dblondin

I downloaded an amxd which includes the ICST spatialization externals and it works great for quad panning. I customized it a bit by adding a center speaker and saved it. Now, whenever I open up my own version of it, all the externals show up as striped boxes, which I presume means M4L doesn't know where the externals are. I tried the feature called "install..." to get the necessary externals in but that didn't work. I tried the feature called "List externals and subpatcher files" but when I click on that nothing happened (no window came up). I also tried adding the path with the ICST externals to "File Preferences" but that didn't work either. The only thing that seems to work is opening the original unedited version of the amxd, then opening mine, at which point the externals are no longer missing.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong with getting the externals to be saved within my amxd?

Hello,
I downloaded an amxd which includes the ICST spatialization externals and it works great for quad panning. I customized it a bit by adding a center speaker and saved it. Now, whenever I open up my own version of it, all the externals show up as striped boxes, which I presume means M4L doesn't know where the externals are. I tried the feature called "install..." to get the necessary externals in but that didn't work. I tried the feature called "List externals and subpatcher files" but when I click on that nothing happened (no window came up). I also tried adding the path with the ICST externals to "File Preferences" but that didn't work either. The only thing that seems to work is opening the original unedited version of the amxd, then opening mine, at which point the externals are no longer missing.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong with getting the externals to be saved within my amxd?


missing-externals-problem

I may have figured this out. I guess I need to freeze then save so the external objects are embedded. I also wonder about locking. Like what if I lock before I freeze - would that prevent the externals from getting in? It's sorta of a convoluted system. But maybe this is a unique case because the "List Externals" window is not opening on my machine.

I didn't think there is a way to include externals with amxd's....I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong, this would simplify my life....but all you should need to do with the externals (since you have them, obviously) is place them inside your Max Folder/Cycling/ (you'll see a bunch of them in there).

Frozen patches get their assets from the folder that's created when you unfreezed them (on OSX its usually on your desktop). If they are missing there, I think, it will look in the normal Max search path after that.

I'm probably wrong about some of this...I'm hoping someone will straighten us both out ;)

I didn't think there is a way to include externals with amxd's....I could be wrong.  I hope I'm wrong, this would simplify my life....but all you should need to do with the externals (since you have them, obviously) is place them inside your Max Folder/Cycling/ (you'll see a bunch of them in there).

Frozen patches get their assets from the folder that's created when you unfreezed them (on OSX its usually on your desktop).  If they are missing there, I think, it will look in the normal Max search path after that.

I'm probably wrong about some of this...I'm hoping someone will straighten us both out ;)


Missing Externals Problem