New Member tomhowell Posted April 12, 2020 New Member Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 What is the correct update process, starting to have half a dozen 3dcoat folders, all with diff version numbers, what is the correct way to install updates, running out of disk space and don't see a need to keep old versions. Don't want to do anything to make program stop working...any help would be grateful. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member stusutcliffe Posted April 12, 2020 Advanced Member Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) I usually install every other beta. I have about 5 versions at the moment. Every now and again if I find a version is working great for me I will uninstall the earlyest couple of versions so I dont get bogged down. But like you say the folders are still in your programs folder, but just had a look and the folders that have had its version uninstalled do not seem to contain much and are very small memory wise. Maybe it would be ok to just delete them if the actual app has been uninstalled. Just thoughts , maybe hang on until someone smarter chips in. Edited April 12, 2020 by stusutcliffe added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Tony Nemo Posted April 12, 2020 Contributor Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 I delete the unused folders. They accumulate like dust bunnies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Oh yeah, I uninstall all but the most recent. Though sometimes I forget and realize I have 5 or 6 installed so I uninstall a bunch all at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Speike-Styles Posted April 13, 2020 Member Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, tomhowell said: What is the correct update process, starting to have half a dozen 3dcoat folders, all with diff version numbers, what is the correct way to install updates, running out of disk space and don't see a need to keep old versions. Don't want to do anything to make program stop working...any help would be grateful. Tom Hey Tom, If I may add my advice. Try sticking with version((( 05 Very stable Direct Link 3d-Coat-V4_9-05-64.exe )))) until the next release is really stable maybe 39 is, but 34 wasn't even if it was a official release. 3Dcoat is cool with all it's updates, but there is no need to update all the time to the latest versions. It may be cool to always be updated and to try out the latest features yet it is not essential.. If you use eBay or something alike. I'd recommend buying a simple old 30 bucks hard-drive with 80mb/s + reads and writes and maybe 250gb space they may be a bit old, but I have a few since over 5-10 years ( my tip a NAS server HD they are always on sell) and they work just fine or if you have a few more coins to spare get a fast ssd 120gb 510mb/s or more ( trying to keep it price friendly sure you could go all in too ) that is if you want to have more versions or other Programs that need faster speeds.... Also if you have lots of Materials the best way to bring them over to a Version that you like. Would be just by Migration. 3DCoat has it built in inside the last few latest versions for a while now. Same goes for the Version Path data you can change it now directly inside of 3Dcoat. I still do it the manual way Steps: Create a folder on a extra hard-drive. so : Folder name = 3DCoat_49_05 then when you install 3Dcoat just either change it with the Automation that is build inside of 3DC or create a new "txt" document on your desktop "coat_data_path.txt" then inside that doc change it to the driver etc: Like this >> D:\3DCOAT\49_05 " what ever driver Alphabet name the driver name is for you. Then just put that " Text doc " inside the installed folder of 3DCoat. If you already installed the version you like using then delete it from the " Documents folder " that way 3DC gives you a clean setup and you will have it now inside that new folder with the basics. It will ask you for the code just hit try or type it in again. Also if you want to keep the old stuff " that is if you have self made stuff " just hit the Migration inside of 3DC and it will auto transfer anything you want from the old Version " No clue how many versions are supported " Hope this helps Good Luck ! Edited April 13, 2020 by Speike-Styles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted April 18, 2020 Advanced Member Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 On 4/12/2020 at 11:18 AM, Tony Nemo said: I delete the unused folders. They accumulate like dust bunnies. A couple years ago I had something like 30 version stowed away on a drive. I'm an incurable pack rat. 3DCoat is very easy and clean to install and uninstall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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