I am back after over a year hiatus.
SmartDancer is a formation tool used to preview formation design and formation transitions much like DanceDiva only in 3-Dimensions. Also DanceDiva required you to wear an attachment. SmartDancer requires you to sit on a palette during the live performance but also allows you to visually see how your formations will perform using “tall-bot-objects“. They are simply tall avatar-height cylinders with balls for heads.
DanceDiva allows each dancer to break away and solo dance against the others and then easily auto-return in formation line. SmartDancer does NOT have that ability but it does have its own special features.
Also note that SmartDancer DOES NOT replace DanceDiva and that DanceDiva is still operational as stand alone or via the Artiste Performance HUD.
Once you have designed your formations with SmartDancer, they can easily be implemented using the Artiste Performance HUD AutoFX and Artiste Palettes.
SmartDancer is meant to be fun to use and create with.
Technically, SmartDancer should be able to be used with other dance systems. (I could be wrong). If someone would like to try it, let me know and I will assist in the trial and transition. If, uccessful, I will release SmartDancer as a stand-alone product for non-Artistas to own and use.
This is what comes in the SmartDancerBox
8 Tall Bots (a cluster named ArtistePalette_01_R Palette in the box)
a Red SmartDancer Controller
a Blue SmartDancer Controller
a ArtitsteSimplePoseBall w/SmartDancer script
a *smartdancer notecard
an Artiste SmartDancer script (place this in Palettes)
a SmartDancer Help notecard
I will be slowly going into depth with accommodating video on whats in the HELP and what it means and how to apply it and how to use SmartDancer standalone to design formations and transitions as well as during a live performance using Palettes in subsequent posts here.
If you are a seasoned user then you can likely get by just using the HELP and a short one-on-one introduction from me.
