Mark Ingram

Hi Harster13,
 
Sorry that you're unhappy there's no b-spline tool at present. I know that it's a different way of working and it suits some people more than others. All the tech already works internally (our curves can represent and draw b-splines already) but we haven't had chance to write the tool yet to allow users to create them. The b-splines in DrawPlus actually came from the code I wrote to add them to Affinity in the first instance, which is kind of ironic! ;)
 
Unfortunately, we can't offer any guidance about likely timescales for the addition of this tool to Affinity Designer - there are a number of other issues that are affecting users that need to be resolved as a priority before adding additional features. We will obviously get there as quickly as we can.
 
Thanks in advance,
Matt

Update:
 
Currently, I don't have the problem anymore.
 
The last thing I know what changed were the last windows updates on July the 15th (KB3173428, KB3172985=cumulative, KB3174060=Flash).
After that it didn't happen again.
 
Even later I installed the new Nvidia drivers v368.81 and it still doesn't show up.

Hi VirusEcks,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
I've moved this thread to Affinity Designer on Windows Beta as this is specific to the Windows version.

Likely because other Windows applications do not read and/or utilize the Mac information fields.
 
I have attached a fixed and converted to Unicode version of the font in question. Should work on both OSs properly. May have issues with previous documents showing the correct glyphs, but maybe not.
 
Mike
bcdings-fixed.zip

You probably won't see AppData listed in your %UserProfile% folder if Explorer isn't set to show hidden items, but you should still be able to go directly to %AppData% or a subfolder such as %AppData%\Serif\Affinity Designer\1.0 (Beta)\Settings.

The installer is on my C:\ Drive. I'm running from the Downloads folder. Should I move it to the root directory?
 
I will try the tool you've provided to see if this helps but my guess is that my old windows installation I had on my secondary hard drive (E:) is interfering in the sense that the .NET installer is looking into the wrong hard drive. I read temporarily disabling the secondary hard drive could work and then running the .net installer.
 
Thanks for the support by the way!
 

It seems like Windows thinks this update isn't applicable:
http://serverfault.com/questions/655246/what-does-dism-return-code-0x800f081e-mean-when-installing-wmf-4-0-on-windows-7
 
Do you have any Windows Updates available? Do you have a C:\ drive you could move the installer to?
 
This might be able to help? 
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/947821

Ahhhh....  :D
Finally it works on my Old Laptop  :wub:

Awesome, that font glitch I reported has been fixed and that was the only real problem I was running into! Thanks guys. :)

Status: Public Beta
Purpose: Stability
Requirements: None
Download: Here (Temporarily removed build, new version arriving shortly, please bear with us)
 
We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback.   If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.  
Fixes
Fixed customised tools toolbar not being remembered on app run up Fixed tools panel not saving the last used flyout Fixed tools panel 'Reset' resetting the columns as opposed to the actual toolbar Fixed crash when a new version is available and the tools panel is floating Fixed transform panel tabbing order Fixed grid colours not being remembered Fixed crash double clicking swatches Fixed Character and Paragraph tabs open with sections collapsed Fixed pressing Tab to hide studio failing to properly hide a panel docked to the left Fixed snapping curves when extending a curve with PenTool Fixed PDF import to use MediaBox instead of CropBox for page size Fixed PDF import to use multiple pages laid out in a 2D grid rather than a straight line Fixed PDF export when the colour format of the PDF is set by a rasterised area that does not contain bitmaps (it should default to the export format in this case) Fixed PDF export applying alpha transparency twice to rasterised areas Assets can be dropped with constraints active onto whichever artboard contained the mouse at the time (rather than the first artboard) Fixed swatch appearance setting not being remembered after closing app Fixed Asset list mode setting not being remembered Fixed fault in swatch palette appearance with large/medium icons Fixed Grid and Axis Manager Advanced setting not being remembered Fixed no highlight when tabbing on non-input fields Fixed outline view mode button having an incorrect tooltip Fixed clicking View Point in the dropdown list not loading when only 1 View Point exists Fixed being unable to zoom in with Ctrl and + on German keyboard Fixed being unable to open Windows Assets on Mac and vice versa Fixed Assets panel crash in non-English language Fixed crash when selecting drop-down for paragraph alignment (and others) Fixed loading of PSD files with pattern strokes Fixed object styles to include text formatting Fixed text handling to deal with dead keys, shortcuts and other keyboard issues Fixed crash in double-click on recent swatch Fixed export area not greyed out with no selection Added WMF/EMF presets and updated UI Fixed export overwriting existing file Fixed crash with shortcuts when no document open Fixed text not printing correctly Fixed WARP10 identification fallback when application starts (previously would say no hardware available) Added 'Use hardware Direct3D' option, which when unticked will use WARP10 instead Fixed crash when loading non-WEBP RIFF files (e.g.CorelDraw files) Fixed right-alt drag not duplicating Fixed typing problems in Help dialog Added OpenType Positional Alternates Fixed Layer panel continuously drawing Fixed menu bar hit boxes being too small Fixed pressing Enter in Transform panel after tabbing to input field adding extra line Fixed being unable to resize constraints tab Fixed New Document dialog Page Dimension boxes moving when Actual Size zoom is changed Fixed Colour panel flyout always resetting to HSL Colour Wheel Fixed dropping files, cancelling a PDF import, or having a PDF import fail causing the application to not close due to "Opening files" error message Fixed being unable to apply a font that has no Postscript name Fixed Clip To Canvas so it is always available (doesn't require a view), and is correctly remembered Fixed PDF export always converting text to curves Fixed Artboard names being ignored in the Export dialog Fixed being unable to open WMF files Fixed adjusting a value in the paragraph panel adding too many history entries Fixed crash when trying to place an .afdesign file that is currently open Fixed closing a PDF document not releasing it's file handle until the application is closed Changed "Before Paragraph Indent" to "Space Before Paragraph", and similarly for After, this is now consistent with command history and text styles Fixed studio docking problems Fixed PDF export to avoid using layers inside transparency groups Fixed pressure from Touch, Windows Pen, and Wacom Pen input Fixed being unable to search fonts using a previous letter Fixed opening a RAW file from a Unicode path Fixed manually typing gradient stops not positioning correctly Fixed Channel Mixer on Adjustment dialogs opening halfway off the screen Changed the short title for the Stroke panel to 'Str' instead of 'Lin' Fixed crash when undoing a 'deleted' layer via dragging to the bin icon on the Layers panel Fixed Channel Mixer on Adjustment dialogs Grey, CMYK and LAB not working correctly Fixed Colour Picker tool missing from keyboard shortcuts Fixed crash when maximising Help on second monitor Fixed editing a global colour using tint not updating object Fixed crash when entering CTRL+Tab as a keyboard shortcut Fixed blank entry in Keyboard Shortcuts (toggle constraints page) Fixed tooltip for Toggle UI shortcut being incorrect Added multiple gaps to snapping Fixed Export dialog showing More options incorrectly Fixed crash when entering large values in the New Document / Document Setup dialogs Fixed being unable to re-select Passthrough in blend modes Fixed no error message being shown if Export fails Fixed inconsistency in Units for some text attributes Fixed slow PSD load Fixed some UI being too small when translated Added additional translations Fixed being unable to install or crashing at startup due to corrupted Windows update (no longer ship the Visual C++ Redistributable) Upgraded .NET Framework to 4.6.2 to enable per-monitor DPI  
Known Issues The .NET installer can fail during the installation, try rebooting your computer as updates are pending On Windows 7, the view can flicker when resizing the window

Sorry that I have not seen. My fault! Thank you!

Hi Arun,
 
I noticed that the link says:
 
This model uses an Intel H61 chipset, however it DOES NOT support the Intel HD Graphics function built into the Intel Core processors. A discrete VGA card is required for graphics output
 
So you won't be able to plug the monitor into anything! You'll need a discrete graphics card plugged into it...
 
Thanks,
Matt

All the icons that fail are in the disabled state - and they seem to have inverted alpha. This is bound to be some Remote Desktop quirk to do with the way it handles the shader used to draw them disabled. I dare say this is just the start of a long list of things that Remote Desktop does subtly wrong if you get past this point... :/

Installed without issues! :)  It took a few minutes for .NET Framework 4.6.2 to install but after that all was smooth. I won't be able to test features until later today but AD 1.5.6 (Windows) did start & load my last project normal.
 
So far, so good! 

The font Beck Sonderzeichen is broken. It replaces Arial at all levels of OS X when installed. This is not an affinity bug since the font itself contains references to Arial.

Great, all fixed in 1.5.0.6   Thanks a lot!

Great number of fixes! Thanks so much for all your hard work!

Status: Public Beta
Purpose: Stability
Requirements: None
Download: Here (Temporarily removed build, new version arriving shortly, please bear with us)
 
We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback.   If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.  
Fixes
Fixed customised tools toolbar not being remembered on app run up Fixed tools panel not saving the last used flyout Fixed tools panel 'Reset' resetting the columns as opposed to the actual toolbar Fixed crash when a new version is available and the tools panel is floating Fixed transform panel tabbing order Fixed grid colours not being remembered Fixed crash double clicking swatches Fixed Character and Paragraph tabs open with sections collapsed Fixed pressing Tab to hide studio failing to properly hide a panel docked to the left Fixed snapping curves when extending a curve with PenTool Fixed PDF import to use MediaBox instead of CropBox for page size Fixed PDF import to use multiple pages laid out in a 2D grid rather than a straight line Fixed PDF export when the colour format of the PDF is set by a rasterised area that does not contain bitmaps (it should default to the export format in this case) Fixed PDF export applying alpha transparency twice to rasterised areas Assets can be dropped with constraints active onto whichever artboard contained the mouse at the time (rather than the first artboard) Fixed swatch appearance setting not being remembered after closing app Fixed Asset list mode setting not being remembered Fixed fault in swatch palette appearance with large/medium icons Fixed Grid and Axis Manager Advanced setting not being remembered Fixed no highlight when tabbing on non-input fields Fixed outline view mode button having an incorrect tooltip Fixed clicking View Point in the dropdown list not loading when only 1 View Point exists Fixed being unable to zoom in with Ctrl and + on German keyboard Fixed being unable to open Windows Assets on Mac and vice versa Fixed Assets panel crash in non-English language Fixed crash when selecting drop-down for paragraph alignment (and others) Fixed loading of PSD files with pattern strokes Fixed object styles to include text formatting Fixed text handling to deal with dead keys, shortcuts and other keyboard issues Fixed crash in double-click on recent swatch Fixed export area not greyed out with no selection Added WMF/EMF presets and updated UI Fixed export overwriting existing file Fixed crash with shortcuts when no document open Fixed text not printing correctly Fixed WARP10 identification fallback when application starts (previously would say no hardware available) Added 'Use hardware Direct3D' option, which when unticked will use WARP10 instead Fixed crash when loading non-WEBP RIFF files (e.g.CorelDraw files) Fixed right-alt drag not duplicating Fixed typing problems in Help dialog Added OpenType Positional Alternates Fixed Layer panel continuously drawing Fixed menu bar hit boxes being too small Fixed pressing Enter in Transform panel after tabbing to input field adding extra line Fixed being unable to resize constraints tab Fixed New Document dialog Page Dimension boxes moving when Actual Size zoom is changed Fixed Colour panel flyout always resetting to HSL Colour Wheel Fixed dropping files, cancelling a PDF import, or having a PDF import fail causing the application to not close due to "Opening files" error message Fixed being unable to apply a font that has no Postscript name Fixed Clip To Canvas so it is always available (doesn't require a view), and is correctly remembered Fixed PDF export always converting text to curves Fixed Artboard names being ignored in the Export dialog Fixed being unable to open WMF files Fixed adjusting a value in the paragraph panel adding too many history entries Fixed crash when trying to place an .afdesign file that is currently open Fixed closing a PDF document not releasing it's file handle until the application is closed Changed "Before Paragraph Indent" to "Space Before Paragraph", and similarly for After, this is now consistent with command history and text styles Fixed studio docking problems Fixed PDF export to avoid using layers inside transparency groups Fixed pressure from Touch, Windows Pen, and Wacom Pen input Fixed being unable to search fonts using a previous letter Fixed opening a RAW file from a Unicode path Fixed manually typing gradient stops not positioning correctly Fixed Channel Mixer on Adjustment dialogs opening halfway off the screen Changed the short title for the Stroke panel to 'Str' instead of 'Lin' Fixed crash when undoing a 'deleted' layer via dragging to the bin icon on the Layers panel Fixed Channel Mixer on Adjustment dialogs Grey, CMYK and LAB not working correctly Fixed Colour Picker tool missing from keyboard shortcuts Fixed crash when maximising Help on second monitor Fixed editing a global colour using tint not updating object Fixed crash when entering CTRL+Tab as a keyboard shortcut Fixed blank entry in Keyboard Shortcuts (toggle constraints page) Fixed tooltip for Toggle UI shortcut being incorrect Added multiple gaps to snapping Fixed Export dialog showing More options incorrectly Fixed crash when entering large values in the New Document / Document Setup dialogs Fixed being unable to re-select Passthrough in blend modes Fixed no error message being shown if Export fails Fixed inconsistency in Units for some text attributes Fixed slow PSD load Fixed some UI being too small when translated Added additional translations Fixed being unable to install or crashing at startup due to corrupted Windows update (no longer ship the Visual C++ Redistributable) Upgraded .NET Framework to 4.6.2 to enable per-monitor DPI  
Known Issues The .NET installer can fail during the installation, try rebooting your computer as updates are pending On Windows 7, the view can flicker when resizing the window

Downloading now...... Hope this built run on my systems :)

Status: Public Beta
Purpose: Stability
Requirements: None
Download: Here (Temporarily removed build, new version arriving shortly, please bear with us)
 
We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback.   If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.  
Fixes
Fixed customised tools toolbar not being remembered on app run up Fixed tools panel not saving the last used flyout Fixed tools panel 'Reset' resetting the columns as opposed to the actual toolbar Fixed crash when a new version is available and the tools panel is floating Fixed transform panel tabbing order Fixed grid colours not being remembered Fixed crash double clicking swatches Fixed Character and Paragraph tabs open with sections collapsed Fixed pressing Tab to hide studio failing to properly hide a panel docked to the left Fixed snapping curves when extending a curve with PenTool Fixed PDF import to use MediaBox instead of CropBox for page size Fixed PDF import to use multiple pages laid out in a 2D grid rather than a straight line Fixed PDF export when the colour format of the PDF is set by a rasterised area that does not contain bitmaps (it should default to the export format in this case) Fixed PDF export applying alpha transparency twice to rasterised areas Assets can be dropped with constraints active onto whichever artboard contained the mouse at the time (rather than the first artboard) Fixed swatch appearance setting not being remembered after closing app Fixed Asset list mode setting not being remembered Fixed fault in swatch palette appearance with large/medium icons Fixed Grid and Axis Manager Advanced setting not being remembered Fixed no highlight when tabbing on non-input fields Fixed outline view mode button having an incorrect tooltip Fixed clicking View Point in the dropdown list not loading when only 1 View Point exists Fixed being unable to zoom in with Ctrl and + on German keyboard Fixed being unable to open Windows Assets on Mac and vice versa Fixed Assets panel crash in non-English language Fixed crash when selecting drop-down for paragraph alignment (and others) Fixed loading of PSD files with pattern strokes Fixed object styles to include text formatting Fixed text handling to deal with dead keys, shortcuts and other keyboard issues Fixed crash in double-click on recent swatch Fixed export area not greyed out with no selection Added WMF/EMF presets and updated UI Fixed export overwriting existing file Fixed crash with shortcuts when no document open Fixed text not printing correctly Fixed WARP10 identification fallback when application starts (previously would say no hardware available) Added 'Use hardware Direct3D' option, which when unticked will use WARP10 instead Fixed crash when loading non-WEBP RIFF files (e.g.CorelDraw files) Fixed right-alt drag not duplicating Fixed typing problems in Help dialog Added OpenType Positional Alternates Fixed Layer panel continuously drawing Fixed menu bar hit boxes being too small Fixed pressing Enter in Transform panel after tabbing to input field adding extra line Fixed being unable to resize constraints tab Fixed New Document dialog Page Dimension boxes moving when Actual Size zoom is changed Fixed Colour panel flyout always resetting to HSL Colour Wheel Fixed dropping files, cancelling a PDF import, or having a PDF import fail causing the application to not close due to "Opening files" error message Fixed being unable to apply a font that has no Postscript name Fixed Clip To Canvas so it is always available (doesn't require a view), and is correctly remembered Fixed PDF export always converting text to curves Fixed Artboard names being ignored in the Export dialog Fixed being unable to open WMF files Fixed adjusting a value in the paragraph panel adding too many history entries Fixed crash when trying to place an .afdesign file that is currently open Fixed closing a PDF document not releasing it's file handle until the application is closed Changed "Before Paragraph Indent" to "Space Before Paragraph", and similarly for After, this is now consistent with command history and text styles Fixed studio docking problems Fixed PDF export to avoid using layers inside transparency groups Fixed pressure from Touch, Windows Pen, and Wacom Pen input Fixed being unable to search fonts using a previous letter Fixed opening a RAW file from a Unicode path Fixed manually typing gradient stops not positioning correctly Fixed Channel Mixer on Adjustment dialogs opening halfway off the screen Changed the short title for the Stroke panel to 'Str' instead of 'Lin' Fixed crash when undoing a 'deleted' layer via dragging to the bin icon on the Layers panel Fixed Channel Mixer on Adjustment dialogs Grey, CMYK and LAB not working correctly Fixed Colour Picker tool missing from keyboard shortcuts Fixed crash when maximising Help on second monitor Fixed editing a global colour using tint not updating object Fixed crash when entering CTRL+Tab as a keyboard shortcut Fixed blank entry in Keyboard Shortcuts (toggle constraints page) Fixed tooltip for Toggle UI shortcut being incorrect Added multiple gaps to snapping Fixed Export dialog showing More options incorrectly Fixed crash when entering large values in the New Document / Document Setup dialogs Fixed being unable to re-select Passthrough in blend modes Fixed no error message being shown if Export fails Fixed inconsistency in Units for some text attributes Fixed slow PSD load Fixed some UI being too small when translated Added additional translations Fixed being unable to install or crashing at startup due to corrupted Windows update (no longer ship the Visual C++ Redistributable) Upgraded .NET Framework to 4.6.2 to enable per-monitor DPI  
Known Issues The .NET installer can fail during the installation, try rebooting your computer as updates are pending On Windows 7, the view can flicker when resizing the window

Status: Public Beta
Purpose: Stability
Requirements: None
Download: Here (Temporarily removed build, new version arriving shortly, please bear with us)
 
We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback.   If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.  
Fixes
Fixed customised tools toolbar not being remembered on app run up Fixed tools panel not saving the last used flyout Fixed tools panel 'Reset' resetting the columns as opposed to the actual toolbar Fixed crash when a new version is available and the tools panel is floating Fixed transform panel tabbing order Fixed grid colours not being remembered Fixed crash double clicking swatches Fixed Character and Paragraph tabs open with sections collapsed Fixed pressing Tab to hide studio failing to properly hide a panel docked to the left Fixed snapping curves when extending a curve with PenTool Fixed PDF import to use MediaBox instead of CropBox for page size Fixed PDF import to use multiple pages laid out in a 2D grid rather than a straight line Fixed PDF export when the colour format of the PDF is set by a rasterised area that does not contain bitmaps (it should default to the export format in this case) Fixed PDF export applying alpha transparency twice to rasterised areas Assets can be dropped with constraints active onto whichever artboard contained the mouse at the time (rather than the first artboard) Fixed swatch appearance setting not being remembered after closing app Fixed Asset list mode setting not being remembered Fixed fault in swatch palette appearance with large/medium icons Fixed Grid and Axis Manager Advanced setting not being remembered Fixed no highlight when tabbing on non-input fields Fixed outline view mode button having an incorrect tooltip Fixed clicking View Point in the dropdown list not loading when only 1 View Point exists Fixed being unable to zoom in with Ctrl and + on German keyboard Fixed being unable to open Windows Assets on Mac and vice versa Fixed Assets panel crash in non-English language Fixed crash when selecting drop-down for paragraph alignment (and others) Fixed loading of PSD files with pattern strokes Fixed object styles to include text formatting Fixed text handling to deal with dead keys, shortcuts and other keyboard issues Fixed crash in double-click on recent swatch Fixed export area not greyed out with no selection Added WMF/EMF presets and updated UI Fixed export overwriting existing file Fixed crash with shortcuts when no document open Fixed text not printing correctly Fixed WARP10 identification fallback when application starts (previously would say no hardware available) Added 'Use hardware Direct3D' option, which when unticked will use WARP10 instead Fixed crash when loading non-WEBP RIFF files (e.g.CorelDraw files) Fixed right-alt drag not duplicating Fixed typing problems in Help dialog Added OpenType Positional Alternates Fixed Layer panel continuously drawing Fixed menu bar hit boxes being too small Fixed pressing Enter in Transform panel after tabbing to input field adding extra line Fixed being unable to resize constraints tab Fixed New Document dialog Page Dimension boxes moving when Actual Size zoom is changed Fixed Colour panel flyout always resetting to HSL Colour Wheel Fixed dropping files, cancelling a PDF import, or having a PDF import fail causing the application to not close due to "Opening files" error message Fixed being unable to apply a font that has no Postscript name Fixed Clip To Canvas so it is always available (doesn't require a view), and is correctly remembered Fixed PDF export always converting text to curves Fixed Artboard names being ignored in the Export dialog Fixed being unable to open WMF files Fixed adjusting a value in the paragraph panel adding too many history entries Fixed crash when trying to place an .afdesign file that is currently open Fixed closing a PDF document not releasing it's file handle until the application is closed Changed "Before Paragraph Indent" to "Space Before Paragraph", and similarly for After, this is now consistent with command history and text styles Fixed studio docking problems Fixed PDF export to avoid using layers inside transparency groups Fixed pressure from Touch, Windows Pen, and Wacom Pen input Fixed being unable to search fonts using a previous letter Fixed opening a RAW file from a Unicode path Fixed manually typing gradient stops not positioning correctly Fixed Channel Mixer on Adjustment dialogs opening halfway off the screen Changed the short title for the Stroke panel to 'Str' instead of 'Lin' Fixed crash when undoing a 'deleted' layer via dragging to the bin icon on the Layers panel Fixed Channel Mixer on Adjustment dialogs Grey, CMYK and LAB not working correctly Fixed Colour Picker tool missing from keyboard shortcuts Fixed crash when maximising Help on second monitor Fixed editing a global colour using tint not updating object Fixed crash when entering CTRL+Tab as a keyboard shortcut Fixed blank entry in Keyboard Shortcuts (toggle constraints page) Fixed tooltip for Toggle UI shortcut being incorrect Added multiple gaps to snapping Fixed Export dialog showing More options incorrectly Fixed crash when entering large values in the New Document / Document Setup dialogs Fixed being unable to re-select Passthrough in blend modes Fixed no error message being shown if Export fails Fixed inconsistency in Units for some text attributes Fixed slow PSD load Fixed some UI being too small when translated Added additional translations Fixed being unable to install or crashing at startup due to corrupted Windows update (no longer ship the Visual C++ Redistributable) Upgraded .NET Framework to 4.6.2 to enable per-monitor DPI  
Known Issues The .NET installer can fail during the installation, try rebooting your computer as updates are pending On Windows 7, the view can flicker when resizing the window

Why do you need a "Layer 1" on your page? It doesn't add anything that you don't already get by adding objects directly to the document.

Hi florrpan,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
The reason is because for objects with an intrinsic aspect ratio, like text and images, you probably won't want to change their proportions most of the time and so there's no need to press any modifier key, for the rest there's no reason to constrain them by default so you only press a modifier when you do want to keep its proportions. In any case as Andy said you can choose the behaviour you wish in the Affinity Designer/Photo ▸ Preferences, Tools section in the Move Tool Aspect Constrain dropdown so all objects require you press the modifier (or not) to keep their proportions.

Thanks. The mode control on this dialog should not be there. It's now been removed so this issue will be fixed soon (1.5.0.6).

Thanks for your feedback. Affinity can print multiple copies either by asking the printer driver to do it (more efficient) or printing multiple copies itself (if for instance the driver says it isn't capable of printing multiple copies) Sounds like both of these options have become engaged at the same time. We'll investigate!
 
I don't have an explanation for only 4 copies though, other than failure of the print job. In that case I would expect an error message.