Dear Spat5 Users,
I am trying to get spat to work on windows 10. I have installed the windows visual distribution c++ 2017 package, and have moved the dependencies to the max installation folder.
Now I get a new error: Error 1114 loading external
Does anybody have any idea how to fix this?
Many thanks, Marijn.
Hi,
Unfortunately I don’t know what error 1114 is.
Does this affect all externals ? Or only some of them ?
You need to install the Windows Visual C++ 2019 redistribuable. (although I’m not sure if there is still a difference between 2017 and 2019…)
Further information is available here. In particular you need a CPU with AVX support.
I hope this will be helpful to you…
Regards,
T.
Hi Tcarpent,
The error pops up with all spat objects. Other max objects work fine. The is caused by a DLL file refusing to load. I found out it has something to do with my video card. It is a common Graphics card error that occurs with older video cards. The Windows machine I tried to run spat on was very old (2008). I think I will have more succes on a modern windows machine.
I think AVX support is the bottleneck.
Oh yes, I think I have seen that graphic card issue before… (I don’t remember if there’s a workaround though). 2008 is probably too old to run spat5, I’m afraid. Please try with newer hardware.
You can check AVX feature compatibility as described here :
On Windows, download and install the Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool to run a diagnostic for your hardware. In the “CPU Features” tab, check if your processor has “AVX Support”.
Regards,
T.