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Thanks for your feedback. Dann, please send me your file. This should be helpful.
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Thanks dann for your helpful file. You'll be able to open your file again with the version 5.3 Beta 11 and further.
This new Beta version fixes also two other bugs: - Texture image files exported with OBJ file are copies of original image files instead of files generated from images in memory when available (see bug #686) - The area of rooms are correctly computed when points draw a hole in its middle (see bug #681)
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Sorry, ran into trouble under Win 8.1.
Downloaded beta 11 under Win 8.1 (the Asus tablet) - SweetHome3D-5.3.beta11-windows.exe apparently installs well with all the normal setup stuff. However, SH3D does not start - just stops at the splash screen.
Background process Java(TM) Platform SE binary processor usage dies down and hangs with 20+ MB of memory usage.
I also seem to get an extra Internet Explorer background process, and the Windows Explorer process seems to restart. And all Wi-Fi connections are killed.
No Java console appears, only splash screen and the background process.
Updated Java, same thing. Tried a second download of SweetHome3D-5.3.beta11-windows.exe and installed again. Same thing. Restarted, same thing.
Just a hanging Java(TM) Platform SE binary background process and splash screen.
It may be something on the hardware/software side here, but there have been no other recent changes to the PC.
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... and forgot to say. Reinstalled 5.2a (Sweet Home 3D ® Version 5.2a Java version 1.8.0_74 / 32 bit / 0.6 GB max), and SH3D worked beautifully.
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PS - Rather a worrying experience, starting the beta really made everything act up. And the WIFI issues continued after reinstalling 5.2.a (connections kept being killed) until reboot - but that may be a coincidence/network interference of sorts.
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I have few suggestions @Puybaret: 1.Folder with THIRDPARTY-LICENSE files 2./lib/Furniture.jar #modified Default Furniture I rearange with Library Furniture Editor and rewrite the catalog. 3.Modify menu text /lib/SweetHome3D.jar: com/eteks/sweethome3d/swing/package.properties: -line 1020 Show selected level #in place of Make level viewable -line 1027 Hide selected level #in place of Make level unviewable I hope to not offend anybody.
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.. just to make sure, I tried beta 11 (already tried a previous version) on Win 10 Home 64 with no problems (but with an initial memory usage spike much higher than I have been used to). So it appears the combination 8.1 (and lower specs) + beta 11 was the problem on my machine. ok
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The version 5.3 Beta 12 fixes small errors that were still happening on Home.xml entry in .sh3d files.
After running some write/read tests on hundreds of files, I'm now much more confident in how the new file format is handled in this beta version, and a final release should come soon. This version comes also with the final version of Java3D 1.6.0 that Harvey Harrison released yesterday. Many thanks to him
okh, I'm quite bothered by your report because you're the first Windows user to report a regression. Can you also check whether the version 5.3 Beta 6 works or fails?
dorin, thanks for your suggestions, but I won't place license files anywhere else, just to be sure that they are not ignored. If some users don't like it, then they shouldn't use free software. Can you quickly describe the changes in the furniture library you proposed? I tried to compare the .properties file with the one in the current one, but furniture was reordered making it too difficult to track the modifications.
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okh, I'm quite bothered by your report because you're the first Windows user to report a regression. Can you also check whether the version 5.3 Beta 6 works or fails?
Yes, it was a bit worrying. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. I hope it is a quirk with this machine. On the other hand, it is the first time ever I have come across an issue og any significance with SH3D beta releases...
Yes, I can try to install beta 6, but I dare not do it until after work tonight or tomorrow (don't take a chance on interruptions at work). Meanwhile I have sent you (a link to) the dump file in case that may be of help. ok
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okh, I'm quite bothered by your report because you're the first Windows user to report a regression. Can you also check whether the version 5.3 Beta 6 works or fails?
Here goes - short answer is beta 6 did work - long answer is:
Most strange: results under Win 8.1, 32 bit, 2GB memory - and a sluggish little processor.
BETA 6: Tried SweetHome3D-5.3.beta6-windows.exe and it worked - loaded a reasonably big .sh3d file (2MB), no problem. Closed SH3D and noticed that my WiFi connection was killed (???) and no networks visible where there should have been five +.
BETA 12: Tried SweetHome3D-5.3.beta12-windows.exe, splash screen appears, then nothing. Windows Explorer goes bananas and maxes out the processor while trying to start SH3D. Still nothing. But my WiFi connection is still intact... The Java process just hangs there without getting any further.
So yes, it appears to be something between beta 6 and 11.
I reinstalled 5.2a - and it works as expected, but Windows Explorer going at full capacity at start (and killing the WiFi again, reboot required to get it back, grrr).
Uploaded new dump file from BETA 12 if it can be of help. Btw - I did update Java between the two unsucessful beta 11 atttempts yesterday, but that did not make a difference. Note that the WiFi connections could be connected to something else in the OS, and that it is Win Explorer that takes the WiFi down when resetting - it has happened before that the WiFi goes down when Win Explorer gets into trouble. It is almost as if the later versions maxes out the OS/Win Explorer.
Sorry for the unscientific reporting, but limited technical skills prevent reporting more. As you will have figured, the installation was done on the ASUS tablet thingy with limited resources (but lovely all the same) - maybe the little thing is just overwhelmed...
