AndromedaToast Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 I'd like to download a previous version of LB (mainly due to speed issues; versions 4+ aren't officially supported on my OS, and it uses up a lot more RAM than version 2, and it's generally slower for me). I'd like to try out any of the versions 3~... but the trouble is, I click on any of the older version download links, and only the latest version opens (as of today, it's 4.2) For example, I click on "Download LaunchBox 3.6 here" which opens the following URL: https://www.launchbox-app.com/index.php?sdmon=wp-content/downloads/LaunchBox-3.6-Setup.exe HOWEVER, when the EXE file actually opens up, it's "LaunchBox-4.2-Setup.exe" Can you put archive section on the site, maybe on the downloads page, that has links to previous versions? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hi Toast, in general, I am trying to avoid distribution of old versions, because LaunchBox has been developed so quickly and there have been plenty of versions out that have had so many issues. Really, though, the latest versions of LaunchBox should actually be faster and use less RAM if configured properly. Have you tried using the latest and turning off the RAM cache under Tools > Options > RAM Cache? Also, using default Windows styles might help some too. Per the "not officially supported" thing, I believe the only stuff that doesn't work on XP are the wizards, as they use Vista+ controls. So I would still very much recommend using the latest release, and just turning off the RAM cache. If you still have performance issues and feel like it was faster and used less RAM with the 2.x releases, then something isn't right. The 2.x releases were pretty wasteful with resources, especially RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndromedaToast Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Hey Jason, I've turned on Windows default styles and turned off the RAM cache, and LaunchBox still uses at least more than twice the RAM that LB 2.0 did. Also, scrolling is much more sluggish than 2.0 was. I'm actually thinking of downgrading down to 2.0 -- but I'd rather try using version 3.6 or 3.7, however I've never been able to download them. (An aside: it's very unusual for any developer of any software project (unless it's Google) to actively prevent users from downloading older versions... for what that's worth.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Hey Toast, I'm more concerned about making sure that the current version of LaunchBox doesn't use too many resources than restricting old versions. Still, I'm confused because my testing shows only ~120 MB of RAM tops. How much RAM are you seeing? I understand that not distributing old versions is an oddity. I just want to make sure that you're not running into a bug with the latest version that I can fix. I'm weirded out because rarely has anything gotten slower during LaunchBox development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndromedaToast Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 I'm seeing up to 137MB of RAM usage, and 110MB of pagefile VM. With 2.0 I rarely saw over 80MB of RAM usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Ah, I see. I didn't realize we were talking about RAM amounts that small. Sorry for the long and drawn out conversation. I'll send you version 3.6 via email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndromedaToast Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Well, it all adds up... when you have 50 or 60 processes running at any given time, and a couple web browsers open (both Firefox and Chrome can swell to over a 1GB of RAM after running them for even a few minutes). Thanks for sending over that older version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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