no user defined textures in image rendering?

[hansmex]

Strider,

Beta versions are download-versions. Click the link above and the entire program is downloaded again. It should run directly. Every time you start the program again by clicking that same icon, the program checks whether the version is OK and then starts it. If your connection is erratic, you may experience problems.
(Or at least it's something very similar, based on my experience with the last 48 betas.)

Hans

[SilentStrider]

but the downloaded file is only 4kb in size. And when I open it in editor it just shows a little java code *is a bit confused*

[SilentStrider]

uh.. sorry my firewall was the reason (was set to "go away new programs"). do i need to run the programm now always with this file? or do i need to put it to some special place so it overwrites the current version of the program?

[hansmex]

Strider,

Which operating system do you use?
Sounds as if it's Linux or Ubuntu...?

Hans

[SilentStrider]

No I have Windows XP. when I run the downloaded file it works some and then I have the beta program, but when I close it and start the program as usual over the start menu its the un-beta again

[hansmex]

Strider,

If the beta download puts an icon on your desktop, that icon is v3.1 and you should use that icon every time you start SH3D v3.1.

To start v3.0 you can use the "old" icon. Note that some plug-ins don't work with the beta versions. See the plug-in tutorial .

Hans

[SilentStrider]

well it did not put an icon on my desktop, but i can make a shortcut to the beta-patch (even so it needs longer to start as it downloads the program every time, but doesn't tell me where or installs it)

so: starting SweetHome3D.exe gives me version 3.0
starting SweetHome3D.3.1.beta.jsnp needs a minute, then i have version 3.1 beta

[SilentStrider]

just to show what I found out. The JSNP-File downloads everything into my temp folder



so it really downloads it every time again (deleting my temp-folder more often). any way to make it permanent?

[hansmex]

Strider,

The behaviour you describe seems normal to me. I use Ubuntu, but v3.1 behaves the same.

I'm not a Windows specialist, but it seems to me that if you leave the files in your Temp directory, they won't be downloaded again. The small program checks whether everything is present, and if so, starts v3.1.

If I'm wrong, I'm sure Emmanuel will correct me when he reads this.

Hans

[Puybaret]

SilentStrider, the beta version isn't downloaded each time you launch it unless you refused the option to create an application for it. Anyway a beta version is a beta version and I don't want to spend more time on its installation mode.
Sorry to say that, but if it doesn't satisfy you, you should wait patiently the release (it won't happen before a while though).