LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released


LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released
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It's been an extremely long time in coming, but LDView 4.2 Beta 1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here (reload the page if you don't see the Test Release section at the top of the Quick Jump section).

This is a Beta release, which means that I’m hoping to get as much feedback as possible. This also means that it is likely not as stable as a final release, so you probably don’t want to try it out if you absolutely hate using buggy software.

Some notable changes:
  • Support for texture maps. Hopefully an official texture mapping extension will be approved by the LSC, and the final 4.2 release will work with the official extension.
  • Support for blue neutral faces for BFC verification.
  • Added "Right Side Up" feature, along with "Keep Right Side Up" setting while in fly-through mode.
  • Quite a lot of bug fixes.

Please see the full change history in the ChangeHistory.html file included in the packages.

If you are still using a Windows OS prior to Windows 2000, please let me know. I still have the ability to create a legacy installer, but I have not yet done so for the Beta release. If I don't get any requests, I won't do so for the official release.

If you are still using a version of Mac OS X prior to Snow Leopard, please let me know if the Mac version works for you. Note that it is Intel-only, so it definitely won't work on a PowerPC Mac. If you have one of those and want to run LDView on it, please let me know. I can't make any promises that I will even be able to create a release for you, but given that I know it will be a lot of work, I'm not going to even try unless it's specifically requested.

Please send any bugs, suggestions, or other feedback to [email protected]. As mentioned above, the main reason for this release is to get feedback so that the official release will be as high-quality as possible.
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LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Travis Cobbs - 2012-04-08, 20:59
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-10, 18:48
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-10, 22:07
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-14, 12:23
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-14, 14:24
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-14, 17:05
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-14, 20:40
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-14, 22:10
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-15, 1:59
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-15, 10:08
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-25, 12:22
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-14, 22:14
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-14, 21:03
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-14, 22:34
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-15, 1:59
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-21, 12:28
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-21, 22:25
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-23, 15:38
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-23, 21:58
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-29, 23:09
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-05-01, 11:53
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-30, 17:18
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-23, 22:30
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-23, 23:12
errors in 8464.mpd - by Steffen - 2012-04-25, 7:44
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-25, 12:53
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-25, 12:57
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-25, 13:49
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2012-04-26, 21:48
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by MoonMan - 2012-05-07, 13:42
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by MoonMan - 2012-05-08, 2:32
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by MoonMan - 2012-05-11, 0:31
Re: LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released - by Steffen - 2013-12-30, 12:59
Part loading problem - by Christoph Mierowski - 2013-12-29, 22:55
Re: Part loading problem - by Travis Cobbs - 2013-12-30, 5:40
Re: Part loading problem - by Magnus Forsberg - 2013-12-30, 21:59
Re: Part loading problem - by Steffen - 2013-12-31, 5:24
Re: Part loading problem - by Tim Gould - 2014-01-03, 7:27

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