PD-Gem+notes

Install Gem.

You need to tell PD where Gem is. To do this: 1. Open PD. 2. Go to File->Startup 3. type the following into the "startup flags" line: -lib C:/tools/pd/lib/Gem 4. click "Save all settings", then click "OK". (NOTE: this will only work if you have installed Gem into the directory called "c:/tools/pd/lib/Gem". Otherwise you will need to change that path to wherever you installed Gem. Be sure to avoid any spaces in the names of the folders (e.g. "C:/Program Files/blah/blah" won't work because of the space!)

Now whenever you run PD, you should see "GEM: blah blah blah" in the main window as soon as the program starts. If you don't, it's not working yet.

Trying GEM out: There are good examples that come with Gem, you should find them in the PD help Browser under "examples/Gem". Try these for funkiness: basic/teapot.pd -- you should be able to get it to rotate advanced/splinepath.pd -- can you get it to move around? particle/orbit.pd -- not a lot to change here -- but you COULD change the gravity and get cool effects, if you could open the file for editing.