Hi everyone,
We've been working on a new version of Hero Lab with some performance improvements, specifically the following:
Before we put these in a general release, we'd like to get some additional testing time in on these, in case there are lingering bugs that we missed. If you have time to take these betas for a test drive, we'd appreciate it!
The Mac beta also includes the following change: Full screen mode is disabled on El Capitan due to bugs in the new OS. We’re investigating solutions for these bugs and will restore full screen mode as soon as we can. Sorry!
You can download the betas here:
(Beta is done - thanks everyone!)
Please post in this thread, or report to technical support, if you run into any problems with the betas. (If you email support, make sure that you note you're using the beta.)
Thanks for your help!
We've been working on a new version of Hero Lab with some performance improvements, specifically the following:
- When used with certain characters, such as Shadowrun 5th edition characters with lots of vehicles, Hero Lab now applies changes you make up to 10% more quickly, reducing the “delay” you see after changing something on the character. Unchecking the checkbox beside vehicles on the Shadowrun Vehicle tab now makes Hero Lab respond even faster – a Drone Rigger with all vehicles unchecked now takes only half as long to update after changes, for example.
- Memory usage for characters is now much lower – a few megabytes lower for a single character, up to dozens of megabytes lower for a portfolio with multiple characters or a character with multiple minions. This is not a huge benefit on Windows and the Mac, but should greatly improve stability in Hero Lab for iPad, especially on older iPads like the iPad 2.
Before we put these in a general release, we'd like to get some additional testing time in on these, in case there are lingering bugs that we missed. If you have time to take these betas for a test drive, we'd appreciate it!
The Mac beta also includes the following change: Full screen mode is disabled on El Capitan due to bugs in the new OS. We’re investigating solutions for these bugs and will restore full screen mode as soon as we can. Sorry!
You can download the betas here:
(Beta is done - thanks everyone!)
Please post in this thread, or report to technical support, if you run into any problems with the betas. (If you email support, make sure that you note you're using the beta.)
Thanks for your help!
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