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Interactive Environment: Nostalgic

sharkbear — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:47:39 +0000

hello all, this is my first post on the forums! im a student at ASU, and im currently working on a patch that will allow the user to enter there age, and it will open up a corresponding track along with several photos that will bring up nostalgic memories. In the background, the iSight or webcam will be taking pictures of the users face. My main concern is the drop boxes for the ages. Im not an experienced MAX user, but I have great ambitions to complete this project at a higher level than my skills. Any help or conversation about this topic would be great help!

Re: Interactive Environment: Nostalgic

dtr — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:45:17 +0000

drop box as in the [umenu] object?

Re: Interactive Environment: Nostalgic

Thinksamuel — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:20:25 +0000

Here you go with the umenu option

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Re: Interactive Environment: Nostalgic

sharkbear — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:26:06 +0000

Wow! that was EXACTLY what I was looking for! now that I have the umenu, I have the dates I need. My problem is, I have the numbers I need for the years, but I don’t understand the process on how you got them in there? If you could explain a bit more with that I think my project will be a go!

Re: Interactive Environment: Nostalgic

sharkbear — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:33:15 +0000

I think [Coll] would be helpful, as i need to the program to remember there age from three separate [umenus] and then open up a certain audio file and images when there age is entered.

Re: Interactive Environment: Nostalgic

Thinksamuel — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:35:09 +0000

basically what I did was print the list of numbers in the max window. On the top side you enter a number and then slide up. Result: in the print window you get the list of numbers. You copy that list and with search/ replace you remove the print: part. Then you have a comma-separated list that you paste in the info of the umenu. With the three umenus, I suppose that you are asking for day, month, year right? But only the year really matter to control the playback and photos?

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sharkbear — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:38:51 +0000

ahhh! that makes more sense. ill see what I can do, and get back to you with more questions! thank you for being so helpful and respectful.

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sharkbear — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:34 +0000

So I have my Umenus set now. So for each year, How do I correspond a bang too it?

Re: Interactive Environment: Nostalgic

Thinksamuel — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:00:20 +0000

The output from the umenu goes to a command for the sfplay~object. YOu need to name your soundfiles 1901, 1902, …

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