Max 8.5.6 odd data flow bug
Hey guys,
I stepped into an issue and it leaves me kind of confused.
What you see in the picture is really strange but it is what is happening in the moment in my patch.
I have one single int message (65 in this case) coming in and somehow something is getting weird on the way.
the number objects have not been updated at the moment of the screenshot but it always behaves the same since I've been investigating this. The two right number objects and the right print object will change to the right number and the other objects on the left will change all to one random one.
As far as i can tell this behaviour stays the same regardless of the relative positioning of the receive object.
Only the print objects change their behaviour depending on der x-position (left=wrong, right=right)
Hovering over the patch cords displays the correct value.
Does have anyone of you the same issue?
Kind regards
Len
8.5.6 on Windows, I can't reproduce. Maybe you can provide a patch?
Also, I doubt this is it, but just in case, are you sure the faulty number objects do not have a scripting name in their attributes?
on mac no problem.
unknown info is who is sending that int,
if you use max or live,
which coud be suspected with ---s stuff.
scripting varnames of number objects can not affect print objects which also show wrong values.
Hey Guys,
thanks for your replies. I tried to make a stripped down version of my patcher and cannot recreate the mistake with that. I'll clean that one up a little and post it here.
I tend to port things from and to m4l sometimes and usually use [s ----]. In this case it is only one Max Patcher with a little cascade of subpatchers.
Even though the sends are exclusive the patcher itself is quite convoluted with send and receive objects.
I also found a dirty workaround using zl.reg and a delayed bang after the receive object. Time is not critical in this particular patch but I worry now that this might be an issue in other patches.
Still I find it quite strange that values seem not to pass through the patch cords.
Until later
Len