A few more glitches came up right after the last release, so here we go again, welcome beta35.8!

The most important fix is that the code completion in the C# editor works again (thanks @vux for reporting). It was kinda broken since beta35. All the other fixes target mainly VL (thanks @björn).

See you at NODE!

yours,
devvvvs

Just right in time one week before NODE17 we proudly present the latest vvvv release - the beta35.7!

This release primarily focuses on bug fixes and workflow glitches so that the patching experience during workshops at NODE is as smooth as possible.

VVVV

• All editors from the editing framework have a Gizmo manipulator.
• Less drawing glitches on high DPI displays.
• Links can finally turn red when the source and sink types don't match anymore. Should you come across them in your existing patches this simply means that you see a potential problem in your patch the UI didn't show you before.
• Enums saw quite a few improvements, from a simpler internal encoding to no more red spread operation nodes. Also the S/R performance should be back up to normal.

VL

• The Gray Book was heavily updated. You might find quite a few gems hidden there you didn't know about yet.
• One can now search inside a patch like in any text editor by pressing CTRL+F and across all the VL documents by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F
• The new Solution Explorer allows you to quickly navigate and get an overview of all the documents, their node definitions and dependencies between them. Open it by pressing CTRL+J.
• The user interaction was unified so a double click will always bring up the node browser now. For that reason a few keyboard shortcuts had to be changed, so to create pins, pads or IO boxes quickly one needs to press CTRL, SHIFT or ALT while clicking. To force connections or drag nodes out of regions one needs to press SPACE. For a complete overview of VL's shortcuts go here.
• Links will now snap to pins
• The default patch type "Patch" is now called "Process" and all patch types are now supported as vvvv nodes.

Have fun patching and see you at NODE

yours,
devvvvs

PS: If you haven't seen it yet, checkout the first VL contribution CraftLie which allows you to draw inside VL using the famous DX11 rendering engine.

PPS: It came to our attention that a few VL girlpower patches are broken (_Basics/AsyncInput, _Basics/ParticleSystem, 2D/Spray, Games/Asteroids and Games/Tetris). A hotfix can be found here.

My dear vvvv users,

we've scheduled beta 35.7 for release at the end of the week. To make it as polished as possible here comes a release candidate for you to tamper with. Download it, try it and report any findings in our forums.

Also note that this release will be the last one before NODE17. So workshop hosts especially should have a look at it whether or not everything they need is in there and working.

The noteworthy changes are

VVVV

• All Editors from the editing framework have a Gizmo manipulator.
• Links will be drawn red when the pins don't match anymore. Invalid links are stored in patches so that they can be reestablished when they match again. This should be helpful for dynamic plugin and VL development.
• More love for enums: enum spread shuffling nodes finally behave as wanted, GetSlice added, simplified internal encoding. s/r nodes performance restored

VL

• You can search inside patches (Ctrl+F) or across all the currently opened VL documents (Ctrl+Shift+F)
• The whole document structure can be browsed with the new solution explorer (Ctrl+J)
• The default patch type "Patch" is now called "Process" and all patches types in the category VVVV are now picked up as nodes inside vvvv (previously only "Class" used to work)
• Unified user interaction - double click always opens node browser, right click always opens context menu
• Links will now snap to pins

For an in depth list of changes have a look at the changelog.

Download

64-bit
vvvv (35.7_rc5)
addons (35.7_rc5)
32-bit
vvvv (35.7_rc5)
addons (35.7_rc5)

This release is intended to be the last one of the beta 35 series. We changed plans a bit and deliberately kept the rather big internal feature branch (which allows you to drag'n drop .NET assemblies onto the patch) out of this release as it will need a longer testing period in the alpha build channels.

previously on vvvv: vvvvhat happened in April 2017

NODE17

so node, obviously, coming up in just a few weeks, here is what you need to know:

• Workshop Booking is Live!
• Workshops by Schedule or by Categories
• The full festival program is here: https://17.nodeforum.org/
• We're calling for FRAMED submissions
• We're calling for NODEsurfers

CreativeApplications did a thorough writeup of what to expect.
and if you've missed NODE15, watch this as inspiration.

vvvv/vl

sorry for not blogging more about the recent changes to vvvv/vl which are already live in alpha builds but a new release is imminent and we'll cover things then. one thing though you shouldn't miss is:

• welcome-gizmo

and there is a new way to get in touch with us and many of you are already using it:

• chat-vvvv-on-matrix.org

Contributions

we've received three new contributions in may:

• Perception Neuron (TCP) Demo by scatena
• Growing Lines from SVG paths by catweasel
• Music Wheel by ravazquez

Teaser

quite a few teasers..hope to see those released soon:

• detectfaces by sebl
• c-mix-1 by lecloneur
• machine-learning-pix2pix by deliver
• stringdistance by microdee
• excel & examplepatch-renderer by guest
• 0-preview-3 by readme

Gallery

and a lot of fresh projects realized with vvvv:

• a write-up on The Light Barrier by Kimchi and Chips that btw. also won an award of distinction at this years Ars Electronica, congratulations!
• a write-up on Powerline – Audio reactive ‘short circuit’ installation by VOLNA
• elektromeier has a new Torch
• eps has a new Showreel
• Bashiba shared Darkness and Atom
• parabola did: Lisandro Peralta. Shaman y los pilares de la creacion
• archgary's first: The Deep Sound of Maramures

Anything to add? Please do so in the comments.
Gut Patch!