Venue Standalone and D-Show

[TheatreWeasel]

Hey ya'll. Sorry, if this has been answered. Did a search but couldn't find anything about it.

My house venue has a D-Show at FOH and we commonly use either the Profile or SC48 for monitors. But I also would like to be able to build/edit shows for S3L on my computer for other gigs I might run into outside of my house gig. I've used show files made in Standalone 4.1 on our boards before and it gives a warning message about the file being built on newer software than is on the console, but otherwise everything seems ok. My main question is: Should I be concerned about these messages? Is there any definite reason for not using shows built in 4.1 standalone on non-S3L consoles? Or should I just ignore the message and get on with my life. If there are issues, is there a way to install standalone 4.1 and 3.0 side by side on a windows machine? Any and all constructive thoughts appreciated!

Cheers!

[Valentyn]

Hi,

If you use correct system type in 4.x Standalone software, it should create shows fully compatible with 3.x console software. The warning is just because older software sees newer software's show file - it doesn't necessary mean there are any incompatibilities.

However, it's always a good idea to recheck basic things like patching.

If you want to co-install few software versions, just copy files of first version somewhere before installing second. Copied files should work from any location - run ShellApp.exe to start software.

[TheatreWeasel]

Thanks for both your answers! I guess it makes sense that if there was an issue using shows created on 4.x standalone on 3.x consoles they wouldn't have the older consoles in the software. I'll probably just use the 4.x standalone software and not worry about it.