HISE can't host plugins so there is no way to use it to make a plugin that can host other plugins. You'd need to combine all of your plugins into a single project instead.

@d-healey, Thanks D, I looked into that but couldn't quite get it to work but it lead me to some other string functions such as replace which ended up being exactly what I was looking for. For anybody looking for an answer to this thread, I ended up using

const var oldstr = "{PROJECT_FOLDER}"; const var newstr = ""; .replace(oldstr, newstr)

You can't embed the samples in the plugin, and that would be a bad idea anyway. It would waste RAM and disk space.

Ohhh... Go it! It´s working now. Thanks!

@Christoph-Hart File Player Does Nothing At All :/
Sometimes Plays, But Mostly Muted, And The Input Mode Sounds Harsh

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@Christoph-Hart I understand, thank you!

@Christoph-Hart That's a good point, we don't want it tracked by git. So it would have to be in a separate file which seems a bit overkill to me.

@Fortune however you can create 2 buttons and assign it to the same place and use a button with showControl to display one of the 2 buttons which will have 2 different images.

Yeah --it might be the case that more people want to stick within the familiarity of kontakt and other major samplers. I don't know. I should probably have done more research before diving in 😛
But, it'd be nice to at least get this one vst out there.

@dustbro That should work, thanks!

@d-healey - no let me start with the documentation and I'l call if I'm drowning...

@Natan :-) 😁

logical - but you have to think about it first :-)

@yall That what I'm experiencing as well

@Lindon Got it! Thanks!.

@BWSounds The path will be relative to the sample maps' location. You'll need to either move the samples to the correct path or change the path in the sample map. I recommend you always keep your samples in the project's Samples folder.

@MikeB You can probably trick this for a specific panel with some magic but not for the entire plugin I'm afraid.
But since sliders and viewports already react to the mouse wheel, and it is doable for panel (I haven't tested it but it should work, even if not practical IMO), then I can't think of another component that needs for wheel movements...

Thanks @Christoph-Hart !

@iamlamprey Wow... Superb (y) .. That's what I was looking for. Thank you :)

Ohhh! Thanks Bro!

@Christoph-Hart said in Image sizes:

@MikeB Every Apple computer since 2015 has a retina display and most modern Windows 10 machines too so it's not uncommon to have a higher resolution.

Not sure what the problem is though - the images have to be uncompressed in the memory and this is not a limitation of HISE but computers in general.

I'm already aware of the uncompressed part, Christoph.
But do they have to do this with 32 bit ?
If I have an image that is 9kb uncompressed - an empty area - and this then requires 4Mb of storage space in HISE, then I have to use 32 bit.
then that's a bit of a waste - isn't it.
The problem is that if I want to make a more graphically demanding GUI with 10 images, I have to use a lot of memory.
I end up with 60- 80MB.
With pictures that have an actual size of 600kb.

And the only Mac that has this resolution is the iMac and the MacBook - all the others have the resolution that the screen they are using delivers. And that's also true for the PC. - Doesn't it?

The problem is, do I need 32 bits of memory for an 8-bit image?

Is there no possibility here - to let the developer decide for himself whether he wants to store his image in 8 in an
8bit bitmap memory or whether he prefers a 16bit or even 32bit image - or whether he needs this resolution.

I already use all the possibilities to do this with paint routine, but as a graphic designer, I don't know what to do.
I want not only great functions but also sophisticated graphics.
After all, the eye plays along :-)

So if you can do something at some point so that you can use more images
or maybe have a wokaround I would be very grateful.