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#1

Hi everybody,

This is not so much a question regarding anything in particular rather about vvvv patching in general. I’ve been playing around with vvvv for a couple of weeks. I’ve done the tutorials and experimented with alot of stuff like pixelshaders and 3d geometry. But when I want to do simple thing like if…then statements I get stuck. And I don’t want to keep bothering folks on the forums with simple stuff like this.

Is it just a matter of getting into the vvvv paradigm and forgetting the other textual programming stuff or are these type of things just harder to do with vvvv? Did I miss something in the tutorials? Did everybody have to go through this learning curve?

It’s really frustrating that I have all this power at the tips of my fingers only to stumble over simple stuff like that.
I’ll stop now, as this is turning into a rant, but please don’t think I’m bashing vvvv, I love it, I guess I’m just looking for some reassurance that this is just a fase and I’ll get through it :).

#2

I don’t want to keep bothering folks on the forums with simple stuff like this.
I think it would be ok though

Is it just a matter of getting into the vvvv paradigm …?
As far as I can tell: yes

Did I miss something in the tutorials?
you definitely should have a look at this:
Converting from Textual Programming
Creating Feedback Loops

Did everybody have to go through this learning curve?
I don´t know

#3

use a switch for instance:
IF the switch receives a “1” , THEN the descending flow is activated…
or use the compare nodes like > , = , >= … or booleans…

and yes, there is a learning curve, especially with vertex/pixel shaders.
don’t panic, you’ll manage to get it done

#4

and IF you’re ready for more brain-bending ifthenity, THEN try the automata node.

#5

Thanks for the replies, I’m still not there, but getting closer.

I’ve created an automata node and quickly deleted it and decided I’m not ready for that one yet :).Thanks for the encouraging words, I was playing around with 4v for 5 hours or so and I got a little discouraged… after some sleep I felt alot better.

Actually the pixel shaders were really easy to get into in my experience, for the first weeks I was trying to do everything through pixel shaders as those are easy to understand from a traditional programming view.

I’m really looking forward to getting over these beginner humps so I can properly incorporate 4v in my vj work … altough something this cool couldn’t really be called work could it?

#6

Oh and sorry for putting this in the wrong forum, I suppose I should’ve posted it in the patching help forum.

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