this 'reset' only works after values have been changed?

[human fly]

i have a ‘reset’ function triggered by button with
‘Called when modulator value changes’ or ‘Mouse Down’-
but on Panel load, it will initially only work after
the values it resets have been changed.

it is for resetting the values of envelope modulators to
default values. i can’t see why it doesn’t work initially.
here is an example:

--called when modulator value changes
function resetPitchEG(m,v)

--This stops issues during panel bootup
if panel:getRestoreState() or panel:getProgramState() then return end

--reset envelope
	local reset= panel:getModulator("resetPitchEG"):getValue()
	local tabs= panel:getComponent ("tabs_Envelopes")
	--change tab
	tabs:setPropertyInt ("uiTabsCurrentTab", 0)

	if reset~=nil then
	--time
		for k= 1,4 do
		modul1=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",1)
		modul2=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",2)
		modul3=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",3)
		modul4=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",4)

			if tab =="tabs_Envelopes" then
			modul1:setModulatorValue(50,false,false,false)
			modul2:setModulatorValue(50,false,false,false)
			modul3:setModulatorValue(50,false,false,false)
			modul4:setModulatorValue(50,false,false,false)
			end
		end
	--level
		for k=5,9 do
		modul5=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",5)
		modul6=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",6)
		modul7=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",7)
		modul8=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",8)
		modul9=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",9)

			if tab =="tabs_Envelopes" then
			modul5:setModulatorValue(0,false,false,false)
			modul6:setModulatorValue(0,false,false,false)
			modul7:setModulatorValue(0,false,false,false)
			modul8:setModulatorValue(0,false,false,false)
			modul9:setModulatorValue(0,false,false,false)
			end
		end
	end
end

this works fine the rest of the time. it is a bit long like this;
if i can learn to iterate, i can improve it, but i also want access
to individual values. i suspect i’m declaring wrong: do i need to
initialise each modulator or something like that?
ie: if i randomize them first, it will reset. if i just click
‘reset’, nothing happens.

any thoughts?

ps: condition ‘if reset~=nil’ here is a bit ‘meh..’, i don’t
know if it really needs to getValue. could be something
better here too.

pps: this is applying values to modulators in a CustomGroup.
i’m using index ranges to separate ‘time’ and ‘level’ modu-
lators. they could all be addressed together really.

[proton]

this iterations makes no sense (why the for loop if you don’t loop there):
——————————————————————————-
–time
for k= 1,4 do
modul1=panel:getModulatorWithProperty(“modulatorCustomIndex”,1)
modul2=panel:getModulatorWithProperty(“modulatorCustomIndex”,2)
modul3=panel:getModulatorWithProperty(“modulatorCustomIndex”,3)
modul4=panel:getModulatorWithProperty(“modulatorCustomIndex”,4)
——————————————————————————-

Read about the “for loop” and read about arrays/tables. This way you could store your variables in a table and do the iteration on its elements.

modul = {}

for k= 1,4 do modul[k]=panel:getModulatorWithProperty(“modulatorCustomIndex”,k)
end

this will loop thru elements 1-4 of your table. DO the same for the other variables.

Cheers!

[human fly]

ah, ok. it’s true i’m still unsure about ‘for’ iterations.

i went for it like that to try to do it in one go, – just to
get something working! the renumbering of the ‘modul’s
was because i needed different values for some of them,
not all the same. it is adequate for what i need, for the
time being.

is there anything you can see in there that would stop it
from operating on first-loaded values? it resets fine
after i’ve changed any parameter.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by human fly.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by human fly.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by human fly. Reason: abbrev

[human fly]

in fact, i’m still not in the habit of using tables at this stage.
was getting to know ‘custom groups’.

[human fly]

*bump* re: why is reset working before values changed.
can you see anything that is preventing that?
maybe it would work if i declared modulators on startup.

but how about a little ‘local’ fix for it here? just for
argument’s sake? 🙂
(and disregarding inelegance of the whole thing)

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