Tottes MegaSwitch

I can't look at it yet due to the current V2 problem.....but got me thinking that a script could be made so that each switch could be drop-menu labelled in the controls.....when I get more advanced with scripting of course.....

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Crapadilla mysteriously wrote: What's up with the attachment file names?

My best guess, a fubar up bug that is broken.

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Crapadilla wrote: What's up with the attachment file names?

We'll fix this soon.

Did you slide the variation slider? Strange, cause it should pick on out the the maximum inputs set (1-16), where 1 is rather silly as it will be only one to choose from.

Totte.

I had another look at the script and found the problem, I think.In the prepare function there is a line that goes:
"index = math.mod(VARIATION, itemcount)"
I'm not sure what this line is meant to do, but if I change it to:
"index = itemcount"
the filter seems to work as advertised.
Cheers.
Smacky

Thanks Smacky [ and hi ] I'll give that a try

Edit; work perfectly thanks again Smacky

Hi Totte,

I just realized that the input constants, e.g. INPUT_1 contains simple index values.
To get the value of an input constant, write error(INPUT_1) or whatever the name of the input is. In your case there is a perfect relation with the actual index variable in your script, making the big conditional obsolete:

function get_sample(x, y)
return get_sample_map(x, y, index)
end;

should work just fine.

This could have been different, but you obviously first added all the inputs (in correct order) and then itemCount input. That is why their value matches your index.

@Sphinx . They were added, they reordered, as otherwise they came 1, 10,11,12,13,14,15,2,3 etc....
I will check your approach, but I think it will fail as I have reordered them, but a nice idea.

@Smacky: lol - now you got Both.

Hello, Please could you explain how this works for a beginner that does not know nothing about scripts ?

I have downloaded it, replaced the big number name for the Megaswitch name and clicking over it is installed in FF 3.0

The problem for me comes when I try to use it, as the slider DOES NOT work and nothing happens when changing from one to another.

Surely I am making something wrong.

Do you need to modify the script to use it ?

How do you select from the 16 sources, just using the selector slider and choosing one of the numbers ?

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Morgantao wrote: Spaceray, download the updated version below

Thanks very much for the new updated version, I have downloaded it. In wich Totte´s website is this available ? In the one of his profile or other different ?

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Morgantao wrote: uncheck IsRandomizable. Be sure that Variations is NOT set to 1. That way you can have all 16 outputs with the selector slider.

WOW!! Thanks very much for this suggestion and instruction on how to use it, I knew I was doing something wrong and did not work and was because I used variations=1 , after changing the variation to a higher number it works perfectly well selecting the source between the 16 available.

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Morgantao wrote: Other than that don't ask me how this thing works, as it's WAY over my head.

Well, I do NOT need to ask anything more, and really do NOT need to know how it works inside the script to be able to use it.

You do not need to understand and know how electricity works to use it, do you?, you just plug the electrical appliance you want to use in wall socket and use it, don´t care how and why it works

And if for you this is WAY over your head, imagine to me !!! It´s WAY WAY WAY BEYOND over my head 1000 meters

For me making and understanding script would be like be able to touch Lava with my naked hands

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Morgantao wrote: Spaceray, download the updated version below (from totte's website) and uncheck IsRandomizable. Be sure that Variations is NOT set to 1. That way you can have all 16 outputs with the selector slider.

Please, is there some good way that Variation is NOT set to 1 when downloading the filter.

The only way I have found is to make the presets have a different variation number but do not know if this is a good way or there can be another one.

Thanks again to Totte for this MegaSwitch

Just saw this discussion, hope you having fun with it.

You can make that 100 if you just spend more time editing the script

As I said, just add more code.... more inputs... and your done

Thanks Totte, we wrote the post both at exactly the same time but yours when first than mine.

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Totte wrote: As I said, just add more code.... more inputs... and your done

What is very good on this is that you do not need to modify the inner code of the script and do not have to modify the script itself, it is very easily done with the "Input editor" available to add any more inputs you want and configure them as you want without any problem, which is great.

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Skybase wrote: Yes one of these days there will be a component with 1000 inputs.

Well considering that FF does NOT make a selection of the components that are behind the switch and ALL of them are included in the results components (wich is a very bad thing) it would be impossible to make this AND keep it working right and being fast and usable

I bump this again as the FF 8 switch is still having the limit and this switch is much better with up to 16 elements by default but it seems that it can be upgraded with more elements

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Totte wrote: You can make that 100 if you just spend more time editing the script

BUT the problem is that when you do it, then you get an error message from the IntSlider as seen here

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The Incoming value range (1...20) exceeds the maximum range of this input (2...17) To fix this, lower the amount

So is there then a problem that IntSlider does NOT allow more a higher amount of 17 ??? Or I am missing something ?

HERE BELOW I ATTACH THE MODIFIED VERSION

As you can see if you go over 16 values it does nothing, although the script is modified. IF you can explain it would be much appreciated.

Thanks for any help

Here is what I have done to modify the filter

I have been wondering how to do this and until know I have not known how to do it, and now I found how to do it

Just add

elseif ( index ==17) then inp=INPUT_17
elseif ( index ==18) then inp=INPUT_18
elseif ( index ==19) then inp=INPUT_19
....

and then go to the Input Editor and click on new input and add as many additional inputs as you have added to the script

you need to add a name and then use the INPUT_17 (being 17 the corresponding number of each new input created)

you can put the name as you want and do not have to be Input and the number

then go to ItemCount and Selector components and increase the number of inputs to the total amount

THE BELOW FILTER IS FOR FF 8.0 DOES NOT WORK ABOVE 16 inputs

megaswitch 20.ffxml

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rachelduim wrote: This has 20 inputs to the switch. The problem you were having was probably in the input editor for the integers numbers.

Great, Thanks very much for fixing it for 20 inputs and it works right as you have done it

BUT if I try to add any additional input I get the SAME error as before but now the limit is 21 instead of 17

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The Incoming value range (1...21) exceeds the maximum range of this input (2...21) To fix this, lower the amount

Cool this old little baby still is popular;-)

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rachelduim wrote: A greatly simplified version, the ELSEIF's are not needed.

Thanks very much for making this much simplified version

it works correctly also on FF 9

will see how it works