Forum: DAZ|Studio


Subject: Free Recent Files plugin for DS 4.6 released

msorrels opened this issue on Jul 21, 2013 · 29 posts


msorrels posted Fri, 09 August 2013 at 11:22 PM

Just a quick note: the new Beta DS 4.6.0.81 is out with DAZ's implmentation of Open Recent.  I don't think they have done a very good job (it's showing several bugs I found and had to work around, which is very funny to me).  One thing I will point out is they make their menu item using some magic so you have to exit and restart DS before you'll see it in the Customize dialog so you can remove their's and just use mine.

Things I've seen:  They did the menu implmentation badly.  I can't even find the menu item on the left side of the Customize dialog.  Which means if you remove it you might not be able to add it back.  It also seems to magiclly insert itself on the file menu, 4 or 5 slots down.  No matter what.  I was able to exit and restart and then remove it completely but DS's menu system has always had huge issues with plugins and user customization.  I did notice my plugins often end up with duplicate copies of the menu items at the end of the Edit or File menus.  The dups don't show up except in the customize.  It's a bug but I don't think there is any way for a plugin author to work around it.

Opening a new scene doesn't seem to add anything to the menu.  But reseting the workspace layout does.  Which was strange.  Open recents wouldn't always restore when restarting either.  The whole open recent menu refresh seems kind of buggy.

They also don't show the nifty preview icons like I do!

Note: all of my plugins do seem to work with Beta DS 4.6.0.81  just copy them from your 4.6 Plugin dir into the 4.6.0.81 plugin dir.  You will have to regenerate all your settings and or menu layouts and shortcuts. 

So far I'm less than impressed with the Beta.  It has issues loading lots of my old scenes (still not sure why).  It has rendering issues (tons of little tiny firefly/crosshairs in the render in red and black).  The new OpenGL Texture Shaded 2.0 mode seems much slower than the old Texture Shaded 1.0 mode (even on my killer video card).  And I have no clue how to move over all my settings, which is a giant problem since I have a lot of very custom workspace and command setups.

If you notice any problems with any of my plugins and the new Beta (or the old release) please let me know.

-Matt