Mark Ingram Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer BetaPurpose: StabilityRequirements: A valid product key (issued if Affinity Designer was purchased from the Affinity Store).As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. 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 crash in UI with HUION or Gaomon tablets Note: Surface Pro users will now need to opt-in to the new option which will prevent the user interface from being unresponsive. You can find the option in Preferences | User Interface | Enable Pointer Support. Unfortunately when we enabled this option by default, HUION and Gaomon drivers caused crashes within Microsoft's WPF / .NET Framework. Burny, StuartRc, adirusf and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adi Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Thank you for implementing the change to Pointer Support, I no longer get the crash with my Huion tablets on my PCs (plural). Burny and Mark Ingram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Thanks for the latest Beta ....I know it's not particularly relevant to my personal hardware set up [Tablet Drivers+ MS surface]..but thought I would test anyway as you have given up your weekend again for this awesome project... Looking good so far...checked Large files [vector + raster] Multiple documents (tabbed) Large brush libraries 300 x 600 mm 300dpi raster painting (on going) with multiple layers even left it sat with many 4+ large docs open to see if it hung up over time..... All Good so far..brilliant! Patrick Connor 1 Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 10 hours ago, Stuart_R said: my personal hardware set up [Tablet Drivers+ MS surface] Hi @Stuart_R, can you try the new option in Preferences | User Interface | Enable Pointer Support. This fixes the UI stopping responding on Surface Pro devices (assuming you have .NET 4.7.1 installed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Mark Ingram said: Hi @Stuart_R, can you try the new option in Preferences | User Interface | Enable Pointer Support. This fixes the UI stopping responding on Surface Pro devices (assuming you have .NET 4.7.1 installed). Yep No problem... 4.7 installed (just checked) only HTTP activation off in features ...ie aS windows set it. Will run AD today with Pointer Support enabled...will let you know if any issues Mark Ingram 1 Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Hi Mark, Enable Pointer Support active Using same file as yesterday (mostly raster layers+1 vector) OK ...1 hour later first crash [same issue previously reported where UI/interface locks up] 1. Use AD beta version 2. Paint in layers with numerous brushes 3. In 'time'....Lost ability to use shortcut (resize brushes); tool icon became horizontal double arrow; pixel brush reverted to arrow with no circle outline. 4. Tried to quit to restart...couldn't basically...interface/UI locked up had to use task manager again. Is this what you were expecting? This has happened a few times with last few betas...[reported back in AD 1.6.3.100 beta release]but yesterday working with AD (as installed [inactive checkbox]) for over 10 yours..no issue at all Non Critical There are a couple of things I noticed..not relevant to this process a. Beta version installed with English USA not UK even though was set to UK (I think this was occurring in the Windows Store version) b. Annoyance....If you select split screen (used large vector file)...and select the tab to drag to adjust display ratio; any object underneath is also selected (so slider is not fully independent/floating over image) Also if zoomed in and full screen visible display the split screen position can shift to right hand side of image/file... Restarting... Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmoren Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Hello, I downloaded this beta (1.6.4.104), but I also noticed that my (no beta) designer shows me that there is a new version available, with the same version number than the beta... Is this correct ? Maybe I'm missing something related to the versioning and relationship between beta and non-beta versions. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 1.6.5.109 is now available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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