Hi jabber,

re:
> Attached, 5 side star is main offender

Thanks - yes this one is also fixed up for the first v5 beta. That shouldn't be too far off I need to wrap up some experiments before it's ready.

- Michael

Welcome, first V5 Beta

> for the first v5 beta. That shouldn't be too far off I need to wrap up some experiments before it's ready.

Good heavens man, you've barely had time to catch your breath after you finished the wonderful V4 release! I wasn't expecting to see a beta for quite some time, but will now look forward to the V5 beta series. Best wishes for a smooth and satisfying development process!!

--Larry

Hi Larry, well for V4 to V5 there isn't going to be a big internal restructuring like there was from V3 to V4. So the v5 betas will start just as soon as I have some actual useful new stuff working.

- Michael

Great work with v4 Michael! It runs very smoothly as always.
- Is the lama mode still there? Or is it me who cant remember the shortcut?

:)

Rotating lamas always existing! :)
a Toggle function !
Shift + CTRL on the Options' button! ;)

Thanks Pilou!
I haven't used Moi in many years! Good old lama mode!

Hi Michael. Anyone noticed some slowdowns on 4K resolutions? I am experiencing very sluggish behavior when moving objects, even in empty scenes.
This is not happening on my Macbook Pro (M1), and was better on my old PC monitor.

Massimo.

Hi Massimo, what machine is the one where you're seeing the sluggish behavior?

Do you have MoI v3 set up on it? Does v3 behave differently?

- Michael

Hi Michael, thanks for getting back at me.
I have an AMD Ryzen 3950X 16-Core + 32GB RAM + Nvidia GTX 1070.

The thing is, all my colleagues even with a 1080p display, noticed this "sluggish" feedback overall, especially when you are dragging/moving objects.

I have installed the v3 now, and it does not present this issue.

It's becoming quite difficult to work for me, the v4 lags a bit too much.

Best,
Massimo

HI Massimo, can you please send me an e-mail at moi@moi3d.com, I can send you a test version that has a Direct3D9 display engine enabled in it.

One of the differences between v3 and v4 is that v3 used Direct3D9 while v4 uses Direct3D11. So there is some possibility that a machine can have a driver problem with v4 and not with v3 because of the different systems being used.

- Michael

Thanks Michael, just sent you a mail.

All the best,
Massimo.

Hello Michael!

What about the porting for M1 Macs?
I mean a specific compiled version optimised for the M1, not the x86 binary ;)

Thanks and have a nice day.

Hi Marco,

re:
> What about the porting for M1 Macs?
> I mean a specific compiled version optimised for the M1, not the x86 binary ;)

If you send me an e-mail at moi@moi3d.com I can send you the v4 beta universal build that has x86_64 and arm64 compiles in it.

I'm still waiting for the SketchUp SDK to be released with an arm64 version to enable .skp format output, that's the one remaining library that MoI uses that does not yet have an arm64 build for it.

- Michael

Hello Michael!

Thanks a lot for your reply.

I really appreciated your proposal but, unfortunately, currently I have no way to find some decent amount of time for beta testing.

But I stay tuned here to seize the day of the official release of Moi for the M1 Macs :)

Thanks and have a nice day!

Hi Marco, probably the final release for the M1 / arm64 universal build will be the v5 final release.

But it may also depend on when the SketchUp SDK has an arm64 build ready.

- Michael

Ok. Got it :)
I'll stay tuned.

Just one final question (for now)

The M1/arm64 version will leverage on the Metal API like all many others modern App for Mac/iPad?
I really hope so.

Thanks.

Hi Marco,

re:
> The M1/arm64 version will leverage on the Metal API like all many others modern App for Mac/iPad?


Currently the arm64 build still uses the OpenGL API and not Metal but that is something I plan to investigate.

- Michael

Ok. Thanks for the info.

Yes...it could be a big step forward if Moi could leverage on the power of the Metal API and get rid of the "old elephant" OpenGL.

Have a nice day.