Program Crashes More Frequently

[lastingMadness]

Hey guys,

  So I've been using Affinity Designer through several iterations and usually I have no problems to speak of. Recently though, I've had the software start crashing. Usually it happens as I'm trying to save an asset from a selection. Funnily enough, the asset ends up saved anyway, but Designer crashes in the process. I'm currently running the public release build 1.9.2.1035.

  It's usually just a problem when saving assets but I also just had a crash occur when I was fiddling with a text box. My computer fan went nuts and then Designer died. That's all I've got

[Komatös]

Hello @Kyle Gunderson, maybe one of my suggested solutions works for you.

Try the Designer beta. There are many improvements and corrections. If that does'nt helps try with deactivated hardware acceleration. Go to Edit --> Preferences --> Performance.

 

[lastingMadness]

Thanks for the tip. Seems odd that it would be hardware issues though since I've got twice your RAM... Nonetheless, I'll give it a shot/

[Komatös]

22 hours ago, Kyle Gunderson said:

Thanks for the tip. Seems odd that it would be hardware issues though since I've got twice your RAM... Nonetheless, I'll give it a shot/

The amount of RAM isn't that problem. It's a combination of the hardware components. It is also not yet clear which combinations work and which do not.

What is certain, however, is that hardware acceleration is currently not possible with RX 5000 and 6000 graphics cards. AMD is already aware of the bug, but they are probably not very interested in optimising the OpenCL drivers.

[lastingMadness]

On 8/2/2021 at 8:39 AM, Komatös said:

The amount of RAM isn't that problem. It's a combination of the hardware components. It is also not yet clear which combinations work and which do not.

What is certain, however, is that hardware acceleration is currently not possible with RX 5000 and 6000 graphics cards. AMD is already aware of the bug, but they are probably not very interested in optimising the OpenCL drivers.

Sure. I happen to have an Nvidea 1660 and the problem is new, but we'll se