@fussicks have a look at page 138 of this very useful document...... https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/12033/multimedia-programming-with-pure-data ... which will show how to do that.
(You might have already downloaded it 5 months ago to solve your previous problem.)

If you then want to go further then see the pmpd library if it is available for your OS or download Pd Extended if not.
David.

@mykeonthemove All guesses.... as I do not have any of the software....
The path for the files.... or reading the documentation .. the folders each containing a file named "droidparty_main.pd".... should be as you say Android/data/cx.mccormick.pddroidparty/files/ and each folder a different name.

The message doesn't say that patches "are" found. That is just a header and it would show those that were found immediately below that header if it had found them.

I think you can add folders using the + at the top right of the window "select folder"
So add a folder cx.mccormick.pddroidparty to data..... and then open that and add a folder files and then open that and copy your patch folders there.

Probably?? whether this folder is on the internal or sdcard storage will depend on where the application was installed, unless the application has a setting for whether patch folders should be stored on the internal or external drive.
But it looks like you don't have an sd card installed, and Android will only let you see the contents of "Internal/Android/data" on a computer attached to the device.

You should probably install an SD card though because there is no mention in the documentation or GitHub of installing DroidParty on the android internal storage.
But you could try creating the folders and placing the patch folders in the internal storage using a computer connected by usb or Wi-Fi.
David.

@unclewayback Some help here I think........ https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/13134/things-i-wish-i-had-known-when-i-started-pd/22

And.... maybe it is no longer valid in Pd, but you might be thinking of the -autopatch startup flag and you disabled as I did it long ago.....
David.

@jameslo This has my head spinning...... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3329641/how-do-multiple-clients-connect-simultaneously-to-one-port-say-80-on-a-server
.... but might contain the answer.
It suggests, as the IP's are the same and the PIDs the same they are sharing the connection.

However, in the second TCPview screenshot the Reaper ports are only listening and have sent no data.
But Pd has numerous (high) ports open and sending and receiving data..... presumably one for each instance.
So Pd is talking to itself, and I suppose that is in the nature of a VST... which only hooks into the host data and does not "run" within it?
I have no idea if that is a true statement, and I have to give up as I have an early flight.

I thought I had mastered networking but...... https://superuser.com/questions/949428/whats-the-difference-between-127-0-0-1-and-0-0-0-0
X David.

@jameslo Before [clone] we would have used a counter to generate instances by dynamic patching.
It's a fairly trivial thing to do..... incrementing the port number or a variable name for each iteration......
I admit to little experience with VST and none with plugdata.
Interesting conundrum for airport waiting during the next few days.

I wonder if you are running into TIME_WAIT issues where you disconnect/reconnect repeatedly to the same port.
If you are on windows then try tcpview.exe from the Microsoft sysinternals suite to get a better idea of any tcp issues.
David.

@jameslo No time to look into why..... although nothing differentiates the instances as far as I can see.... and maybe you need a [list trim] somewhere...
Could you use separate ports ... 8001 8002 8003....... etc. for the tracks?
David.

@Glop-Glop Hello...
The forum has had a few problems lately and your patch did not upload correctly.
David.

@jameslo Actually binops are not so painful.
My calculator is painful... the result has to be copied to the first memory for every future operation.... I have to remember that the operator is entered after both registers are filled.... and I have to keep track of the floating point in my head and move the little manual pointers so that I don't forget where I am...
Otherwise it is perfect, as it should be having cost as much as a Mercedes shooting break when it was new.....

So I bought a newer one... which has the bonus of pretty curved itron tube displays.... preserving the aura of the Nixie tubes without the heat and power consumption.

Just need an interface to connect it to Pd and all will be good.....
David.

@jameslo No.
There is only [int] and that only rounds down.
You could use binary I suppose...... https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/6591/binary-numbers
.....and then use the binops operators but it's a bit painful.
You can use [int] inside [expr] but I don't know how it behaves.....
David.

@jameslo "The glyphosphate tales" (Roundup). "The Monsanto Tales" "The Bayer Tales"...
"Farming Times"......
"Cancer, my tractor and me"...
None good enough so I didn't post...... but maybe on the right track...
Maybe..

"The Prisoner" (I am not a number I am a free man).....

If you need precision and 64-bit integer limits give you enough dynamic range then stick with that.
If you need a really massive dynamic range then you will have to put up with floating point imprecision.
I think.....
I suppose that then the question is how to predict the data shift (*/) necessary to fit in the integer range..?
David.
(when I studied Fortran74 I don't remember anyone talking about this problem).