[maxmsp] Re: Bug in connecting objects in Max

Are you sure your search path is kosher?

Reading your symptoms, I'm thinking, well, when Max refuses to make a connection it's normally because the patch-time type-checking says the recipient won't understand the message the sender is transmitting. I always assumed that was one of the reasons for specifying message types in the API for creating inlets and outlets.

So much is not news, but it may be a sign that Max is loading the wrong external file for one of your objects. I had this happen with scale object years ago, from the wild west days when there was no standard scale object but about 15 different 3PO implementations. One reason I gave scampi and scampf oddball names was to avoid external name ambiguity.

I realize you can't save a patch with the connection that crashes Max, but can you localize to particular externals? And maybe Spotlight your search path to be sure there aren't any duplicates. 

Hope this helps.
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