Max 5.0.2 Bug Fixes and New Features

This page is a record of all bugs fixed and features added in this version of Max5. If you know of an issue which is outstanding or you would like to report a bug, please contact support@cycling74.com

• file preferences window updates when filepref changes a path
• umenu: prefix accepts any symbol (not only file paths)
• obtrusive error messages in patcher window are now filtered for repetitions
• pictctrl: fixed sporadic crashes opening patchers with pictctrl objects in dial mode.
• multislider: minimum size can be 8*8 as in Max 4
• rslider: range color can now have alpha
• fixed wclose message to thispatcher
• counter: bang resets output to 0 when clocker is already running
• poly~: fixed crashes when poly~ could not load a non-existent patcher, and then pattrstorage tried to look inside of it for pattr objects.
• imovie: fixed bug where the vol message with a float argument, did not set the volume as advertised in the documentation.
• fixed crash when the debugger hits a break watchpoint placed directly on the outlet of a key or MIDI input object
• disabled mouse movement row selection in auto-completion list
• rslider: have now a floatoutput attribute
• help key (Mac only) opens help file if one object in a patcher is selected
• file browser: fixed bug in movie file previews that would display movies with the wrong dimensions.
• file browser: audio and movie file previews now have a volume level control, the volume level is remembered across launches in user preferences.
• metrical time scheduler will trigger events even if some intervening time-consuming process prevents the event from being triggered at the intended time; in this way it behaves more like the regular Max scheduler
• jit.fpsgui: added getstate message for compatibility
• lcd: getpixel message implemented
• lcd: strings > 1000 pixels in width draw properly
• vst~: NI plug-ins work on PowerPC
• wave~: fix for set message on PPC
• 2d.wave~: fix for set message on PPC
• pattrstorage: deferred (from defer_low) read/write messages
• ezadc~: fixed state updating on initialization
• ezdac~: fixed state updating on initialization, fixes highlighting of ezdac~ button in DSP Status window when audio is already on
• minimum: fixed precisions with high values
• maximum: fixed precisions with high values
• doc window contents menu no longer displays entity names of the operators && etc.
• cut, copy, and paste implemented for text fields inside inspectors
• prevented crashes when typing the word "inspector" into an object box
• text shown in option-title-bar menu is the patcher's name, not the window title
• removed tcin from object list
• table: fixed crash when pasting table values when nothing was selected -- now there must be a selection before you can paste table values
• pictslider: fixed scaled knob tracking issue
• fixed bug where releasing the 'a' key while holding the shift key down confused the key and keyup objects
• poly~: fixed harmless "requires additional argument" message when using the args keyword
• jit.gl.cubemap: fixed crash setting "drawto" attribute to a bogus value
• double click on send or receive objects no longer crash
• cmd+click to lock a patcher now works when objects are selected
• fixed possible crash when harvesting metadata
• quickref auto-patching now works in non-left inlets, and messages / attributes are appropriately disabled in the menu
• key: outputs ctrl+A - ctrl+Z ascii codes again
• ctrl keys on Mac are mapped properly for non-US key layouts
• fixed problems dragging number values in the inspector with a tablet
• window positioning bounds are updated when mac monitor arrangement changes while Max is running
• up and down arrow keys work in object box text editor when auto-completion is not visible
• slider: fixed offset when the minimum was negative
• tab: have now border, bordercolor and borderoncolor attributes
• coll: fixed crash when object is created using a name in use by another class, and made error message refer to object
• a new view of an embedded bpatcher is editable
• fixed bug where it appeared that that two rows were added to the file preferences window when using the + button to add a user path
• paste replace and applying prototype now leave target objects selected
• showing toolbar via command on View menu now works after first hiding it
• windows: empty implementation of assist_string is in place so externals that use it will still load (although with broken assistance)
• pasting compressed patcher text into the max built-in text editor will now decompress the text giving the user a way to first look at the contents before pasting it into a patcher
• esc key, delete key, etc work properly when caps lock (or other modifiers) are on
• bpatchers created via option+drag from file browser no longer have internal patcher contents duplicated
• The "Modify Read Only" command is now enabled for embedded bpatchers
• help key (or F1 on windows) now opens object help file or if no objects are selected it opens the generic max help
• windows: ctrl+? now opens generic max help so F1 can open help on objects
• hover: new mouse exit outlets
• fixed double-click on title bar to collapse window
• movie: Fix for crash with 'vol' message
• slider: now has a new setminmax message to quickly specify the minimum and range
• rslider: Now has a new setminmax message to quickly specify the minimum and range
• rslider: Now has a new setminmax message to quickly specify the minimum and range
• patcher object's presentation attribute now reflects first view's presentation status
• preset: no longer attempts to send the 'preset' message to patchers, which generally respond by creating preset objects.
• fixed pop-up menus and other small windows not appearing above floating windows when the menu bar was not visible
• fixed crash sending max midi autosetup message when MIDI Setup window was not visible
• typing "a" no longer selects zplane~; in general, object palette requires at least a first-character match when typing a name before an object will be selected
• bpatcher: embedded patchers can now be edited right away -- they will start with a blank patcher so you don't have to load a starting one
• bpatcher: passing args to an embedded bpatcher now works
• bpatcher: undo can restore changes to a bpatcher's patcher that was modified (via embed or modify read only) after such changes are lost due to loading a new patcher (via changing the bpatcher's name attribute)
• poly~: fixed problems with customized outlet assistance descriptions
• matrix~: ramp time is sample-rate independent
• spectroscope~: prevented crashes caused by log-scaling negative amplitudes
• documentation images folders are no longer added to the search path
• lcd: writepict creates a file sized to the current lcd visible area for small pictures
• key object now reports keystrokes when mouse is down in a patcher
• help key to open object help now works when auto-edit on typing preference is enabled
• windows: key codes for key object are now the same as the mac and the same as for Max 4.6
• no longer crashes if a box that has text being edited is deleted via scripting
• fix for crash loading matrixctrl image
• press P in an unlocked patcher to create a new object with presentation attribtue enabled
• table: right outlet now sends a bang when data is edited
• kslider: fixed keyboard tracking when offset was not a multiple of 12
• poly~: fixed crash re-opening the window of a dynamically changed patcher if the poly~ was in a subpatcher
• poly~ help file now has examples of dynamic patcher loading and multithread support
• menubar: fixed problems adding items to the File and Edit menus including repeated items when showing the menu bar more than once and file items duplicated in the Edit menu

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