Scene

A Scene object is returned from get_scene.

Properties

Property	Value Type	Description	Value Example
name	string	Scene name	"Scene 1"
group	string	Scene group name	"Group 1"
state	integer	Integer value of constants: Scene.NONE, Scene.STARTED or Scene.RELEASED	1
onstage	boolean	Whether the scene is affecting output of any fixtures	false
custom_properties	table	Table keys and values correspond to custom property names and values

For example:

scn = get_scene(1)
name = scn.name
state = scn.state

Member functions

The following are member functions of Scene objects.

start

start()

Starts the scene. For example:

-- start scene 1
get_scene(1):start()

start_release_others

start_release_others(group[, fade[, same_group]])

Starts the scene and releases others.

Parameter	Value Type	Description	Value Example
group	string or integer	Optional scene group name or number. If name, prepend the name with ! to apply the action to all scenes except those in the specified group. Omit to apply the action to all scenes.	"Group 1", "!Group 2" or 3
fade	float	Optional fade time to use when releasing other scenes, in seconds	2.0
same_group	boolean	Optional flag to target the same group as the selected timeline. This flag has no effect when group is set.	true

For example:

-- start scene 1 and release all others in the default time
get_scene(1):start_release_others()
-- start scene 1 and release others except those in group B in 2 seconds
get_scene(1):start_release_others('!B', 2.0)
-- start scene 1 and release others in the same group in the default time
get_scene(1):start_release_others(nil, nil, true)

release

release([fade])

Releases the scene. Optionally specify a fade time in seconds as a float, e.g. 2.0.

For example:

-- release scene 3 with a fade of 1 second
get_scene(3):release(1.0)

toggle

toggle([fade])

Toggles the playback of the scene - if it’s running, release it; if it’s not running, start it. Optionally specify a release fade time in seconds as a float, e.g. 2.0.

For example:

-- toggle scene 2, releasing in time 3 secs if it's running
get_scene(2):release(3.0)