25th November 2020, 10:24 AM | #1 |
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AC3D 8.6 Out Now!
AC3D 8.6 has a number of enhancements and fixes including:
Available for Windows, Mac and Linux Download now Also now available X-Plane plugin for Linux When started, AC3D will let you know if you need to upgrade your license. You can upgrade here. Many thanks for your continued support - stay safe Last edited by Andy; 25th November 2020 at 10:37 AM. |
26th November 2020, 07:29 AM | #2 |
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Re: AC3D 8.6 Out Now!
Hi Andy
Any chance of seeing the "what's new" release notes before deciding, as I'd rather not overwrite my existing V8.55 just yet. Tony |
26th November 2020, 10:58 AM | #3 |
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AC3D 8.6.11
added - Object-Thicken gadget added to control panel fixed - object-library menu item was being over written by "save <filename>" after a save fixed - increased compatibility with older Mac OSs added - ExportUV as BMP plugin from Dennis (adds to Tools menu) fixed - bug in View->background_image resource - entity_get_value tcl cmd would return 32 bit int rather than 64 added - optimization of polygon reduction code in Object->Reduce - faster on large models fixed - assimp import - objects now have their rotation matrices fixed after loading fixed - corrected edit type to text for DXF-circle-points and texture-update-time in File->Settings->Files (was boolean/checkbox) added - Boolean ac_get_plugin_file_path(char *filename, char *output) searches plugin folders for file, outputs full path if exists fixed - Shift-control key commands e.g. shift-control-a to unselect all, stopped working - Tcl/Tk key handling has now been made the same as Windows - code updated to fix added - additional support for pointer types in Entity objects fixed - Bas Relief plugin - crashed on some systems |
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Re: AC3D 8.6 Out Now!
Thanks Andy
Keep well |
7th February 2021, 07:32 PM | #5 |
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Re: AC3D 8.6 Out Now!
Hi Andy,
Do not know if it is a AMD Radeon software problem or AC3D but with the latest version of AMD drivers 21.2.1 AC3D will not run, opens start-up DOS window then nothing. Reverted back to version 20.11.2 and all is okay. Windows 10, Graphics card is a AMD Radeon R9 200 and AC3D version 8.6 Tom. |
8th February 2021, 06:53 AM | #6 |
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Re: AC3D 8.6 Out Now!
This has not been reported and many are using the latest AC3D. It think it's unlikely due to the AMD but it is of course possible.
There is a known problem with the preferences/settings file. If you ran 8.6 and then went back to 8.5, it won't start up properly. A solution is to delete the ac3dprefs8.txt file from you home folder. Could it be this? If not, please could you try running it from the command line with "ac3d -debug"? |
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8th February 2021, 10:35 AM | #8 |
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Thanks Tom, it looks like you have confirmed the problem.
To save the debug info run AC3D with "ac3d -debug > output.txt" and that will put the info into the output.txt file. |
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The file needs to be writable.
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should do it. I suspect you won't see a problem - it's probable that AC3D simply failed to open the OpenGL window because of the driver problem. |
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