auto-completion problem for standard max/msp objects
Hi,
I have had this problem for a while, thought it wouldn't bother me but it has starting niggling away and slowing down my workflow I am confused as to why I can't see some standard max and msp object names appearing in the drop down menu when I start typing in the object box?? Things like cycle~, line~, metro and a host of other standard objects don't drop down - I need to type them in fully. There is no problem with max finding these objects once they are typed correctly - however I did like having to only type one or two letters to get to the drop down menu.
Any ideas? I have set the file preferences correctly - with the application folder in there as well as other folders in which I have externals stored.
Thanks in advance,
Ben
Do try to harvest metadata again. Paste this into a max window and click it. I had some trouble with the autocomplete menu when I ran a second instance of Max before. The documents that contain these are in Cycling '74/init in your Max folder.
Perfect, that fixed the problem immediately - thanks for this!!
yeah !!!!!
Thanks for this Bas, I was running into exactly this problem and your solution worked.
Hi,
I still have the same problems after using this db.reset method. I cannot see any autocompletion, although it had worked before. The "Object box autocompletion" is activated. What else do I have to consider?
Thank you!
Hi, I remember coming across this post a month ago, and I am now having the same problem.
The only change I've made to Max is setting the default grid size to a smaller grid for unlocked patches. Next thing I know, Max doesn't auto-complete for new objects!
I hadn't upgraded to 5.1.8 yet, so I was hoping that would help, but no luck.
I've tried the reset that Bas van der Graaff posted, but this still doesn't solve the problem.
Do I need to delete a preference file maybe?
Thanks!
omg Bas thank you!!!!
Hi,
At first Bas' reset didn't work for me, but after restarting Max, i disabled and enabled autocompletion and now everything works again.
So anyhow, thanks Bas!
Great tip, thanks!
Auto-completion fail strikes back. Neither the ; max db.reset nor the disable/enable tricks worked...
Fours hours later, after restarting quitting, etc and opening and working with max 5 (?) this finally works. But the behaviour seems a bit erratic. Let's see if other users get the same problem. Does the database rest message need time to operate ?
I have a somewhat similar problem. Everytime I try to make a new object with Command-N, it pops up already auto-filled with a bpatcher. Tried all the listed solutions above. ANy ideas?
I just had the same problem, auto-completion didn't work anymore. But thanks to the patch above, it works again.
max 7.3.1
