Hey, I’ve been using my handy some more lately and have encountered a kinda strange behavior.
When playing a script, every once in a while - can be 20 seconds, can be 2 minutes or something - the handy will just randomly stop for a stroke or two and then continue as if nothing happened. I’ve experienced it with various scripts and regardless of the speed at the time.
I use HandyControl (Newest Version) in Mixed Mode, but it happens regardless of me using the controller and whether I use my local machine or handyfeeling.com as script host.
Does anyone know what could cause this? It can be quite annoying as it ruins the flow and immersion quite a bit.
I’ve noticed a similar effect when I skip forward in the video - the further along in the script the longer it takes for the Handy to “catch up” with the video, almost as if it’s slowly seeking through the entire script to the right position.
We are working on a smoother script reading process in FW3. I hope we can add that in FW3-beta5. The new method will add indexing, so the seeking is an instant process (it will catch up in ms instead of seconds). In the current FW there is little optimization that may cause the Handy to skip on or to commands while seeking longer/detailed scripts.
They do that at least most times from what I could find out. I’m pretty close to the wifi signal though so I have no idea what I could do… Wasn’t there Bluetooth planned for a future handy update or something?
Beta5 will do map based seeking (smart seeking)