@starryk I am on Windows 8.1 too and never experienced something like problems with the mouse pointer.

I don't really know what triggers it but I haven't seen it until I started using plm. I first notice is a a dotted virtical bar and then it degrades from there. My internet searching indicates a possible ATI problem. Only fix I found was to reboot.

I can't reproduce at will.

Sounds to me like this is a VG design problem. Code for forceanim/currentanim are in the wrong place after an enabled card is found. Strange how it works correctly in small mode.

@JeB1952: I can tell you why that is. VG takes the clip from forceanim but just doesn't play it. So forceanim and currentanim are empty but as my addon already did put a clip into forceanim it does nothing and waits for currentanim to be fill with either the clip its did put into forceanim or another clip.

I can confirm all the behaviors mentioned by Wyldanimal. I haven't tried your player for a while but it is happening as described with PLM.

It is a great start by Totem and welcomed but some refinements appear to be necessary. Problems with add-on function tend to reflect on VG as well.

I haven't found a cause for no enabled shows and full mode stalling the add-on. Everything looks ok in the registry. forceanim and currentanim are blank and I expect plm to shove something in there but nothing seems to happen. I think currentanim is not be handled by VG consistly.

It is all beta so I am not critizing in the least.

Fix Release 2.8.2

Changes:

Fixed the problem that you can't start a new playlist after starting one with the complete collection and cancelling

Layout fix: Main dialog has been corrected for the german version. The radio button and label for Input selection was not fully visible but overlapped with the include demo checkbox.


As i said that issue was not easy to find but then fast to fix. Only one line of code had to be changed. The problem was that my internal list of all shows and clips in the users collection was emptied when you cancelled the play of your collection. Without this list one can't even load a playlist.

The program can still be found here:
http://www.kp3d.com/vgmanager.html

To just update the program file just replace the vghdplay.jar with the one included in this zip:
http://www.kp3d.com/archives/vgplaylistmanager28Jar.zip

@Wyldanimal: I fully agree with yours suggestion.
I also think its not a good idea to do this with current clips.
Also thanks for the observation in about ***** the girl. I didn't try that but if its so its clear we do have a problem. with my addon it will also put in the next clip if currentAnim is empty.

For my program i added a switch called userinteraction and whenever a user clicks one one of my players functions like next scene or next show this flag is set and no changes in current anim are monitored anymore until the user interaction is finished. we would need something like that with the girls being ***** around a flag in the registry that tells us to wait until the ***** is done and the girl can dance again.

@the users of my player:
Wyldanimal suggested to pause the player before moving the girl. You can do that with PLM too and you should do that if you absolutely want to move the girl.

@WA

Re: I'd like to see 10 separate registry Key pairs used..

I agree with you. One of these days I'll be developing an equivalent capability for the Mac and I will need this.

I also notice that in Small Mode with a single Girl..
If you ***** her, as soon as you do that, CurrentAnim becomes empty..
with my program running, I see it is Empty and that triggers my program to Push a Clip..
So Now I have one Clip in the process of Being *****..
and a New Clip starts to play where the Old one was...

when the ***** clip falls, it again sets CurrentAnim to Empty, so then a new clip is played.. and the Hot spot doesn't move..

so the only way to Move the hotspot, is to Pause my Player.
Move the Girl,
then Resume my Player.

Hope my Input has been of some help..
I've tried to share all my findings in the Beta thread, and here.

by tripleDiamond Starryk - 1 hour(s) ago
Just so you know i am working on the next thing. after a PM from Alexis about the problem with more than 1 girl
------------------------------

I haven't had any dialog with Alexis abut the new registry keys.
I've discovered everything on my own..
But there is a problem in Small Mode when more than one Girl is running..
You can Push a clip to ForceAnim, and that Clip will Play..
but it Doesn't always play in Spot #1.
but the Clip Being Played in Spot #1 is the One reported in CurrentAnim.

So there is an Issue where you can't confirm that the clip you Pushed has started to play.

like you mention, you could read currentClips and then parse the list to see if the clip is listed.
but then you have to parse the list with every change..

I think we should write to Alexis, and request that each Dance slot be dedicated to a specific registry location.

So If we push a clip to ForceAnim. it will always be played in Spot #1 and Always be reported in CurrentAnim.
Push the clip to ForceAnim, and it replaces, or plays in Spot #1

The currentClips should also be listed in Order..
spot #1, Spot #2, Spot #3.... Spot #10
and if that spot is Empty, *****, Zombie, Hidden it should be reported that way in the registry instead of just being skipped.
that way there would be a way to know what Slot is busy and what slot isn't, they would also be in order.

If we do get the ability to control up to 10 clips,
I'd like to see 10 separate registry Key pairs used..

ForceAnim and CurentAnim for Spot 1 ' no need to change the name as it already is there..
ForceAnim2 and CurentAnim2 for Spot 2
ForceAnim3 and CurentAnim3 for Spot 3
ForceAnim4 and CurentAnim4 for Spot 4
ForceAnim5 and CurentAnim5 for Spot 5
ForceAnim6 and CurentAnim6 for Spot 6
ForceAnim7 and CurentAnim7 for Spot 7
ForceAnim8 and CurentAnim8 for Spot 8
ForceAnim9 and CurentAnim9 for Spot 9
ForceAnim10 and CurentAnim10 for Spot 10

As this has yet to be written on Totem's part, I think Ideas or Suggestions to Alexis is important.
what are your thoughts?

@JeB1952: I am on Windows 8.1 too and never experienced something like problems with the mouse pointer.
When exactly does that happen? while PLM is active? Can you reproduce this at will?

I will look into that restart problem. That should be easy to fix.
I actually forgot about it.

Enhancement request to remember PLM #2 options especially for save unplayed playlist shows. I don't know how many times I have forgotten to check this setting and lost my position in the playlist.

Every time I enable save unplayed, append is enabled but greyed out until I enable build playlist only option. I think the solution is just not to disable access.

Any thing that could improve restarting PLM with previous settings would be nice. Especially since restart is required when playing collection after cancel playlist.

Of course just some ideas for improvements.

I have having a serious problem with Windows 8.1 (and previous versions of windows) since starting to use PLM again. My mouse pointers are being corrupted or disappears completely.

Since PLM could not be used for months, this problem went away. Now that I can use PLM again this problem has come back.

I do not know if this is your program or java but once it happens I have to reboot to fix.

I am hoping that others have noticed this issue and know a solution.



Starryk, I got the feeling with multiple girls that model #1 which you are supposed to be able to control keeps changing. Maybe VG handling of add-ons is still not perfect either like the problem with full mode and no enabled cards causing PLM to stop storing into forceanim.

If I was making add-ons work, I would have an advanced option enabling add-ons and ONLY add-ons to supply card name if add-on running. I would also have a registry value that the Add-on can use to store into indicating that an add-on is present and running.

I certainly think that Totem could provide better add-on control of VG such as forceanim=PAUSE command to trigger VG pause action would be a significant improvement. I look forward to testing your new versions.

Thanks for your efforts to make VG selection follow user preference.

I still find it hard to believe that NONE of the girls in this poll have been awarded even a single point in the 30 Point Poll.

Surely somebody must rank one of these beautiful models among their personal favorites.

http://www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?foId=3&ftId=29396

Thanks for your commendations.

Just so you know i am working on the next thing. after a PM from Alexis about the problem with more than 1 girl i am trying to switch my triggering for the next clip to play from currentAnim to currentClips which contains all clips played currently.

This is not an easy task and i am not sure if it will work properly.
Its much easier to put a new clip into the queue when a value is empty then when it has changed and the previous clips is not part of it anymore. (because with 10 girls it will change constantly but not every change mean i have to queue a new clip... i hope you get what i mean.
Anyway i need to do some cleanup of my code before i can safely make that change and even then only tests will show if it is reliable.
I also need to keep in mind that maybe soon i can control all 10 girls... so my code should make that harder.
I will keep you informed on the progress of this.

And I have from her classic card here is Luciana Sexy legs.

From her classic car I have Thallia one boob out.

Ushering in a new Era..this, my first & fav fragment shader flythrough scene.

props ~ @Didgedrum for permitting incl. his wonderful funghi Art made 300 days ago.
props ~ @TheEmu, @Wyld, @HSS, @Lezardo, @Team, & all Shadertoy.com geniuses extraordinaire.

today, 5th Feb 2015 added new texture pack as ETFG016 fly-through scenes.
added SCN:'ET - FractalGarden016.scn plus a @DD feature scene.
Includes fly-through animations from an array of 512 x 512 pixel (approx)sprites by an adapted fragment shader: ShaderToy's ~ 'Elias - Icecave' ~VGHD-compatibled & morphing/speed tweeks by ET.also used
TheEmu's adaptation of 'Chapter9's ~Simple Wobble' ~ for @Didgedrum's Krystel & funghi images as feature scenes. Total zip 44.8 MB. Enjoy ;)

http://scenes.virtuastripper.net/ETFractalGarden016.zip

Edit: @haruchai thanks, this thread just for new uplinks.!
please keep discussions only on:
http://www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?foId=3&ftId=27449&gotolastpage=1#post463107

hahaha - hahahaha Joe Cocker
No wait... that might work well with a non-nude setting when the in-laws pop in unexpectedly.

There's a funky didgeridoo duo right there on the same page with the Miami Vice videos that you overlooked...
not sure if you overlooked the plants in this quest. ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXj5NUoTohs

Inspired by another user. You go girl!
Harper Valley P.T.A. movie clip / singer Jeannie C. Riley
http://tinyurl.com/nl6rzym

Katy Perry -oh yeah!
http://tinyurl.com/mw6twtx
http://www.vidivodo.com/video/photoshoot-katy-perry/510107

Suggested by another user:
One of my current favorite tracks to play VG to is Adele's "Rumour Has It"
http://tinyurl.com/ose7x94

OK, maybe this is just me, and I should let this slide... but I was wondering if anyone else was getting sick of this. What us the deal with the girls doing the "come on" finger curl every minute or so, almost like clockwork. You know, when they curl their finger like they're saying "come here" to you. It was cute when I first saw Melana Tara do it. "Oh, you want ME to come over to you? OK, sure!" But then it was as if she noticed that guys liked it, so she just kept doing it... and doing it... over and over. It got to be that I could barely stand to watch her routines, it was so OVERUSED. Like she would use it whenever she couldn't think of anything else to do. (Which must happen a LOT...) And now I see that in almost all the new videos, the girls are incorporating this little feature. So, I'd just like to ***** this in the bud before it becomes completely viral. (But its probably too late...)

Doing it once in a video, and maybe a free times in a video set (40-60 min total) = GOOD
Doing it multiple times in the same video & >10 times in a video set = BAD
Everything in moderation eh?

if you want to see the Desktop Site on your Mobile device, then on your Mobile Browser is a setting to turn off Automatic Mobile browsing.

Most Mobile Browser will redirect to the mobile version of the site if it Exists, unless you turn that setting off.

https://www.google.com/webhp?q=how%20to%20turn%20off%20mobile%20websites

I just tried it now. No issue for me..
m.deskbabes.com

Here is a very clean, simple example of a how-to topic. The only thing that might be needed is the correct instructions (I might be wrong in this post), and a clean topic title that fits nicely with a series of such names

http://www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?foId=4&ftId=29178

The topic title currently: progressive hotness
Proposed title might be: About Progressive Hotness
or perhaps: VG for PC 1.2.0.60 Functions - Progressive Hotness
or better yet: About Progressive Hotness v1.2.0.60


or whatever might be decided later, based on the scope of our proposed documentation.

The idea here in this example is to make the search function usable thru careful pre-arranged selection of the topic titles. (it might be case-sensitive)

I would definitely be frustrated by now, if I had posted that topic 2 months ago without an answer. WTF?

Here's the case of a triple diamond who didn't know something basic. In a few minutes, he saved 30 GB of hard drive space. 6 years learning curve. That's what I'm talking about. Great sport this!

www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?foId=8&ftId=29503&gotolastpage=1#post426940

I didn't know it either in the beginning. There are pros and cons, which can be listed for new users, perhaps as a link to that topic. JonC001's description and the responses are all relevant. New users might want to know, even if they don't decide until later. Flexibility in the software draws attention, imho. I didn't find this earlier, because I didn't check thru the polls.

Ok - there's another thought. Proper use of the polls....

Further down, Bad4Good has a batch file.....hhmmm. batch files. It doesn't work during transitional periods when updates are coming fast and furious... batch files have limited life.
http://www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?foId=8&ftId=29503&gotolastpage=1#post463459

has this issue been resolved?? I still have not been able to open the deskbabes website my mobile device. I keep getting redirected to virtuagirl. Please help or tell me what i need to do. thanks

amuse toi bien et que la forcegirl soit avec toi ;-)

Music is a tricky thing .. I've used a lot Miami Vice's soundtracks from the first original version (with Don Johnson starring). Something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GRlI_feGIo&index=10&list=PL545F9FC73EC42447

But one of my favs is still Joe Cocker "You can leave your hat on"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfgwrdYUQ2A

Sorry, couldn't resist :)

It has a good tempo. I like it. I hope to find instrumental, and various genre types.

The new add-on interface is so cool. Love having the immediate action of next clip and next show (note that VG doesn't even offer a next clip command.)

Also, now you don't even have to start VG before PLM. Just resume plm and VG enables and starts. Now if they would accept a PAUSE command in ForceAnim to trigger VG pause it would be complete.

Thanks Totem for the add-on support improvements and of course talented Add-on developers like Starryk. The more you make viewing our existing cards pleasing to us the more inclined we are to purchase additional cards in support of your product. Just my opinion of course.

@Lloydn: Yes this pause means pausing the playlist.
So when the current clip is over VG will take over and play what ever it likes to play until you click on Pause (it says Continue then) again.
If you want the VG Pause halting the current clip then use the VG function for that.

Is anyone familiar with Virtual Girl program running on a Surface pro pc? I will be getting a laptop/tablet in near future and am concerned with Microsoft Surface Pro tablet/pc running the VG movies.
Thanks

Ashley Brooke

Many have ***** about the missing link to the models web page. If you click on the model card picture in either PLM Clip Info or VG Logger it will take you to this web page.

Starryk comes through again. At least for a little while until Totem elminate the web all together.

Re: There isn't even a 'readme.txt' file included with the download.

True, but the application and this web site both include the same set of FAQ material. Unfortunately these FAQ's are very limited in scope and often do not address important issues. The application has many hidden features that are not described in the FAQ and can only be discovered by experimentation or by asking questions on this forum. Also, there is no how-to information in the FAQ.

Nearly all programmers, myself included, ***** to do documentation, but it's unprofessional to skimp on it.

a0277 Nikky Case - Scratch Me

Whew! That was a bit of typing... break time.

Rita, I'll follow your lead - That artwork is stunning! And you make a cute Mermaid!

Love that story! You have many talents and tactfulness is one of them. I didn't miss the reference. Obvious to me, but not apparent to others in this thread is of course your reference to the fact that explicit notes in the forum headers would help to guide new-users and everyone to key information about etiquette.

I refer of course to your earlier post here and beg your forgiveness in the same stroke:
www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?foId=3&ftId=3143&forum_search=nudity#post462228

posted by doubleDiamond @Dorsai6 - 19 hour(s) ago
One of the major shortcomings of VG is its documentation, or lack thereof. I would suggest two kinds of messages along the lines you've described.

Yes, sir, that's the ultimate goal indeed. With your experience in IT, I couldn't have said it more clearly. I thought to use this thread as a 'worksheet' if you will, and then to create a PDF or some sort of split thread idea as you have so eloquently expressed.

Thanks again for your support and wizardry. It's a work in progress, and may take quite some time to complete or even to fully visualize. I may not even be here before it's completion. Who knows?

----
Dorsai and Rita69 - Collecting and reorganizing WA's posts? Wow! That's a daunting task

My thinking was to create a shorter version than you two have imagined - just enough to get new users 'up to speed' and avoid some early hurdles. I hadn't fully coalesced my thoughts, thinking I'd collect ideas first. If it expands beyond my original, disorganized plan, all the better. I think Dorsai6 hit the nail on the head, with his insightful note that the software lacks documentation of any kind. There isn't even a 'readme.txt' file included with the download. Standard with most downloads (and expected by new users, myself included) is several copies of such files, in various formats (txt, PDF, MSWord), indicating instructions and information such as posted earlier in this thread. These types of documents are indexed in such a way that a user doesn't have to read the entire manuscript, just to figure out if he can use both monitors at the same time, for instance.

The information in the threads, as posted by WyldAnimal, JonC001, and the moderators (all of whom are VG shamen) would be the next step for a new user. My intention was not to replace the information already contained in the sticky notes (and beyond), but to augment them with information excluded from their content. As a new user, I felt I should get this down on paper before I grew through it and forgot my early stumblings with the program. I've come a long way already with their help.

I hadn't considered coaxing Totem to include PDF's and such in the download. Maybe it's on a back burner and coming out with the next release. I wanted to provide an alternative by using the forums. The 'How to...' thread naming convention that Dorsai6 has proposed was beyond my original vision. I like it, and that certainly can be accomplished once we have a model created from this early data collection process. Simple copy/paste from this thread to a newly-created thread is childs' play.

The information I had conceived to include may be technical in nature, but new users don't need to know the inner workings of the software in such detail as described by wizards such as WyldAnimal in his very informative posts. I simply blew past it in my early days, because it wasn't what I was seeking as a new user.

Another thing missing, which I'm sure Dorsai6 has on the tip of his tongue, is a document listing the rules of etiquette for these forums. How to be nice, don't argue with the moderators, that kind of stuff. It's something I noticed right off, when I came in here. It's probably the first thing I was looking for. Not there. Not a whisper. I was afraid to post for that reason alone. To my mind, it should have been the first thing in my face. With the possible exception of 'Hello'.

The master plan is to reduce frustration. If the documentation becomes too massive, poof. I'm back at square one. Hence my first question in this thread, which still hasn't been answered, by the way.

Well all my playlists plus my previous playlists work excellent and the "pause" button does work too. Small size, full size, everything works the way it should. Lucky me! :D Thanks Starryk for giving us back the control over our shows! Watching the shows I purchased weeks or months ago feels like an all new experience now. It's almost like watching the shows for the first time again and this time the way it is meant to be. Just great!

Works great!

There has been two VirtuaGirl songs once in an earlier version of software, but the second one got lost by the time. It was Tito & Tarantula "After Dark"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlBfIwZ8JD0

At least this one came to me with one of the upgrades in the past. SpaceInvader called the song's name.

This rather ethnic music works well with the strippers, IMHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wCcMqM7cHg

it says pause when u right click the icon on desktop...the girl wont pause...in VG it works fine

@stuka75: Yes they will work with the new version!

Will my previous PM playlists work with the new version of PM? IM currently using VG
1.o.34 so I xould ocntiunue using PM.
Thanks, and Staryk for making this fun tool for our collections.

There seems to be some issue with 3k clips in small mode and trying to move them. PLM kind of gets ***** and plays one or more clips as a result.

I think it is just the same dam problem with the player and moving 3k clips. I do hope they listen and add an advanced option to disable this feature. I doubt if your program can do anything about it. We can only just put it into full mode.

Retested Replay on PLM and it is working correctly.

Well, if nobody's bored yet with this, I figured a way to spin the model name in, pause it for a second, then spin out again but leave the name flashing for another second or two :)

clipNameSprite {
color: 0, 0, 0
pos: -1000, -1100, 0
hotspot: 0, 0
scale: 14.0, 7.4, 0
rot: -90, 90, -90
source: clip
animate: .5 , PingPong, InOutQuad, color, 0, 0, 0.8
animate: .3 , PingPong, InOutQuad, color, 0, 0.8, 0
animate: .5 , PingPong, InOutQuad, color, 0.8, 0, 0
animate: 7.0, 0, InOutQuad, rot, 360, 360, 5760 // Changed PingPong to 0

}

clipNameSprite {
color: 1, 1, 1 //Changed color to white
scale: 13.6, 7.0, 0
pos: -1000, -1090, 0
hotspot: 0, 0
rot: -90, 90, -90
opacity: 0.5
source: clip
animate: 7.0, PingPong, InOutQuad, rot, 360, 360, 5760 // I Put Pingpong back here.
}

About the problem that the playlist is not continuing in full size if no show is active:

I did a test myself.
It goes like this:
my addon puts the name of the first clip into the registry (***** Anim)
VG takes its from there and starts playing
It also puts the clip name into another registry key (current anim)
when the clip ends it empties current anim
my addon reacts to current anim being empty and puts the next clip into forceAnim. It also goes into a wait mode to give vg time to start the clip and fill current anim again.
VG takes it, empties ***** Anim but doesn't play it.
My addon does nothing because it waits for VG to start the clip.

I could include a timer so that the wait is limited to say 5 seconds and afterwards it puts the clip again into the registry.
But with that you would still have the problem that she starts in small size again
Both things are problems of the vg software but as they can easily be prevented by activating at least one show i wouldn't bother to ***** about this.
I also tested with shows active but the frequency set to 20 minutes. It still works then. So all you really have to do is activate at least one show in your collection and set the number of max girls to 1.

@TracerKi: you need to have an active show in your collection.
Make following test with vg software while PLM is not running:

activate vg (red V icon)

if a girl shows up and starts dancing you can use my addon if not you can't
Its really as simple as that. Also set the shows frequency to continously.
Not sure if thats necessary but that were my settings while i developed and tested.

your side issue is VG business. VG remembers the clips it played and if you turn it off and on it will restart that clip.
Just try it with PLM not running.

@Lloydn: which pause button? VG pause button or PLM pause button?

Merci Alerte

One of the major shortcomings of VG is its documentation, or lack thereof. I would suggest two kinds of messages along the lines you've described.

The first kind would be posted in the new user forum and begin with "How to ". That's what it would be, a description of how to do something with warnings of the risks involved. If all such messages began with "How to" it would make searching and finding easier. An example would be "How to save disk space".

The second kind would begin with "About ". It would describe some feature in detail. It would be something that could be added to the FAQ section of the application and this forum. An example could be "About windows file structure" or "About - Settings - Advanced - Synchronize with server button".

Every so often I think of writing messages like this, but it's a lot of work to do it well and I've been lazy. Wyldanimal has posted a lot of messages in both classes but with a variety of names and usually in response to a larger discussion. It would be great if someone researched his postings and refined and reorganized them a "How to " or "About " messages.

420 Miela

Regards.

c0422 Ariel

I'd like to see a duo with Ella and Ariel. You folks do realize that this poll is a year old. Gotta be an expiry date around here somewhere....

Hi, davrwei062179

Not much activity over here... very few votes for a year of campaigning. The good news is they allow nudity from DeskBabes! Enjoy.

Weabul

English:
In the DeskBabes collection I can not help you, because I have a few cards from DeskBabes.

Some help I can provide you with the VirtuaGirl collection.
Here is the list of the cards with tag 'cage'. More Cards are possible.


German:
In der DeskBabes Kollektion kann ich dir nicht helfen, denn ich habe nur wenige Karten aus DeskBabes.

Etwas Hilfe kann ich dir bei der VirtuaGirl Kollektion anbieten.
Hier die Liste der Karten mit Tag 'Käfig'. Mehr Karten sind möglich.


VirtuaGirl
a1273 a1274 a1275 a1276 a1277 a1278 a1280
a1281 a1283 a1284 a1290 a1294 a1296 a1297
a1301 a1302 a1309 a1310 a1312 a1314 a1317
a1318 a1321 a1323 a1326 a1327 a1329 a1331
a1335 a1336 a1337 a1338 a1343 a1345 a1351
a1353 a1357 a1361 a1372 a1373 a1377 a1379
a1380 a1389 a1391 a1398 a1399 a1400 a1403
a1407 a1408 a1413 a1415 a1416 a1417 a1423
a1424 a1425 a1426 a1427 a1429 a1431 a1433
a1435 a1437 a1442 a1446 a1447 a1448 a1463
a1465 a1515 a1521 a1529 a1534 a1541 a1542
a1559 a1563 a1565 a1599 a1600 a1609 a1610
a1633 a1641 a1642


Spiderman1804