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TS6.6 & 7.5 in harmony?
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TS6.6 & 7.5 in harmony? // Archive: Tech Forum
Post by zwilson // Dec 2, 2007, 9:39pm
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Ok I've recently reformatted my main computer and now I'm reinstalling all my software. I was about to install trueSpace and thought that I would put both 6.6 and 7.5 on this computer. Before I do I decided I better ask if the two different versions could peacefully coexist on the same machine.
Also I have several TS 6.6 plug-ins laying around somewhere and when I find them would I have any trouble installing them in TS6 with TS7 installed. |
Post by splinters // Dec 2, 2007, 10:14pm
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Should be no problem although model side of tS7.5 is just about identical to 6.6. Never seen the point in having both since 7.5 was released. |
Post by zwilson // Dec 2, 2007, 10:55pm
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Thanks splinters. The reason I asked was that I was under the impression some of the older plug-ins (I think Mostion Studio was one) had problems running on the model side of trueSpace 7.x. |
Post by Tiles // Dec 2, 2007, 11:03pm
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A few points to have both:
- 6.6 boots faster.
- 6.6 leaves you more ram to work with. May be not dramatic with newest machines and 2 gig ram and above. But when you just have 512 mb or one gig ram it makes a big difference if the software uses 50 mb or 200 mb of it.
- 6.6 works with newest LUUV plugin, 7.5 modeler doesnt
- It is just a few pixels, but you have more space in 6.6 to work in.
- Hot Keys are not bound to what Hot Keys you use in Workspace (same Hot Keys possible that way ... )
- Double click at a value in the Object Info Box in 6.6 and 7.5 Modeler. In 6.6 you can mark the whole value by this. Doesn't work in Modeler anymore. I personally work lots with values ...
- Finally broken old bones. There was something with rigging from what i remember that makes it impossible to finish it then. Yeah, there is the new bones system. But i wasn't able to finish a rig so far there too. You can find the results in the bug section. And you cannot export the new bones yet anyway ...
- Mostu makes fun in modeler sometimes
I stop here ;)
I have installed both, 6.6 and 7.51. I mainly work with 6.6. And it works without problems. You can even start and work with both at once.
Only issue is the file association in this case. I have connected the *.scn files to open with TS 6.6. You have to dive into the folder options / file types for that, and manually change the association for the *.scn . TS 7.5 installation overrides it, even when installing TS 6.6 afterwards ... |
Post by splinters // Dec 3, 2007, 12:17am
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Good points Tiles although I find tS7.5 pretty fast as long as the bridge is off. I also use HDRI a lot so that makes tS6.6 redundant. I also use Vray from model side so, again, no 6.6.
Depends on what you want to use really...:)
Plus, I like the tS7.5 UI much better, but then I would...:rolleyes: |
Post by Tiles // Dec 3, 2007, 12:36am
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Yes, it really depends of your needs. But you see there are some cases where TS 6.6 is still handy :) |
Post by zwilson // Dec 3, 2007, 9:41am
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I agree with splinters I definitely like the 7.5 interface better. I also like alot of the new tools however I'm still much more comfortable working in 6.6. One of several things I like better in 6.6 is being able to access and edit the individual layers of SDS on a mesh, as far I know that can't be done in 7.5.
I tried using the bridge in 7.5 to bounce back and forth between the two and that worked well sometimes and sometimes it just messed things up and then I would have to take the time to fix whatever got mangled by the bridge.
Good tip about the luvv plug-in Tiles since I'm getting ready to start exporting out some of my models to use in Bryce and other 3D landscape programs. |
Post by splinters // Dec 3, 2007, 10:37am
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Editing of SDS layers is possible in tS7.5, depends on the display mode. You need to have 3D widgets on and be in solid display mode. Worked for me. |
Post by splinters // Dec 3, 2007, 10:45am
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I agree with splinters I definitely like the 7.5 interface better.
Ah, but I am biased on that one...:D |
Post by Burnart // Dec 3, 2007, 11:58am
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250 gb hardrive means I can have both if I want them - and I do, although 95% of the time I just use 7.5. I have them installed to their default locations and it all seems to run fine although I never run them at the same time - not sure if that's problematic or not. |
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