Control throughput on/off switch anyone?

Ok, i think i suggested this before but maybe my wording was poorly chosen, so ill try again.

i would love to see a control throughput that gives you the ability to turn a group of controls on and off.

For example: you want to make a filter that will generate terrain, it generates a dirt, grass, and rock layer. The trick is to be able to isolate each bank of controls for each layer, in case you hit upon a nice look for one of the layers.

Forgive my ignorance on coding, but it sounds really easy to implement, much easier than creating 3 separate terrain generators, or going into the editor and unplugging a bunch of controls each time you like a certain look.

I envision 12 inputs, 12 outputs, and an on/off checkbox that cant be affected by the randomizer, but shows up in the filter control list.

So thats my FF Holiday wish, i just hope im not being too asinine asking this

Well certainly you could just write down the controls on a scrap of paper, but say for example Filter Forge is implemented at game design studio, and 20-50 digital artists are using the filter you created. IMHO from a workflow standpoint, using pen and paper to list control schemes is at best, clunky and open to misinterpretation.

But casually, you are absolutely right, no need for that much control.

Hehe, yeah i do try and name my controls as if i were making it for someone else, unfortunately this mindset doesn't seem to apply for everyone that submits so i agree with you on both points actually. I am just hoping to get a feature that IMHO would mesh well with game design workflow, before FF goes commercial.

1 part adding my 2 cents to help FF succeed (not that they need too much help)
1 part looking out for my future usage of FF

Hope you have a Happy New Year, btw

I was thinking about it, and it's kind of odd that no one has "updated" anyone else's filters yet really. With the rewards program in effect, they'd have to make the new updated version still the "property" of the original filter maker for the rewards system to work, but until they set some rules for that, I guess it's pointless to go in and optimize someone else's filter, and label the controls better. Something that flat out needs to be done at some point, (my filters not excluded, although, I am updating the first 10-15 I made myself, out of sheer embarassment for how haphazard they are ha-ha). No offense to the FF crew/admin, but they kind of need to get a more solid set of rules in place for all that before they release the program for sale. As cool as the freeb program is, it needs to be integrated better, and ready for more future situation possibilities eh.

jffe