T1000 Dance Floor

Thank you for your interest in the TIS .

We are understandably proud to offer you the very best dance floor in Second Life. Packed with every conceivable extra, the offers performance that is without compromise as well as excellent value for money.

Now there is no need to have a separate dance floor, dance machine and particle and effects generators, the wraps all this up in one low lag package that will ensure that your venue is etched onto your clients memories.

Dance Machine Features

Supports up to 100 dancers - The most allowed on a sim. Easy addition or removal of dance slots.
Selectable fully automatic dancing. - People will be asked to dance when stepping on the dance floor using a low lag, collision based system.
Touch function if automatic dancing switched off.
Permissions memory system - Unlike other dance machines, the machine will only ask for permissions once per visit.
Four dance modes - Choose from synchronised, random or single dance chosen via the controller; or allow your clients to choose their own dance via a menu.
Customisable menu - Sort dances into male/female, rock/pop, or however you like. - No more male avatar's choosing female dances or visa versa. Dances can also be renamed eliminating menus with dance names such as 'dance_3897_by_some_animator'.
All dance machine functions are managed using the low prim controller. This gives a level of control never seen before on a dance machine.
Easy addition of dances. Just buy once, drag in to the contents and anyone can dance it!
Dancer preference memory - People who decline an automatic dance offer will not be asked again, but can use the normal touch dance functionality. Useful for staff etc. who may not wish to be asked when first on the floor.
25 dances included separately for you to add if you wish.
Premium Floor Only - Five exclusive copyable motion capture dances from TIS included (not bento)!

Dance Floor Features

Completely re-sizeable using the controller. Any size circle, square, oval or rectangle up to 30m is possible.
Three fully customisable floor layers. Set the texture, colour, glow, and shine using the controller.
Complete control over the style of layers, surround, and emitters from the intuitive controller.
Presets system - allowing you to create infinite looks for your floor and recall them in seconds.
Multiple particle emitters mean you can ditch your smoke/bubble machine etc.
Easily add more particle effects from the huge range available.
Constantly growing range of prim effects, such as Mirror Balls, foam, etc. that an be easily added to the floor.
Automatic resizing of effects to match the size of your floor.
Easily create and keep different looks to suit every event, or store in memory for that spur of the moment party!
Create your own textures to add to the floor or display your venues logo on the when switched off.
Premium Floor Only - Six extra texture packs and all available effects included!

General Information and Controller Features

All elements are copyable, put out as many floors and controllers as you like.
T1000 only 17 prims. Controller 14 prims (not required after setup).
Low prim design with a huge range of functions.
Owner or group controlled, or set up an access list to grant control to specific individuals
Real-time updates - The controller mimics the floor in real-time providing fast changes to all floor functions.
Full control over the dance machine. Control who dances what and when!
Re-sizeable design.
Controller can be removed when not required, and the floor will continue to function as normal.
Fully supported by our friendly and knowledgeable team.
Free updates for the life of the product.

Please note, this dance machine supports only singles dances, it does NOT support couples dances.

Current version of the is v.

Release date of the current version is . Please obtain a redelivery of the product package from our redelivery board in our store, Customer Service Area if you find the floor is not functioning as it should as you may be running an out of date version. Please also see the Troubleshooting tab if you are having any other issues to see if your query is answered there before contacting support.

Your comes in a product box. Drag this box to the ground where it will automatically unpack and give you a folder containing your product. Accept this folder and it will appear in the top level of your inventory. You can now delete the product box (a copy is still in your inventory).

In your inventory, locate the folder called "TIS ".

In this folder you will find the following items:

TIS: This is the unit. It is copyable so you can use as many as your venue requires.
TIS Controller: This is the controller for this product. You will be able to use this controller to change various functions for the product.
TIS T1000 Extra Dance Slots: These are the extra dance slots you may want to use for more dancers to be able to use the machine. Please see Changing the number of dancers for more information.
TIS 25 Dances: Free dances for you to use. These are freebies that can be found around SL, these are not created by TIS.

In addition to the above which comes with the Basic version, the below is only available with the Premium version. The Premium version and Basic version have the same functionality.

TIS Animations: These are 5 non bento dances from TIS for you to use.

First locate the "TIS Controller " in your folder and drag it out to the ground in world.

Now drag out the "TIS " to the floor in world. When first activated the controller will look like this:

All controller functions will be disabled except for the On button. Click the On button to activate the controller and the floor. For more information regarding the controller and how to style your floor, please see Using your Controller.

When first switched on, you will see that all tabs become active and from here you can select various elements to style and configure your floor.

On initial power-up the controller will display the General Tab, which provides the following functions:

Power Panel

Turn the entire floor, controller and dance machine off. The T1000 will display the texture named "Off" in its contents, which can be changed to display your own venues texture. Please see the Adding Textures and Effects section for more details how to do this.

Access Control Panel

Choose from owner, group, or listed access. To amend the listed access, edit the controller and open the notecard in its contents called Access List. List those that require access to the floor in this notecard, one per line. For example:

Dancing Lemon
Joe Bloggs
Jane Bloggs

Support Panel

Reset - will completely reset the floor, loosing all In Memory presets. You will be asked to confirm this action.
Help - will display this web page.

Size Panel

Use the + and - buttons to change the size of the width and length of the T1000.

Shape Panel

Choose between either a quadrilateral or circular floor. The Size Panel displays your current selection.

The floor consists of the following areas:

The bottom floor layer.
The middle floor layer.
The top floor layer.
The four surrounds.
Particle emitters at each corner of the surround

These can be individually selected using the tabs at the top:

The Left Hand Style Panel

The left hand panel shows the style of the currently selected area. The current texture is displayed at the top of the panel, along with controls to allow you to select the texture either using a menu, or via the arrow buttons to move back and forth through the textures. To make the selected layer invisible, select the Transparent button.

The lower half of the left hand panel allows you to modify the current textures colour, shine, and glow. These touch sensitive sliders allow any colour to be selected using different levels or Red, Green and Blue; four different levels of shine; and shine. Be aware that shine on multiple layers has a cumulative effect and should be used sparingly.

The Right Hand Style Panel

The right hand panel displays a model of the floor showing the combined effect of your layer styles.

Apply to floor: Applies the currently selected styles to the floor. This will stop the currently select Preset Cycle - Note this style will be lost upon a hard reset unless backed up as a preset (See Presets section below).
Add To Memory: Once you are happy with the style of the floor, you can add the style to the T1000's internal memory. The style will be played in turn when the In Memory preset is selected. Note - You should backup your In-Memory presets to prevent them being lost during a hard reset. (See Presets section below)

The Effects Section

The Effects Tab contains a list of all effects in the floor on the right hand side, and a media-player style Effects controller on the left.

The media-player style controller provides the following functions:

Stop Button: Stops all effects from playing, overriding those in any currently playing presets.
Play Button: Plays the effect currently showing in the middle of the right hand list. The currently playing effect is shown in purple. Use the up and down arrows either end of the list to move through the effects.
Forward and back buttons: Moves to and immediately plays the highlighted effect. To move through the list without playing the effect, use the up and down arrows at either end of the list.
Add to memory: Adds the current style and effect selection to the T1000's internal memory. The style and effect will be played in turn when the In Memory preset is selected. Note - You should backup your In-Memory presets to prevent them being lost during a hard reset. (See Presets section below)

The media-player style controller provides the following functions:

Stop Button

Stops the presets from cycling. The current style of the floor will be maintained.

Play Button

Plays the preset currently showing in the middle of the right hand list. The currently playing preset is shown in purple. Use the up and down arrows either end of the list to move through the presets.

Forward and back buttons

Moves to and immediately plays the highlighted preset. To move through the list without playing the preset, use the up and down arrows at either end of the list.

Repeat Button

The repeat button looks like 2 circular arrows. This button toggles the repeat mode, where only styles in the currently selected preset will continue to be displayed. Pressing the button a second time will turn the repeat function off.

Random Button

The random button looks like 2 overlapping arrows. This button toggles the random mode. Presets will play in a random order. Pressing the button a second time will turn this function off.

Clear Memory

Clears all styles stored in the In Memory preset. A confirmation is required before this command is processed.

Backup Memory

Pressing this button relays an instant message to the individual, containing the current style settings that have been stored in the T1000's memory. This action should be performed to prevent the In Memory settings being lost in the event of a hard reset. The contents of the instant message can be copied from chat and pasted into either a new or existing notecard in the T1000s contents. The name of the notecard will then automatically appear in the preset list to the right.

Note: The default time for a preset style to play before moving on to the next style is 30 seconds. This is controlled by the first number in the preset settings. For example:

can be changed to play for two minutes (for example) as follows:

The Dance tab provides control over the dance machine element of the T1000.

The Dance Machine Panel: Provides the ability to switch the dance machine on or off independently to the T1000.
The Automatic Dancing Panel: Controls whether people are asked to dance automatically on stepping onto the floor (on) or via touch only (off).

The Dance Mode Panel:

Synch'd

All dancers will perform the same dance at the same time. Dances will continue to cycle through the list on the right hand side.

Menu

Dancers are presented with a menu allowing them to choose their own dance.

Random

Dancers will perform a random dance that changes at a random frequency. No menu is displayed.

Single

Dancers will perform the dance chosen in the Single Dance Control Panel. The functions of the single dance control panel are as follows:

Stop Button - Stops all dancers.
Play Button - Plays the dance currently showing in the middle of the right hand list. The currently playing dance is shown in purple. Use the up and down arrows either end of the list to move through the dances.
Forward and back buttons - Moves to and immediately plays the highlighted dance. To move through the list without playing the dances, use the up and down arrows at either end of the list.

Please follow the instructions below to add dances to the dance floor. Please note that the T1000 is only compatible with single dances not couples dances.

Right click the Dance floor and select edit.
Go to the contents tab of the edit dialogue box and drag your dances from your inventory into the contents tab.

You will then find that the dances are listed in the drop down menu that appears when you either click the floor or walk onto it.

The dance menu can be easily customised to allow you to group and rename dances. This is controlled by the notecard z_Dance_Names in the T1000 contents.

To access this function, right click on the T1000 and select Edit. Wait for the contents tab to load and double click on the notecard named z_Dance_Names. The notecard format is as follows:

[Group1]
animation name1: friendly name1
animation name2: friendly name2
[Group2]
animation name3: friendly name3
animation name4: friendly name4

So, for example, a notecard containing dances grouped by male or female would look like this:

[Male]
TIS Male Dance: Rock
TIS Gin and Tonic: Twist
[Female]
TIS Lambrini : Disco
TIS Buttweiser: Shake It!

And would give the following menu:

If you accidentally reference a dance not in the T1000, the machine will state:

Could not find animation name, upon loading.

Textures and effects purchased from the There In Spirit Store can be easily added to T1000 by editing the floor and dragging the unpacked texture pack or effect from your inventory to the contents tab. However it is also possible to add your own textures, for example your club logo.

If you only wish for your logo to be stationary on the floor, then it can simply be dropped into the floors contents. The texture will then appear in Style Tab for all layers. If you wish to animate your texture then the following naming convention will need to be applied to the texture before adding it to the floor:

layer/texture name/Animation/xframes/yframes/start frame/end frame/speed/color/transparency/xrepeats/yrepeats

These are defined as:

layer

for textures for the bottom layer, 2 for middle layer, 3 for top, 4 for surround or 5 for emitters. Combinations are allowed - So 123/ would appear on all three layers.

texture name

A name to allow you to identify the texture in the menu.

Animation

One or more of the following constants:

S - Smooth Animation - Slides the texture smoothly (instead of individual frames - see below).
L - Loop the animation (otherwise it will play once and stop)
R - Rotate the texture
C - Scale (zoom in or out)
V - Reverse the animation
P - Ping Pong (play the animation then play it in reverse)
N - No animation
These constants can be used together, so to continuously smoothly rotate the texture this should be set to RSL - Note S and R cannot be used together.

xframes

The number of horizontal frames to divide the texture up into. 1 is the entire texture. 2 splits it in half and so on.

yframes

The number of vertical frames to divide the texture up into.

start frame

The first frame of the animation to play. So if you have a texture divided into 2 horizontal and 2 vertical frames, that is 4 frames in total. Setting this to 2 will skip the first frame (top left). For rotations, this is the starting angle of rotation. Normally 0. For scaling this is the starting zoom level - 1 is normal, 2 is twice the size and so on

end frame

The last frame of the animation to play (Set to 0 to play all frames). For rotations, this is the ending angle of the rotation. Set to 6.283 for a seamless rotation. For scaling this is the ending zoom level.

speed

How fast the texture animates, in frames per second

color

A vector Red,Green,Blue denoting the base colour. <1,1,1> is white. <0,0,0> is black.

transparency

A number between 0 (fully transparent) and 1 (fully visible)

xrepeats

For still and rotating textures the number of times to repeat the animation horizontally (not required otherwise)

yrepeats

For still and rotating textures the number of times to repeat the animation horizontally (not required otherwise)

Examples:

To scroll your texture across the layer:

1/MyTexture/LS/1/1/0/0/0.5/<1,1,1>/1/1/1

To rotate a texture (with it repeated 5 times on the layer)

1/MyTexture/RLS/1/1/0/6.283/0.1/<1,1,1>/1/5/5

to scale a texture in and out from 1/2 size to full size

1/MyTexture/CPSL/1/1/0.5/2/0.3/<1,1,1>/1/1/1

Note: To display your venue's logo on the floor replace the texture named Off with your own.

You are also able to purchase these prim effects separately for use without the T1000. To read more about the prim effects and how to use them please click the following links:

TIS Fire Effect
TIS Firework Effect
TIS Foam Effect
TIS Lit Panels Effect
TIS Mirrorball Effect
TIS Planets Effect

The following effects have an additional prim requirements.

TIS Fire - 26 + temporarily rezzed prims that do not count against prim limits.
TIS Lit Panels - 46
TIS Mirror Ball - 3
TIS Planets - 37

It is possible for you to have multiple machines out in the same sim. This is useful if you have certain venues that you wish only to have certain dances used in. When setting out multiple machines please bear in mind however that in order to have the same dance in each machine you must either purchase multiple transferable dances or have a copyable version of the dance. Just because the machine is copyable does not render your dances as such!

To have more than one dance floor out, all you need to do is drag another TIS T1000 from your inventory to the ground in world, and also another T1000 Controller to the ground.

Changing Channels

You can have multiple machines customised in different ways on the same sim. To do this you will need to set the channel number for each floor and the corresponding T1000 Controller it is connected to.

To do this simply amend the description field of the T1000 and the T1000 Controller so that they have the same channel number as follows:

Right click and select edit on one of the T1000 Floors.
In the general tab of the edit dialogue box locate the description field this will already have text in there like this:
```
-12328*1*1*7*0
```
The Channel number is the -12328
Set the new channel by editing this text so for example
```
-12600*1*1*7*0
```
would set the channel to be -12600.
Whilst in edit mode of the product, reset the scripts. Depending on what Second Life Client you are using this can usually be found in the Build Menu on Firestorm or in the Build Menu on the Second Life Viewer 2.
Repeat the above steps for the T1000 Controller ensuring that you set the same channel as above. You will notice that in the description field of the controller only the channel number is present i.e. -12328
Whilst in edit mode of the product, reset the scripts of the T1000 Controller. Depending on what Second Life Client you are using this can usually be found in the Build Menu on Firestorm or in the Build Menu on the Second Life Viewer 2.

By default the dance machine comes configured to allow up to 50 people to dance. The dance machine utilises a unique scripting technology that switches off unused scripts so they do not impact server resources, however you may wish to either add or remove dance slots to suit your requirements. This is easily accomplished by adding or removing the scripts named zDance_Slot 1 to 100 from the floor. Note that a script is required for each person up to 100 people.

Listed here are the most common FAQ's for this product. Before contacting support, make sure your query is not answered here.

Fix to missed events when loading notecards

Version 1.00 - 2011-03-14

Initial Release

Dance Machine Features

Dance Floor Features

General Information and Controller Features

Current version of the is v.

What do you get?

Set Up

The General Tab

The Style Tab

The Left Hand Style Panel

The Right Hand Style Panel

The Effects Section

The Preset Tab

The Dance Tab

Changing Channels