[chimerax-users] crossfade command not working from a command file

[Guillaume Gaullier]

Hello,

I am using ChimeraX version 1.2.5 (2021-05-24) on macOS 10.15.7. When trying to generate a simple movie with the attached command file, I get the attached wrong result in which the crossfade command seems to fail (instead of a smooth transition, I only get a flashing black screen for a few frames). A similar problem happens with the same version of ChimeraX on Rocky Linux 8.4.

Instead of loading the command file from a fresh session (with 'open command-file.cxc'), I tried to prepare my models first, and then sent the commands generating the movie all at once (separated by semi-colons). When I did it this way, I got the correct result (also attached).

Is there anything I am doing wrong, or is this a bug? I am pretty sure the command file version worked correctly in a previous version of ChimeraX, because I have done this before. Unfortunately, I don’t remember which version it was (but probably 1.1, since it was just last year).

I would appreciate any help with this.
Thank you in advance,

Guillaume










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