Hi all,

Thanks for the continued interest and feedback. Quiet as it is here in the forums, we are both investing as much time as we can afford in finishing the newest update - we're serious about getting a good V2 completed and available.

Zokreb posted at 2:25PM Tue, 05 November 2019 - #4369271

I totally second what Yves said : being able to kill the process if something wrong happens would be a significant improvement !

OK, good feedback from both of you. I've also gotten stuck like you folks are describing, but I thought the VWD program could be killed independently in the task manager by finding the VWDClothAndHair.exe file in the task list and killing it (vs Poser.exe or DAZ Studio). I'll have to take a look again. I'm mostly WIndows10 now, but I have a W7 I can check too, in case they differ. Be sure to kill all instances as well, since there may be more than one. Also, when this happens, it might be a good idea to also run the 'Stop VWD' script from your host-applicaton (Poser/DS, etc.), to be sure any internal VWD script loops close out. From there a new session should be pretty clean.

Here's a bit more feedback as well :

I reckon that despite the HUGE improvements brought to the GPU simulations, I still have issues from time to time when scaling down the mesh, the mesh completely explodes. With same parameters, CPU sim is OK but GPU isn't. It's unfortunate as VWD can also be very helpfull for fitting clothes that were made for other figures and playing with scale can do wonders to acheive that.

Please be sure you have the latest version (as listed in my sig (below) and our website), as some of the GPU/CPU issues have been addressed (perhaps the issues you mention). I believe that VWD's potential as a realistic simulation 'autofit' tool is one of it's most powerful capabilities. I admit that I pretty-much stopped using the GPU because my GPU is a GForce760, and not much faster than my CPU, which was far more reliable for me. The latest update may address some of the GPU explosions. As a beta release, any of your experiences are very much appreciated!

I'm pretty sure Zokreb and Yves are both using it, but anyone else who wants to help check out the V2 beta can simply send us a note, and we can get you the current time-limited version.

Finally, I would appreciate an option to "remember" the settings between 2 simulations. For instance, when unchecking the box "Start" or unchecking the box "dynamic animation", i'd like the software to remember this as my default setting.

I do not have this in my own bugs/features list, but yes, if it would be easy enough and not introduce new issues,, I would also love to see this change. I will be sure Gérald knows about all of your feedback here.

Thanks again to all for your interest and feedback. We will consider all suggestions and hope you will mention any issues/workarounds you find - especially the most common or irritating ones!

cheers,

VWD_dan

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VWD website: https://www.virtualworlddynamics.net  -  VWD support: support@virtualworlddynamics.net

Current VWD Versions:   Release: V1.1.522.3630 – 2017/05/18 11:52,    Beta: V2.2.908.6404 beta – 2019/11/24 9:34 (exp 2019/12/28)

Qualifier: Yes, I'm helping Gérald with VWD, No, I'm not yet an expert on its use!