Myra Wildmist Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I'm finally looking for a dance HUD. My primary need is I'd like to organize all them dances into styles and easily call them up. For example, I like to put my latin, techno and hip-hop dances in separate categories. It would also be nice to invite at least 10 people, since I DJ, sometimes.I'm currently looking at two HUDs, the Romah and the TIS HUD. I've linked them, below:https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PROMO-ROMAH-Dance-HUD-190-Animations-LIMITED-EDITION/4068388?page=5&product_reviews_sort=rating_value|asc&utf8=%E2%9C%93https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/TIS-Fusion-Singles-Couples-Dance-HUDChimera-Basic-Version/2877616?page=2&product_reviews_sort=rating_value|asc&utf8=%E2%9C%93Of the two, the TIS looks a bit better, but the cost of the Romah HUD is appealling. I'm not sold on either of them, yet, though. I've been told the dance animations in the Romah are all freebies, so that's not a factor.Any other recommendations?Thanks much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theresa Tennyson Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I have a TIS Fusion myself - it's pretty slick. The really unique feature it has is that it supports couples dances as well - you can spawn a fully-working set of couples dance balls anywhere you can rezz and then smoothly swap from one dance to another without standing in between. The whole thing is basically a club dance system you wear on your butt. The other one looks like it has a lot of scripts to do things you really don't need, and I'd also be wary of its being no-copy - once you fill it up with dances it could get very expensive if SL eats it, and SL seems to have an appetite for dance systems. The Fusion is copyable - IF you fill it with copyable dances, which I'd recommend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pussycat Catnap Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I'm leary of HUDs that come packed with preselected animations - make sure you can go somewhere and test them ALL out. If a dance animation is not motion capture, it tends to look pretty poor. I have always been a fan of the HUD from Henmations - though it has gotten more and more script heavy over time. That said my replacement choice is stil heavy, at 1.2mb - the AKEYO Power AO (or the Humanoid AO, the same thing under a license) which is a combined dance HUD and AO controller. I like its AO system, and the dance part was just an added bonus. Henmations: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/DANCE-CONTROL-HUD-V3-ADVANCED-DANCE-HUD-SYSTEM/1488726 Henmations Inworld Store AKEYO: Akeyo Inworld Store Humanoid: Humanoid Inworld Store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimue Mistwalker Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I've been wondering about the TIS hud for a long time.. the couples. Do I have to rezz balls for couples or is it like a regular dance hud where you add dances to it and click to invite.. I've been using DevShack hud for the past couple of yrs... way back before there was couple stuff. Ready to upgrade.. but only if the couple hud doesn't need balls.. Am I asking too much?? smiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theresa Tennyson Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Nimue Mistwalker wrote: I've been wondering about the TIS hud for a long time.. the couples. Do I have to rezz balls for couples or is it like a regular dance hud where you add dances to it and click to invite.. I've been using DevShack hud for the past couple of yrs... way back before there was couple stuff. Ready to upgrade.. but only if the couple hud doesn't need balls.. Am I asking too much?? smiles It does have to rezz balls. I don't think there's a way of properly aligning couples dances without using them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pussycat Catnap Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Without the poseballs you run the risk of the two avatars not being in sync position wise - and either one could just wander off or get bumped away. That said there -ARE- a few things in SL that let one perfon become a vehicle the other rides - so maybe someone has ported this methodology to dance HUDs. If they had, I would expect them to advertise that - as it would be a major feature advancement over competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myra Wildmist Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Looks like the choice might be the TIS HUD. Thank you. I hadn't even thought about all the unnecessary script weight of the Romah HUD. I looked at the Akeyo/Humanoid HUD, too, but it doesn't look like it has the capability of organizing/grouping my dances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myra Wildmist Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 So after all of that a friend of mine who also DJs recommended the Henmation Dance HUD. After looking at all the options, I bought it. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/DANCE-CONTROL-HUD-V3-ADVANCED-DANCE-HUD-SYSTEM/1488726 It was more important to me to be able to invite more people. 10 should be enough, which is the limit on the TIS HUD, but I like being able to invite more if needed - the Henmation HUD allows for up to 30 invites. The web configuration is nice, too, but a bit slow. However, it's much more intuitive than dealing with cards and less prone to mistakes. It was very easy to organize my dances and it only took like 5 minutes. With the couples dance option, the TIS HUD still looks good if you're looking for a personal one. But for DJing I felt the Henmation was a better choice. **Don't buy the Henmation Dance HUD. Please, see my follow-up response that follows later in this thread.** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Moorsider Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 We have loved our Henmations Hud V3 ALLROUND for almost a year. in the past five months the server has been going down and no one has been on line to respond to support requests. This was a fine system, but without the server or support it is a useless piece of expensive junk. We have been to the store and have talked to many in the same position. They are still selling huds at the store and on MP that exceed 10,000L, but no resources to run or correct errors.... I will pull this post if they correct the situation.... now looking for a good replacement. I would not spend money on any Henmations until server support and system support is restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy Romano Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Ed, while I sympathise, the value of the actual HUD itself is very small compared to the cost of the animations. You can pull the animations from the Henmations one and put them in something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myra Wildmist Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 I had forgotten that I started this thread. Let me say, unequivocally, DO NOT BUY THE HENMATIONS HUD! There. Hope that's clear. : ) I had the Henmation HUD for several months and it worked fine. I was pretty happy with it. But, then, one day it stopped working. It turns out the website the HUD is dependent on stopped working. I contacted Henmation; no reply. I tried repeatedly to get in touch with the owner, their support, etc., but no reply. I was left with a non-functioning device, and no way to fix it. If you look at the reviews of the product on the marketplace, you'll see a lot of people ended up with the same problem. I will never buy another thing from Henmations. Sorry, I forgot about this thread and that I didn't update it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sassy Romano Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 but you can put the animations into something else so it's not all a waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myra Wildmist Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 Yes, of course. I just felt bad this thread was still hanging out there and someone might have bought it based on my decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLDJCool Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Best Dance hud in SL is Galaxy Dance hud,:matte-motes-bashful-cute: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Dance-with-me-Galaxy-II-HUD-400-Dances-translatorswimmer/2864892 It is only one prim hud Add your own dances you can invite upto 22 people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemi Miles Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I Agree, Don't buy anything at Henmations, i'm own a club in SL, i still have some stuff from there, but when i needed them to help me with a bugged dance pole, i never heard any answer from them. Seems they grew more than they could and forgot that without the buyers they are nothing. I stop buying there, my dance hud is an Akeyo, it comes in their Ao that work fine. xoxo K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeArtist2 Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 :smileyfrustrated: I have to agree that Henmations seems to be a waist of money. I just bought their Dance Control V3 HUD, plus about 8 animation dances for the total price of around L3,000. I have been trying to get all of this to work for two days and have no luck. I can not load the animations to their webbased dance list either. If you are an advanced player then maybe you can figure this out, but for a newbie, like me, you may lose your money. I have also now lost the dance animations I payed for after moving them to the Content folder, does anyone know how I can find them and use them in another aplication? Thanks! Jake :manhappy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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