TeChNiCaLwReCk

26th June 2001 23:40 UTC

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but when you open the pulldown menu in the AVS editor, it produces a weird effect in the AVS. Is there a way I can reproduce this effect?

Scarface2k1

30th June 2001 03:55 UTC

it would help if you could tell us what effect it is first.

TeChNiCaLwReCk

30th June 2001 08:44 UTC

the effect thats produced isn't an effect thats in the list. its just that when you open the pull-down menu, if you look at the avs, something new happens. i want to know if theres a way to get this effect without opening the menu.

Scarface2k1

30th June 2001 20:47 UTC

you mean when your pull down menu is up, and avs isnt really reacting to the music??

Punkers

1st July 2001 19:20 UTC

Maybe you could use the custom bmp and bump the skip option all the way up, but the wave detectors would still work. Works just the same as when I use a CD. By the way is there a plug-in or anything that'll make the avs respond to my CD's? or do I have to use the custom bmp all the time.

flatmatt

2nd July 2001 03:20 UTC

You mean when the display freezes for a moment? Don't know.

Punkers: try CD Reader, from this site.

TeChNiCaLwReCk

3rd July 2001 22:53 UTC

yeah when it kind of freezes and the avs blends really wierd

flatmatt

3rd July 2001 23:32 UTC

And it stops responding to the music? No, don't know how to do that other than making a preset that doesn't respond to music anyway.

Scarface2k1

4th July 2001 05:17 UTC

Originally posted by flatmatt
And it stops responding to the music? No, don't know how to do that other than making a preset that doesn't respond to music anyway.

Adasha

9th July 2001 01:20 UTC

Punkers: in the input section of preferences, make sure the 'sampling' tick box is ticked under 'cd/linein' plugin. then make sure your soundcard is set to record from the cd-audio source, same as any other vis plugin.

Scarface2k1

9th July 2001 14:00 UTC

yeah but what about people who dont need this plugin?

geozop

16th July 2001 01:09 UTC

Getting that effect
It seems that when the menu is down, the v variable in the superscope is not updated each frame, but kept at whatever v was on the frame when the menu was pulled down. So attempted a little code (on the superscope) to switch between updating v like normal or keeping v the same:

Init: n=w; t=0
Beat: t=bnot(t)
Per Point:
x=i*2-1;
q=if(t,q,v);
y=q*2;

Every beat t switches between 0 and 1, and the if statement will determine if q is going to be v (normal) or stay the same.
However, on doing this I found that when q is kept the same, it is the same for every point (creating a straight line) rather then when it is v (where v is different for every point).
I suppose there would be a way for a ton of if statements for every i in the per point area (such as:
va=if(equal(i,0.1),v,va);
vb=if(equal(i,0.2),v,vb);
vc=if(equal(i,0.3),v,vc);
... then
q=if(equal(i,0.1),va,q);
q=if(equal(i,0.2),vb,q);
q=if(equal(i,0.3),vc,q);
... etc) but, that would slow down the vis a lot, and be really ugly. Too bad there are not tables (like in C and other codes) to hold variables.
Good luck.

Scarface2k1

16th July 2001 02:32 UTC

:eek: i can understand it, but its not my code so i dont want to try it out :D