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TOPIC: spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs
spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 1 day 17 hours ago #52137
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hey all,
I was excited to get my new saber , an epoch hero tier, and wanted to get into editing the fonts and color settings. I am on a mac , with a copy of parallels and and old windows xp copy. i downloaded the spark color 2 files and when i try to install through windows it is not allowing me, saying that installation is not possible. does not seem to be software available for the mac platform so can someone out there advise as to a next step? would suck not to be able to alter these settings and save them. thank you. |
spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 1 day 12 hours ago #52164
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Macfly,
For your sake, I really hope that I am incorrect with this. The following is an edited screenshot from NEC for their Igniter. Agreed that it's not exactly Spark Color 2, but as it originates from the same Creator, the answer to your question may be less than favourable. Perhaps if another chime-in states otherwise, your only option may be the 'on-the-fly' configuration. |
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spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 1 day 9 hours ago #52176
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Naigon actually wrote something about this the other day:
The config editor is a WinForms Win32 application, so you'd need some type of emulator to get it to run. So you would pretty much need Win7 or Win8. Unfortunately after .Net 4.5 things changed a ton so you will probably have issues getting it to work there.
I've actually consulted with a friend that is a Mac expert and he is currently refactoring the code using Xamrin so that a mac-specific version will be possible hopefully very soon. |
spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 1 day 9 hours ago #52177
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Inknew there was no DIRECT mac support but on youtube there is a video on using the configurator and the guy is using a mac which appears to be running windows in a virtual window. But on my parallels with XP it cant install. That is why inam scratching my head here
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spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 1 day 9 hours ago #52179
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Mm, could try updating .Net in your XP isntall.
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spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 1 day 9 hours ago #52180
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I addeded windows installer 3.1 and some . Net file too but still doesnt seem to work.
Maybe its an old xp problem. Is there another windows software that is decent? 7? I hate that new windows 10 |
spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 1 day 8 hours ago #52181
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Windows 7 is going to be your happy medium between XP style usage and modern functionality.
Do NOT install Windows 8, 8.1 or Vista, unless you're a masochist who loves googling "where can I find X in Windows 8?" I actually like 10, but only because I've gotten used to it's foibles. |
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For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.
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spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 1 day 2 minutes ago #52249
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Can you use the spark color 2 editor with 10? If so i will just get that and suffer through the windows look
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spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 23 hours 2 minutes ago #52253
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IT says XP or above and .NET 4.0 runs on Windows 10.
It's not a bad system, you'll get used to it. |
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For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.
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spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 22 hours 54 minutes ago #52256
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lol..i don't really need it for much other than this spark editor
oh well. bunch of money for some saber fun! not sure what this whole .net thing is about and why it wouldn't work on my xp copy. humph |
spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 14 hours 18 minutes ago #52297
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Gaelis wrote:
Windows 7 is going to be your happy medium between XP style usage and modern functionality.
Do NOT install Windows 8, 8.1 or Vista, unless you're a masochist who loves googling "where can I find X in Windows 8?" I actually like 10, but only because I've gotten used to it's foibles. I second this. Windows 7 or 10. |
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spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 8 hours 48 minutes ago #52317
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Went ahead and got win10. Not as bad as i thought.
But i cant get the 'twist with aux button only' setting to work. I open the editor and check the box in the Master tab , save and then transfer the files to the card. Nothing. Teisting still changes colors without having to hold the aux button first. This editing is not as intuitive as i thought |
spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 7 hours 45 minutes ago #52320
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Macfly,
Went ahead and got win10. Not as bad as i thought. Sounds like you now have a designated resource by Win10 for Font Editing. You may need to revert back to your first Post when you announced the ordering of your Epoch and the exchanges that followed.But i cant get the 'twist with aux button only' setting to work. I open the editor and check the box in the Master tab , save and then transfer the files to the card. Nothing. Teisting still changes colors without having to hold the aux button first. This editing is not as intuitive as i thought If you're unsure or have forgotten about that Thread, I have linked it here. What you have as 'Axis-Twist' for Colour change is default from SaberForge. You'll need to download the SC-2R2 Software to take advantage of the 'Hold Aux-Twist' to prevent accidental colour change. 
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spark color 2 editing for those of us with macs 7 hours 41 minutes ago #52321
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I must not have mentioned that i DID doenload and set up the rc2 softemware, which is why i had to get win 20 in the first place. I have been editing with this software and checking the master check box for hold aux with twist the feature doesnt seem to be enabled.
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