho 13.5.1

[synthsin75]

hi.
still crashs moho 13.5.1

Unless you want to post some steps to reproduce the problem, you're just pissing into the wind. As far as I know, your system is just especially unstable.
At the very least, an example file with the problem might be a start.

[Greenlaw]

still crashs moho 13.5.1

Yes, it would help if you can provide reproduceable steps. Just saying it crashes isn't enough information to begin troubleshooting.

FWIW, I've been animating with Layer Shortcuts in Moho 13.5.1, off and on, for a few months, and it's been very stable for me.

That said, I haven't fully rigged a new character using Layer Shortcuts in 13.5.1 yet; my current Layer Shortcuts characters were rigged using Moho 12.5. I'll put something together today using 13.5.1 and see how it goes.

[Daxel]

I'm trying this out for the first time and the tool is amazing! Thank you.

About the "set/remove group button", you say "Use this in case the top of the group you want to navigate within is inside another group". I'm not sure if I understand. Is there an official shortcut like "select top/parent layer" or something like that? I looked for it on the shortcuts panel and on the official manual but didn't find anything.

hi.
still crashs moho 13.5.1

It's being stable here. Try disabling the auto-save feature, that worked for me.

Ps: It's also funny, because in CS we were talking about a very similar concept to create shortcuts in the software. The idea was to drag a layer over the screen to have a shortcut floating there.

Hey that would be super cool.

[synthsin75]

I'm trying this out for the first time and the tool is amazing! Thank you.

About the "set/remove group button", you say "Use this in case the top of the group you want to navigate within is inside another group". I'm not sure if I understand. Is there an official shortcut like "select top/parent layer" or something like that? I looked for it on the shortcuts panel and on the official manual but didn't find anything.

You can set local or global shortcuts. Local shortcuts are limited to a group, but you have to set which group or it will assume it's the topmost group of the layer.

[Daxel]

You can set local or global shortcuts. Local shortcuts are limited to a group, but you have to set which group or it will assume it's the topmost group of the layer.

ah got it, thank you.

[lucasfranca]

This update is the same link: https://sites.google.com/site/synthsin/ ... ects=0&d=1
Latest version: 2.6

This link is off?