Dance HUD Quadro

• Easy to use, intuitive and powerful menu system
• Choice of nine cool skins
• Ability to invite dance partners
• Ability to create your own Sequences and load them into the HUD
• Edit Sequence menu allows easy drag and drop dance order changes
• Edit Sequence menu enables you to enable and disable dances in a Sequence
• Ability to export your edited Sequences
• Safe and easy loading of dances with the Quadro Finder HUD
• Minimises to tab to reduce screen clutter
• Full backup and support with web-based help pages and support ticket system

If you have read the instructions below and are still having trouble, you can submit a support ticket by clicking here.

• Drag the HUD from your inventory onto your Avi – the HUD will reset for new owner after which you will start dancing!
• Your Quadro will be playing the Default Sequence of dances. This is automatically generated using the first 20 animations found inside your Quadro

You can just let the Default Sequence play, or you can do any of the following:

• Choose a different Sequence: click the Sequence menu item and select ‘Load’ from the menu
• Edit the Default Sequence from the Edit menu
• Create your own Sequence. Please see the ‘Creating your own Sequences’ Section below

Three steps for adding dances to your Quadro HUD:

1. Wear your HUD, turn it off and Right Click -> Drop it

         ~ A dialog will ask to attach the Finder HUD. Click ‘Yes’

2. Your rezzed Quadro HUD has morphed into a large, easy to see box

         ~ Drag dance/s from your inventory to the rezzed Quadro

3. Right Click -> Drop the Finder HUD.

         ~ A dialog will ask to re-attach your Quadro. Click ‘Yes’

You now have two options;

Option 1) Simply turn on the Quadro and you will start dancing. Use this option if you’re not worried about what order the dances play in, and you have less than 20 dances inside. The Quadro will play the Default Playlist. The Default Playlist comprises the first 20 dances found inside the HUD.

Option 2) You can configure your Quadro to play dances in a given order, or Sequence. The easiest way to do this is by editing the Default Sequence from the Edit menu. If you want complete control over the Sequence, you can ceate your own. Please see the ‘Creating your own Sequences’ section below for more details.

Note: Any dances listed in the Sequences notecard must be copied from your inventory into the HUD. See the ‘Adding or removing dances’ section above for more details on how to do this.

Here’s an example Sequence, as found in the notecard:

The part in [brackets] is the Sequence name. This is the name that will listed in the ‘Load’ menu. Up to 18 Sequences can be defined. Any Sequences defined after the first 18 will be ignored.

After the name of the Sequence we find the name of the dance, followed by the amount of time it will play, separated by a colon. As of version 1.6, it is no longer necessary to specify a time for the dance. If none is specified, the Quadro uses the current default value, as set in the Settings menu. The pipe | symbol is then used to separate the dance names.

A dance can also be set to never change. To do this, simply type NEVER for the amount of time for that dance.

So the above Sequence is called Example Dance, and it plays Salacious for 29.75 seconds, then it plays Crisscross for 20.083 seconds. Since no time is specified, Salacious is then played for the Default timing (usually 30 seconds). The Quadro then starts playing Crisscross indefinately.

A note on dance times:

The exact length of Animazoo dances can be found in the dance properties. To see the dance properties, right click on the dance in your inventory and click ‘Properties’.

Not all Second Life dance makers list the length of the dances in the description. Kindly, The Dance Queens have compiled a database full of SL’s most popular dances, compete with the length of the dances. To access their list, please click here.

The HUD will not display properly if your screen resolution is less than 1024 by 800.

When the Finder HUD is dropped and the Quadro re-attaches, SL puts the Quadro into your Objects folder in your inventory. Unfortunately, there is no way to change this.

A Sequence can only contain a maximum of 20 dances.

The HUD menu displays a maximum of 19 Sequences (including the Default Sequence).

Notecard lines are limited to 256 characters, so all Sequences must be defined using less than 256 characters. The Sequence will not load properly if it’s longer than 256 characters.

• Q: Can I use dances from any animation maker in the Quadro?
• A: Yes. In fact, you can use any SL animations you like

• Q: Why won’t my Quadro turn on?
• A: Most likely causes are; you are in a ‘no script’ area, you have no dances in you HUD or you are experiencing heavy lag.

• Q: I added some dances and I can’t find my Quadro in my inventory. Where is it?
• A: When you re-attach your HUD, for some reason. SL puts it into your ‘Objects’ folder. This is a ‘feature’ of SL and cannot be changed

• Q: How can I find out the name of the currently playing Sequence?
• A: To find out the name of the currently playing Sequence, click the menu header for the ‘Edit Sequence’ menu. The name of the currently playing Sequence will appear in chat

• Q: Which permissions should I choose when buying dances – copy or transfer?
• A: Dances bought with transfer perms are far more suceptable to inventory loss, whereas dances bought with copy perms can always be replaced, instantly and for free by IMing Shopkeeper Sideways (a bot) and asking for a replacement. It is for all these reasons, we strongly recommend always buying dances with copy perms.

• Laggy Conditions (e.g. laggy sim, slow Internet connection) may cause the menu to not display properly. If this hapens, you can wait for it to display, or you can click the menu button twice to try again.
• When re-attaching your HUD under laggy conditions, there may be a pause before the attach dialog appears. Please just wait, the HUD will always come back to you.
• The HUD’s normally smooth edges can sometimes become ‘jaggy’, especially when editing the HUD. This is an SL bug and comes and goes as it pleases!
• If you delete the currently playing dance from the HUD’s inventory, the HUD is unable to stop the dance from playing – this is an SL limitation. For this reason, it’s recommended that the HUD is turned off before adding or removing dances from the HUD’s inventory.
• Some viewer versions allow you to wear two HUDs in the same place. If two copies of the HUD (Full and / or Lite versions) are worn together at the same time in the same place problems will occur. Only one copy of the HUD should be worn in the top right hand corner at a time.
• If your camera is ‘fixed’ on the HUD when it’s rezzed, attaching the HUD can cause your view camera to go off-sim. If this happens, simply click the ‘escape’ key.
• Dropping the Quadro near a land border where rezzing is not allowed can cause the Finder HUD not to rez. Make sure you are well inside a rez area before you rez the Quadro