by Kappes Buur » Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:31 pm
I had another look at your earlier post, where you mention reinstalling GZDBBF and it got me thinking that, if I tell you about my installation of the editor, it might spark something.
Since you mention installing, did you install in Program Files or in a folder away from Program Files?
Did you do an uninstall or just a delete?
What I usually do is, I create a new folder for each new version I download from DRDteam archive, for example:
H:\PWAD_EDITING\GZDB_BF\GZDoom_Builder_Bugfix-r2995
H:\PWAD_EDITING\GZDB_BF\GZDoom_Builder_Bugfix-r3018-x64
and simply unzip the 7z file there. I never use the Updater.exe. As a matter of fact, it's disabled in F5.
So, over time, I accumulate several versions, at the moment 34 from r2808 on, all in their own folders. Of course I cull the older versions. However, on a separate drive I retain every version I downloaded.
I know that GZDBBF creates a config file in AppData and overwrites it every time when you save a pwad. But every so often I delete the config file and let GZDBBF create a new one. Just in case.
Since I use custom colours, I copy/paste those from a previously renamed config file.
I used to have .NET Framework 3.5 installed but somehow it no longer is present. I guess that Windows Automatic Update took care of that. The interesting fact about that is, that the older versions of the editor seem to like the new arrangement.
I still have 3 versions of SlimDX installed. What I do not know is, if they are still needed, so I am keeping them.
Knock on wood, my computer seems very happy with the arrangement.