Predefined Spread?

[knoeterich]

Hey there,

It’s funny that I didn’t do that before but today I asked myself if there is an easy way in vvvv gamma to make a predefined spread of specific values and specific size like it was so easy in vvvv beta like in this pic:

Or do I have to go manually over the process of filling an array with Add(Spread)?
Because when I unplug the io box the Spread isn’t stored in it anymore…

[motzi]

you may bump this missing feature e.g. here:

Extend IO Box behaviour to store values from data source (again)

I’d like to bring up the request to “bake” values to IOBoxes that are connected upstream once again - requests for this have been made in the past here and here. Since there is already the option to “bake” the type of a connection to a pad with shortcut CTRL+T, a natural extension to this would be e.g. CTRL+SHIFT+T to set the default values of an IOBox so that they stay after disconnecting. This feature can potentially save lots time while patching and quickly storing live values.

[knoeterich]

ok so then at the moment there is no way. dayum^^ I commented under your post 👍

[joreg]

just to clarify: what motzi means is that disconnecting an IOBox from upstream doesn’t copy values as it did in vvvv beta, but you can still manually fill an IOBox, see: IOBoxes | vvvv gamma documentation

[chk]

In that case this feature would be worth a bump.

Create spread IOBox from node browser

It would be great if spread was also shown in the node browser in the IOBox menu. After selecting it, the single datatypes could be shown again to tell the spread, which datatype it should be holding - in a similar fashion like the two-step menu that comes up, when selecting a boolean.