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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 3 to MACH 4 and USS TO ESS
« on: March 03, 2023, 04:57:18 PM »
Hi,
It was never that that build of Mach4 was buggy per se, in fact Mach4 has never been buggy in the same way as Mach3, but rather the old
builds miss many of the new features, like McSurface plugin, the script based THC module and so on.
Eight years ago when I started to install Mach4 my intention was to have both Mach3 and Mach4 available on the same PC. It is possible, although not eminently practical.
It took three to four weeks of extreme frustration and painful learning before I got Mach4 running satisfactorily, but once I did I've never touched Mach3 ever again.
I've lost my Mach3 license file and can't be bothered trying to get another. I seldom bother replying on the Mach3 board anymore, or at least quite selective about those threads
that I can be bothered with.
It's when you come to customize the behavior of your machine, be it modestly or majorly, that's when Mach4 shines. That is not to say that Lua, the API and Mach's
program structure do not incur a learning curve all of their own, but once you master that and you'll look back at Mach3 with pure derision.
My recommendation is embrace Mach4, and do what it takes. It will be a rough ride for a while and saddling yourself with trying to keep Mach3 limping along at the same time
is just masochism.
Craig
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How buggy was the version that runs on XP and could a guy have both 3 and 4 installed on the same PC and use one or the other?
It was never that that build of Mach4 was buggy per se, in fact Mach4 has never been buggy in the same way as Mach3, but rather the old
builds miss many of the new features, like McSurface plugin, the script based THC module and so on.
Eight years ago when I started to install Mach4 my intention was to have both Mach3 and Mach4 available on the same PC. It is possible, although not eminently practical.
It took three to four weeks of extreme frustration and painful learning before I got Mach4 running satisfactorily, but once I did I've never touched Mach3 ever again.
I've lost my Mach3 license file and can't be bothered trying to get another. I seldom bother replying on the Mach3 board anymore, or at least quite selective about those threads
that I can be bothered with.
It's when you come to customize the behavior of your machine, be it modestly or majorly, that's when Mach4 shines. That is not to say that Lua, the API and Mach's
program structure do not incur a learning curve all of their own, but once you master that and you'll look back at Mach3 with pure derision.
My recommendation is embrace Mach4, and do what it takes. It will be a rough ride for a while and saddling yourself with trying to keep Mach3 limping along at the same time
is just masochism.
Craig