X4 MU1

[Thee Rickster ™]

How many think that if X4 MU1 does not fixes every problem or bug, That an MU2 should be released before X5 comes out?

[Tony35]

how about patches that can be downloaded when things get fixed

[Ocean Lacky™]

+100 Tony

 

Shouldn't have to wait for the easy fixes

[peon]

+1 to Tony!!! A weekly patch is NOT asking much when we have to deal with the bugs we are experiencing!

[MN]

The bugs in the last 2 versions have been the worst since actually adding multisurf!!! How about service packs so those of us who can not afford matinance for something that doesnt work can still get the fixes!! X3 flat out violates boundries and air cut like no other. X4 nothing but problems! I used to think MC wast the most bang for the buck and stuck by it since DOS. Yep that far back. Now it is just a lot of BANG that cost a lot of bucks.

[Thee Rickster ™]

Some actually pick no....???

 

To those people:

 

What on this earth is wrong with you?

 

Can you explain why you would prefer to have buggy

software and no more fixes?

[Goldorak]

Im with tony on this one !!!

 

on X2 CNC solution release a patch to fix the update manager , why they can't do this anymore ???

[Thee Rickster ™]

They can do that all the time but there is the maintenance 'fee strangle hold' they have to keep

on ya. They have not left a release that is bug free or any where near it and that is what they may be banking on, to keep ppl purchasing maintenance..i guess.

[ToolMan184]

Everyone just keep paying maintenance that will teach em.

 

When people stop paying for maintenance until they fix the crap youve already paid for they will listen. Until then THEY DONT GIVE A CHIT, they already have your money.

[Tony35]

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why they can't do this anymore ???

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if they got somethings fixed give them to us we pay for maint

 

anybody from CNC care to chime in and let us know why this dont happen

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

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Can you explain why you would prefer to have buggy

software and no more fixes?

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I'm just speculating here, but perhaps those people don't have much trouble with bugs, and want new functionality.

 

There's also the matter that the OP said "every problem or bug". You'll never have ALL bugs fixed.

[peon]

It makes me wonder how much clout they have with their developer since Depocam has been bought by Pro/e.

[Leigh @ Kodiak]

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that is what they may be banking on, to keep ppl purchasing maintenance.

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While I would love to see more regular maintenance updates (perhaps with a roll-back feature for if things go pear-shaped) I really don't think CNC Software has any intentions as nefarious as what you are implying. (I hope)

[Thee Rickster ™]

R.EX.

 

I was not implying, I was guessing, being facetious.

 

Look at the X3 MU1....final release.

They should not have wasted time and money on X3 IMO, and gave

every a maintenance extension to X4, and we 'could' be more satisfied with our investment.

 

Jes saying

[Mr. Wizzard]

I don't understand why the focus seems to be on adding more "flash" and not fixing basic problems before you move on to something new where you will have even more problems.

 

CNC recommends that all of us take the time to fix post update errors that only occur because we are updating them. But we have continuing bugs with the software that don't seem important to them.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

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I'm just speculating here, but perhaps those people don't have much trouble with bugs, and want new functionality.

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I'm with Matt. Most of the time I'm running MC Beta Software and I don't experience nearly the amount of bugs that some of you do. Don't know why, I'm not even sure I could make an intelligent guess beyond I do things differently than many. Perhaps one thing I do differently than most, and this goes back to me being a Beta Tester, I am very deliberate in what I do and when I do it. Reason being, if I run into something, I need to be able to reproduce it if at all possible. Few have need to be that deliberate.

[Thee Rickster ™]

Maybe the beta software is not identical to the

released software and you wouldn't know it.

[gcode]

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Maybe the beta software is not identical to the

released software and you wouldn't know it

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I don't know why some people have

trouble and others don't..

If I have more than 1 or 2 crashes

a month its a bad month..

I think a lot of it depends on the type of work

you're doing.

It makes no sense that CNC would give the

beta guys one set of code and release a different set to the general public..

If that were the case, I'd start having all sorts

of trouble when I replaced my beta software with

the public release.

 

I do know one thing..

If I was running the kind of stuff Rickster

is running., my OS would be XP Pro x64

( or maybe even Windows 7 x64)

with about a gagillion tons of RAM

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

quote:

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quote:

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Maybe the beta software is not identical to the

released software and you wouldn't know it

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It makes no sense that CNC would give the

beta guys one set of code and release a different set to the general public..

If that were the case,

I'd

we'd start having all sorts

of trouble when

I

we replaced

my

our beta software with

the public release...

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There, fissed.

[Thee Rickster ™]

HAHAHA.....i know.

 

Jes messin' bout the software thing.

[peon]

See my sig. I am having the same problems that Rick is having with an adequate workstation. There are also many programmers that are having the same grief whom are NOT forum members. I get emails and phone calls OFTEN from friends in the trade using MCAM asking for help around the bugs.

[peon]

Hmm, just crashed on Dynamic Xform. Where is the supposed fix CNC?

[Thee Rickster ™]

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If I was running the kind of stuff Rickster

is running., my OS would be XP Pro x64

( or maybe even Windows 7 x64)

with about a gagillion tons of RAM

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When I was running that loner

kicka$$ tower with 6 gigs ram, solid state drive quadro 3700 card, I7 quad core, I had same exact issues.

 

So that doesn't explain anything, right? Beside it is a MC software issue, I have used many software's with the same amount of complex(or more) mold bases with 10x less of a P.C.

(virtually zero crash issues etc.)

 

I wish I had an answer too.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Not denying there are bugs. Software AND bugs are a fact of life. Just the nature of the beast.

 

Just wondering why some experience them and some don't.

 

One thing that could possibly help some would be to have a more specific hardware requirements list. While I understand not wanting to pidgeon hole yourself into a certain hardware set as a software company, it could be at least a little more specific.

 

JM2C

[Thee Rickster ™]

James this software somehow NEEDS or uses video related drivers and such, on an old dos kernal.

 

That right there explains alot.