CursorFX 4 Release Candidate 1

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With the releases of, and feedback from, CursorFX 4 Betas 1 & 2:
https://forums.stardock.com/498875/
https://forums.stardock.com/498875/get;3772761

We are ready to make available CursorFX 4 Release Candidate 1.  The list below is a compilation of items that were addressed since Beta 2:

  • General performance enhancements and typo fixes
  • Icon previews are no longer clipping out of UI
  • Opacity now working properly
  • Fixed issue where the shadow became the cursor when setting shadows to negative values
  • Fixed issue where it was possible to get red and blue ping trails stuck on the screen
  • Fixed issue applying sounds
  • Applied sounds are now saved in the UI
  • UI now reloading after changing languages
  • Fixed cursors overlapping icons in the preview area
  • Reset option now resets hotkey in UI
  • Dynamic shadow settings now function properly
  • Fixed issue where it was possible to move UI elements around
  • Fixed odd shadow positions for some cursors with default settings on dynamic shadows
  • Fixed UI getting pushed below taskbar when scaling is at 175%
  • Updated the following languages: Spanish, German, Russian, French, Korean (added)

Link to release:
https://cdn.stardock.us/downloads/public/software/cursorfx/CursorFX_4.01-j105-Setup.exe

We want to thank everyone for participating in the prior betas and look forward to getting more of your feedback on what is considered to be the final a final one prior to a general release.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Sounds good. Making a clean install now, and will add 10-20 cursor packs at a time and report back here when I have used the computer for a few hours with the new version.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Yrgal, reply 1

Sounds good. Making a clean install now, and will add 10-20 cursor packs at a time and report back here when I have used the computer for a few hours with the new version.

Thank you, Yrgal.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

After deleting a cursor using the CursorFX UI, current cursor set & colour preset are lost.
The loading time is still a bit high with a lot of cursors installed, but that's no big deal.
Tried to remove all but the one applied at the moment (Svelte) using explorer, no cursors show in the UI (The layout becomes empty)
Cursors no loger show in screenshots.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Yrgal,

Thank you for the responsive feedback...

Quoting Yrgal, reply 3

The loading time is still a bit high with a lot of cursors installed, but that's no big deal.

What is 'a lot' - we tested with several hundred and was able to load the UI in under a second.

Quoting Yrgal, reply 3

Cursors no loger show in screenshots.

That is actually intended as neither does the Windows default cursor.  CFX2 really should have been this way as well.

Quoting Yrgal, reply 3

Tried to remove all but the one applied at the moment (Svelte) using explorer, no cursors show in the UI (The layout becomes empty)

We were able to reproduce this and I will log it:

Quoting Yrgal, reply 3

After deleting a cursor using the CursorFX UI, current cursor set & colour preset are lost.

While there is some ambiguity on what you expect here, we are going to think this one over on how it should work as how it is now might not be the best way (but may be ;))

Again, thank you for the feedback, Yrgal.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

 

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting sdRohan, reply 4

What is 'a lot' - we tested with several hundred and was able to load the UI in under a second.
Well, around 200 is a lot, I think and takes 7-9 seconds to start. Could it be that a large amount of my cursors are in the old format (CurXPTheme)?

For the record, CursorFX start almost instantly with only the default curor sets installed.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Yrgal, reply 5

Well, around 200 is a lot, I think and takes 7-9 seconds
That sounds good to me.  My 500 was taking several minutes, or didn't load at all.  7-9 seconds I would be ecstatic!

 

Gonna get on this tomorrow!!

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Dang, how do I keep showing up as PDJ? 

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Yrgal, reply 5

Well, around 200 is a lot, I think and takes 7-9 seconds to start. Could it be that a large amount of my cursors are in the old format (CurXPTheme)?

For the record, CursorFX start almost instantly with only the default curor sets installed.

Quoting PuterDudeJim, reply 6

That sounds good to me.  My 500 was taking several minutes, or didn't load at all.  7-9 seconds I would be ecstatic!

Could either / both of you zip up your themes dir, upload them to a cloud storage location (GoogleDrive, OneDrive, DropBox) and PM me a private link to them?  Ill test with what you send.

Thank you.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

There's a problem with size. I have to set it each time I reboot or change cursors. 

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello Kenny,

Quoting kennyg1944, reply 9

There's a problem with size. I have to set it each time I reboot or change cursors. 

Cursor settings changes are not applied to any cursor you switch to (nor would that be desirable in many cases because of the cursor characteristics).  However, a case could be made to have them kept for a particular cursor even after you have applied others.  That, however, will not make it to a released version of CFX4 but will defiantly be considered for a future update.

As for the reboot, I did make a size change to a cursor, reboot, and it kept that size change.  On your About menu in CFX, is the version j105:


Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Yrgal, reply 5

Well, around 200 is a lot, I think and takes 7-9 seconds to start. Could it be that a large amount of my cursors are in the old format (CurXPTheme)?

I found it to be 6ish seconds with what you sent me.  Ill see what the devs say.

Thank you for the files.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

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Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting sdRohan, reply 8

Could either / both of you zip up your themes dir, upload them to a cloud storage location (GoogleDrive, OneDrive, DropBox) and PM me a private link to them?  Ill test with what you send.
I'll get it done in a bit.

 

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi, I also noticed a small thing here,When i set sound effect then after that deciding to change the cursor,the sound no longer works and i need to re setting the sounds from the begging. In CFX 2.16 Plis The sound effects i set is applying to all Cursors.So please take care of this small one

THANK YOU

 

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting PuterDudeJim, reply 13


Quoting sdRohan,
reply 8

Could either / both of you zip up your themes dir, upload them to a cloud storage location (GoogleDrive, OneDrive, DropBox) and PM me a private link to them?  Ill test with what you send.

I'll get it done in a bit.

 

Done, Sean. Check PM.

Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top

OK, CFX4 release candidate will not launch.

 

Back to CFX 2.

 

Yall let me know when there is a stable version.

 

Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

Tried it again, same result.

I just reformatted my system and reinstalled Win10 like a week ago or less.

I give up.

Reply #18 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Hnagy78, reply 14

Hi, I also noticed a small thing here,When i set sound effect then after that deciding to change the cursor,the sound no longer works and i need to re setting the sounds from the begging. In CFX 2.16 Plis The sound effects i set is applying to all Cursors.So please take care of this small one

THANK YOU

This is the same as what I noted in Reply #10. That will not be saved in between changing cursors. 

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 17

Tried it again, same result.

Quoting Yrgal, reply 3

The loading time is still a bit high with a lot of cursors installed, but that's no big deal.

Just tested an internal build, with both of your theme directories, and the load times are improved (yours now actually loads RND).

Yargal, with your high cursor count, your time was cut in half - about 3 seconds.  RND, your very high count, it was under 9 seconds.

The fix, with another not noted here, will be part of the general release.

Thank you both for the time to review and for your help.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting sdRohan, reply 19

Yargal, with your high cursor count, your time was cut in half - about 3 seconds.
That is very acceptable. And I would think that the loading time isn't the biggest issue for RND either. After all, most of us aren't changing the cursors every five minutes.

And, you're welcome. Glad to help.

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting sdRohan, reply 19

Just tested an internal build, with both of your theme directories, and the load times are improved (yours now actually loads RND).

Yargal, with your high cursor count, your time was cut in half - about 3 seconds.  RND, your very high count, it was under 9 seconds.
I shall try again, Sean.   Just for you....  :)  

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Where can I get this internal build, or am I waiting for it's release?

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm not interested in any version other than the one Sean tested with my files.  Thanks, Mike.  Guess I'll wait.

Reply #25 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 24

I'm not interested in any version other than the one Sean tested with my files. Thanks, Mike. Guess I'll wait.
You can get version 4.03 from your downloads now, with the updates described here by Sean.

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