4.11 categories GONE

Db3d

I installed 4.11 (and I had been using the Beta version), and now all my categories under products are GONE.  It only shows "All Products".  I went to my machine running 4.11 Beta Public Build and they show up there, but not with the 4.11 release version.  

Any ideas how to fix it?  Or, is this a bug?

I've attached a screen shot to show what I'm talking about.

Richard Haseltine

Do your content directories match? Are the files available under Daz Studio Formats/Poser Formats in the Content Library pane?

Db3d

Richard Haseltine said:

Do your content directories match? Are the files available under Daz Studio Formats/Poser Formats in the Content Library pane?

Yes.  That hasn't changed.  AND, I use the same hard drive on my desktop, tablet and laptop.  My desktop has the released version of 4.11 and it is having the problem.  My laptop has 4.11 beta and it does NOT have this problem.

 

Db3d

I'm happy to report I was able to re-install 4.11 public build +Beta+ 4.11.0.383 and my categories are BACK.  This is definitely an issue with 4.11.0.383 as released as a final version.  It's interesting they kept the minor revision number (.383) and introduced new bugs somehow.

ALSO, I noticed when I ran the released version of 4.11 on my laptop it flashes on and off at a frequency of once per 30 seconds or so.  When I checked the Windows logs I couldn't find anything difinitive as to errors, but it is almost as though 4.11 is re-starting the video driver a couple of times per minute.  (This doesn't happen on my older desktop machine when running 4.11 final release.)

I wonder if anyone at DAZ ran a hex diff compare between the 0.383 public build beta and the 0.383 final release executables.  There's something different (besides the yellow "public build" banner in the startup splash screen and the revision information in the about screen) in the executables.

Richard Haseltine

brent_81ed1cee said:

I'm happy to report I was able to re-install 4.11 public build +Beta+ 4.11.0.383 and my categories are BACK.  This is definitely an issue with 4.11.0.383 as released as a final version.  It's interesting they kept the minor revision number (.383) and introduced new bugs somehow.

ALSO, I noticed when I ran the released version of 4.11 on my laptop it flashes on and off at a frequency of once per 30 seconds or so.  When I checked the Windows logs I couldn't find anything difinitive as to errors, but it is almost as though 4.11 is re-starting the video driver a couple of times per minute.  (This doesn't happen on my older desktop machine when running 4.11 final release.)

I wonder if anyone at DAZ ran a hex diff compare between the 0.383 public build beta and the 0.383 final release executables.  There's something different (besides the yellow "public build" banner in the startup splash screen and the revision information in the about screen) in the executables.

These issues are not universal, or even (from what I can tell) widespread so it seems likely that they are related to the settings in the two release channels (General release vs. Public Build) rather than an actual code difference. (It could also be an issue with a plug-in that is in one but not the other - you could compare the two help>About Installed Plug-ins dialogues and remove the checkbox bext to anything that is in the General Release bu not in the Public Build, see if the issues are then fixed after closing and restarting.)

Db3d

Richard Haseltine said:

brent_81ed1cee said:

These issues are not universal, or even (from what I can tell) widespread so it seems likely that they are related to the settings in the two release channels (General release vs. Public Build) rather than an actual code difference. (It could also be an issue with a plug-in that is in one but not the other - you could compare the two help>About Installed Plug-ins dialogues and remove the checkbox bext to anything that is in the General Release bu not in the Public Build, see if the issues are then fixed after closing and restarting.)

I will give that a try.  It just seems odd that would be the issue, but I'll check it out.

Db3d

Richard Haseltine said:

brent_81ed1cee said:

These issues are not universal, or even (from what I can tell) widespread so it seems likely that they are related to the settings in the two release channels (General release vs. Public Build) rather than an actual code difference. (It could also be an issue with a plug-in that is in one but not the other - you could compare the two help>About Installed Plug-ins dialogues and remove the checkbox bext to anything that is in the General Release bu not in the Public Build, see if the issues are then fixed after closing and restarting.)

Well, we may never know.  I re-isntalled the final release of 4.11 (for about the forth time) and now it is working fine.  The only thing that was different between now and the last attempt to do this was an update to DIM.

Who know?

It's now a non-issue.