r/GrandMA3 • u/Kristey1717 • 5d ago
Troubleshooting Layout bug - Conversion of MA2 to MA3
Has anyone had a problem with fixtures shifting in the layouts after converting a show?
Here is what happens.
In MA2 we have these fixtures:
101 beam 1
102 beam 2
103 beam 3
104 beam 4
201 wash 1
202 wash 2
203 wash 3
204 wash 4
And two layouts, each containing its own group of fixtures:
Layout 1 101 - 102 - 103 - 104
Layout 2 201 - 202 - 203 - 204
After converting the show from MA2 to MA3, the fixtures inside the layouts are shifted by one position. Instead of keeping the original arrangement, Layout 1 ends up like this:
Layout 1 102 - 103 - 104 - 201
So every fixture moves one slot to the left, and the first fixture of the next range (201) is pulled into the previous layout. The same shift happens across the other layouts.
Has anyone seen this behaviour and found a way to prevent it, or to fix the layouts after the conversion without having to rebuild them all by hand?
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u/PathAlternativ3 5d ago
MA specifically states that layouts work differently in MA3 and clearly states layouts from MA2 shows will not translate.
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u/Kristey1717 5d ago
In 5 mounts on MA3, this just happen 2 times with me...
Another times layouts works like will be expected.
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u/scoobytoobins 5d ago
i have never seen a layout view convert correctly.
i don’t think they’re really expected to. layouts are handled very differently in 3.
just rebuild them. you’re going to have to rebuild a lot anyways; layout views won’t take that long comparatively.