Boids in Max 6

goto10's icon

Anyone having issues with Boids in Max 6? I can't seem to get the externals working, even in the help files. It can't load the object at all. Anyone else having issues?

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Mark Durham's icon

Same here.

I've got an old project I'd love to update to use the new sound engine. Boids restricts it to max 5 for the moment though.

It's the 2d version by André sier I've tried. I also used his Chaos objects in a lot of old patches, not tried them yet.

goto10's icon

If it helps, the error I'm getting is "unknown external object type." Any thoughts?

goto10's icon

got it. download from here: http://s373.net/code/, not site on maxobjects.

Mark Durham's icon

and it's working in Max 6?

goto10's icon

Yep!

MH's icon

GOTO10

2 years later :-)

Thanks got it working on Max6.1.8

Carrie Doring's icon

Hi, does anyone know if this is supported on Max 7?

foldh's icon

Yep, works in MAX 7 too. At least on Windows so I expect it will be the same for Mac.

Carrie Doring's icon

I can't get it to run on Windows - I continue to see the error that the object can't be found when I open the help files. I've mapped the path where the objects are stored, moved them around in the file hierarchy, with no luck. Any pointers would be great! I should point out that I'm very new to this, so even the most basic advice would be greatly appreciated. :-)

foldh's icon

I don't recall doing anything fancy to get it to work. As you've already set things up correctly in File Preferences I'm not sure why it isn't working for you.

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

Here's the help file for jit.boids2d. What happens when you open it?