Max 5.1.4 Bug Fixes and New Features

This page is a record of all bugs fixed and features added in this version of Max5 since version 5.1.3 If you know of an issue which is outstanding or you would like to report a bug, please contact support@cycling74.com

• lcd now longer hangs Max when the titlepict message doesn't have correct arguments
• jit.gl.texture: fix for broken @thru 0 argument
• rand~: no longer produces noises when the frequency is too close to zero
• ad_rewire: fixed crash when using ReWire as an ITM clocksource when ReWire is not the selected audio driver
• file browser: now provides tooltips when hovering over a cell whose text doesn't fit in the view.
• auto-completion: fixed incorrect completion for object names containing unicode characters.
• nslider: changes to the fgcolor attribute now set the color of the clefs and notehead in addition to the staves and note stem.
• patch cord connection editing is improved
• export image as well as jgraphics_image_surface_writepng now include dpi information in png metadata
• preset properly outputs the preset number out the second outlet in response to a int message (as in Max 4.x)
• jit.gl.sketch fix for crashes with glutess functions under windows
• live.gui objects no longer break when their @varname is set twice to the same name.
• live.remote~ now accepts integer values as well
• cellblock: Fix to non-grid display drawing.
• cellblock: add row height dim-specific message to help file.
• cellblock: fixes to inline editing when connected to a jit_matrix
• cellblock: support for scroll wheel changes
• jit.gl.multiple: automatic dim handling and wrapping with new dimparam attribute
• jit.scanwrap: fix for ndim wrapping in mode 3
• live.meter~ can now be controlled by float/list
• linklist: fix for list corruption when calling the 'reverse' method
• jit.op/expr: fix for processing large 1d matrices (>10000) on multi-processor machines
• cellblock: fix to tab key support
• cellblock: fixes to select message crashes
• jit.matrix: added fillplane message to fill a single plane with a value
• jit.dx.grab: sets alpha channel to 255
• improved redrawing of live.meter~/live.gain~
• cellblock: fixes to key movement on single-col cellblock
• cellblock: fixes to key movement in inline edit mode.
• live.drop now outputs file type
• umenu: changes to @showdotfiles, @types, @depth properly repopulate the menu (if autopopulate is enabled and a valid file path is set as the prefix), and send a 'populate [count]' message out of the umenu object's right outlet
• pattrstorage: fixed a bug introduced in 5.1.3 where pattrstorage with the default @savemode requests file-saving too aggressively (for instance, when closing a patcher in which nothing has been changed wrt pattrstorage state)
• pictctrl: improved mouse dragging in dial mode
• cellblock: addition of old cell definition conversion code
• cellblock: proper transparancy handling of selected cell
• live.remote~ no longer crashes outside of a device
• cellblock: fixes to crashes during wide column scrolling.
• two in~ objects with the same index number in a resampled poly~ now works for each in~ iinstance
• function: no longer hangs Max when a clear message is received
• improved stockhausen-studie-II example
• alpha background color of live.step no longer affects the overall transparency
• line outputs a bang at the end of the ramp even if the grain size is bigger than the segment
• waveform can now inverse zoom orientation
• multislider: fix for crashes when dragging in the interface while the size of the multislider is changing in another thread.
• objects such as "metro 4n" no longer output excessive bangs when in a max device that becomes enabled after being disabled while set is playing
• loadbang now works when creating a poly~ object where the poly~ subpatcher contains another poly~ or pfft~
• Windows open dialog now defaults to something that makes more sense then "All Files"
• sustain: now has a repeatmode attribute and a flush message
• editing and saving a device after modifying the buffer~ duration now applies the new duration correctly (when only one instance of the device is open in Live)
• if user cancels a "Save As" operation on a max device and then closes the editor, abandoning edits, and then opens device in editor again, previously abandoned edits now remain abandoned
• loadbanging a replace message to a bpatcher now works correctly
• cellblock: fixed sync click output to properly display current scroll view.
• function no longer leaks memory when receiving getsustain or getfix message
• jit.matrix fix for double registration of named matrices not being freed on patcher close, or object reinstantiation
• jit.matrix: fix for crashes when renaming jit.matrix objects which have more than one reference
• fixed crash when deleting an object in the editor while a metro or similar object is sending output to said object
• retyping an object box now preserves the background color
• umenu: when using autopopulate with a file type filter, umenu longer adds non-matching files/folders
• change: deals properly with big integers
• table:redraws its window after receiving a refer message
• textbutton properly uses borderoncolor when clicked (in button mode)
• live.guilib objects now have an outputvalue message
• fixes for absolute path filenames in jit.matrix, jit.fprint, jit.qt.broadcast, and jit.textfile
• live.step no longer crashes in direction mode 2 with a small loop
• (i)table no longer produces an error when receiving a write message without argument (windows only)
• cellblock: Properly deals with output for select and inline editing options.
• menubar: now reports windows menu item chosen
• cellblock: fixed cell and dimension definition corruption when reading old patch settings.
• fpic now has an alpha attribute to set the transparency
• fpic properly restores xoffset and yoffset attributes when autofit is set
• jit.gl.multiple: fix for crash when instantiated in js, java, or C without a render destination name argument
• umenu: changes to the umenu contents (append, delete, insert, etc.) now properly update the 'items' attribute. When there are no items in the menu, the value of @items is the symbol ''
• paste and duplicate of a large number of objects while the inspector is open is no longer slow
• MSP on windows no longer changes rounding mode from the default
• standalone: new option to include the C74:/extensions folder in the application bundle when building an application.
• loading speed for patchers containing large numbers of parameter-aware objects improved.
• improved drawing refresh rate when using hundreds of bpatcher instances in a patcher
• UI objects that use JBOX_NODRAWBOX should now use less CPU time when redrawing
• blue focus rect now shows up when editing an existing object box, message box, or comment
• live.meter~ colors can be customized
• pattr: frozen @bindto attributes are now restored at patcher load.
• pattrstorage: @outputmode 1 doesn't trigger output during object initialization.
• loadbang -> window size -> thispatcher no longer causes window recreation on mac




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