Horizontal lines from grid don't go higher than 20

[denisa]

I am trying to make a 50 x 5 grid for a mesh but it doesn't let me go higher than 20. The vertical lines are okay, just the horizontal lines that don't let go higher.

Anybody has had any issues with this?

[synthsin75]

That's a limit set in the tool.

You can change it by copying lm_shape.lua (and it's png icon) from the installation ...\Resources\Support\Scripts\Tool to your custom content folder Scripts/Tools and opening it in a plain text editor, like Notepad.

At the very bottom you will see:

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	elseif (msg == self.CHANGE) then
		self.gridCellsX = self.cellsXText:IntValue()
		if (self.gridCellsX < 1 or self.gridCellsX > 20) then
			self.gridCellsX = LM.Clamp(self.gridCellsX, 1, 20)
			self.cellsXText:SetValue(self.gridCellsX)
		end
		self.gridCellsY = self.cellsYText:IntValue()
		if (self.gridCellsY < 1 or self.gridCellsY > 20) then
			self.gridCellsY = LM.Clamp(self.gridCellsY, 1, 20)
			self.cellsYText:SetValue(self.gridCellsY)
		end
	end
end

You'd need to change the "20" in the two LM.Clamp lines to "50", like this:

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	elseif (msg == self.CHANGE) then
		self.gridCellsX = self.cellsXText:IntValue()
		if (self.gridCellsX < 1 or self.gridCellsX > 20) then
			self.gridCellsX = LM.Clamp(self.gridCellsX, 1, 50)
			self.cellsXText:SetValue(self.gridCellsX)
		end
		self.gridCellsY = self.cellsYText:IntValue()
		if (self.gridCellsY < 1 or self.gridCellsY > 20) then
			self.gridCellsY = LM.Clamp(self.gridCellsY, 1, 50)
			self.cellsYText:SetValue(self.gridCellsY)
		end
	end
end

[denisa]

That's a limit set in the tool.

You can change it by copying lm_shape.lua (and it's png icon) from the installation ...\Resources\Support\Scripts\Tool to your custom content folder Scripts/Tools and opening it in a plain text editor, like Notepad.

At the very bottom you will see:

Code: Select all

	elseif (msg == self.CHANGE) then
		self.gridCellsX = self.cellsXText:IntValue()
		if (self.gridCellsX < 1 or self.gridCellsX > 20) then
			self.gridCellsX = LM.Clamp(self.gridCellsX, 1, 20)
			self.cellsXText:SetValue(self.gridCellsX)
		end
		self.gridCellsY = self.cellsYText:IntValue()
		if (self.gridCellsY < 1 or self.gridCellsY > 20) then
			self.gridCellsY = LM.Clamp(self.gridCellsY, 1, 20)
			self.cellsYText:SetValue(self.gridCellsY)
		end
	end
end

You'd need to change the "20" in the two LM.Clamp lines to "50", like this:

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	elseif (msg == self.CHANGE) then
		self.gridCellsX = self.cellsXText:IntValue()
		if (self.gridCellsX < 1 or self.gridCellsX > 20) then
			self.gridCellsX = LM.Clamp(self.gridCellsX, 1, 50)
			self.cellsXText:SetValue(self.gridCellsX)
		end
		self.gridCellsY = self.cellsYText:IntValue()
		if (self.gridCellsY < 1 or self.gridCellsY > 20) then
			self.gridCellsY = LM.Clamp(self.gridCellsY, 1, 50)
			self.cellsYText:SetValue(self.gridCellsY)
		end
	end
end

Ohh got it! Didn't realise I had to change the limit set. Thank you for the help!

[synthsin75]

Yeah, no idea why the limit is set so low.
Welcome to scripting.

[hayasidist]

Yeah, no idea why the limit is set so low.

One explanation is the time it takes to create all the shapes -- the LM tool creates all the shapes (400 in a 20*20 grid) when you start to draw, so the lag between first click and Moho recognising that the cursor has moved gets huge... (my shape tool creates the shapes on mouse up -- the end-to-end time is the same, but there's no discernible lag between first click and the grid moving)

[pihms]

I was wondering as well how to fix that. Synthsin, the coding fix works well, thank you.

Hayasidist, could you point us to your shape tool?

Thanks!

[hayasidist]

Hayasidist, could you point us to your shape tool?

it's here: http://www.lostmarble.com/forum/viewtop ... 12&t=33900

That has a 24 row/col limit ... if there's a real need for bigger, just let me know...

[pihms]

I just tried out the shape tool, AWESOME! Very well done and will be quite useful. Thanks! I can see this being incorporated into the next version of Moho.