[bug] Max often can not find a file for bpatcher

prko's icon

Dear deverloper,

I get often the following error:

bpatcher: bpatcher: error loading patcher route.to.ch.stereo_neutral.maxpat

It worked well.
Since yesterday,MAX often cannot read the file.
Sometimes works well, but sometimes doesn't.

best,
prko

prko's icon

I think that there are too many files in a folder.
Can we organise bubfolder?
In one subfolder, there are only files for bpatchers.
In one subfolder, there are only abstractions.
I have put some files into a subfolder.
MAx cannot find it automatically.

best,
prko

seejayjames's icon

setting your File Preferences should help, just make a new path to the folder. If you're moving to another machine, there's the "path" message to [thispatcher] which can tell you where the patch is in the file system. I'll admit that Max often seems to not find things when I'd expect it to, but setting the File Prefs has always worked for me.

diatom's icon

Anyone finding this - i just had to do exactly that with 8.6.1.

Thanks to @seejayjames.