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I would like to go back to Affinity Designer version 1.8.5, as I am having a number of difficult to articulate performance issues. I followed the instructions of multiple posts to download the previous version but I am unable to install it (see attachment). Do I have to uninstall Affinity Designer in order to install 1.8.5?

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Yes, try to uninstall the actual newer version completely first, before reinstalling the older v1.8.5 one. You may also check for probably left over files and settings of the newer v1.9.0 version after uninstalling that one.

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Additionally, I would recommend renaming C:\Users\<your-username>\AppData\Roaming\Affinity\Designer\1.0 to something else, say 1.0x, as various files contained in that directory have been updated by 1.9 and may interfere with the correct operation of 1.8.5. However, doing this will also remove any custom Assets, Brushes, Styles, etc. that you've installed.

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10 hours ago, lb Cake said:

Thank you all, you folks are a big help. I was hoping there was a simpler means to revert but I'll just have to bite the bullet.

If it's not too late, have you tried the 1.9.1 beta to see if it resolves your problems? That would be simpler than reverting.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

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On 2/24/2021 at 4:57 AM, walt.farrell said:

If it's not too late, have you tried the 1.9.1 beta to see if it resolves your problems? That would be simpler than reverting.

I appreciate the suggestion Walt, while I'm obviously late to the party with the 1.9.1 update rolling out, I hadn't considered joining the beta. Since I'm not sure how to gain beta access I'll have to look into it, in the event I have issues with a future update.

On a related note at least one of my issues has been improved, if not completely resolved, with the 1.91 update. I haven't had the opportunity to check the status of the other issue, but I'm hopeful. 

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53 minutes ago, lb Cake said:

I appreciate the suggestion Walt, while I'm obviously late to the party with the 1.9.1 update rolling out, I hadn't considered joining the beta. Since I'm not sure how to gain beta access I'll have to look into it, in the event I have issues with a future update.

On a related note at least one of my issues has been improved, if not completely resolved, with the 1.91 update. I haven't had the opportunity to check the status of the other issue, but I'm hopeful. 

If you keep having problems with 1.9.1  try turning off OpenCl acceleration in Preferences/Performance.

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1 hour ago, lb Cake said:

Since I'm not sure how to gain beta access I'll have to look into it, in the event I have issues with a future update.

 

It's extremely easy to load the beta.  You go to the link below, download and install the beta.  It resides in the computer along side your current released version.  It doesn't share anything, which could be the biggest issue if you have a lot of brushes, assets, swatches that you have added.  You can switch back and forth between the versions.  You can run them both at the same time even.  If there is a major version difference between the two then the affinity files may not be able to be read by the oldest version (like 1.8.5 and 1.9.1).  But if you are already using 1.9.1 then 1.9.1.971 should be fine.  As always it's probably best to make a copy of your affinity file, just in case. 

 

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29 minutes ago, Gear maker said:

It's extremely easy to load the beta.  You go to the link below, download and install the beta.  It resides in the computer along side your current released version.  It doesn't share anything, which could be the biggest issue if you have a lot of brushes, assets, swatches that you have added.  You can switch back and forth between the versions.  You can run them both at the same time even.  If there is a major version difference between the two then the affinity files may not be able to be read by the oldest version (like 1.8.5 and 1.9.1).  But if you are already using 1.9.1 then 1.9.1.971 should be fine.  As always it's probably best to make a copy of your affinity file, just in case. 

 

Thanks for the info GearMaker. I'm grateful for the time you saved me.

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53 minutes ago, RichardMH said:

If you keep having problems with 1.9.1  try turning off OpenCl acceleration in Preferences/Performance.

Thanks Richard, I should have done that before reverting to 1.8. I stared long and hard at the OpenGL option but ultimately decided not to bother with it. Turning it off seems to have resolved all the issues I was having after upgrading to 1.9.0.

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