Oh, well. I deleted the preferences files before rushing back home, did not launch QC afterwards, so a few hours passed by. Back home in the evening I launched QC and all is fine. Go figure.
One question remains, where was that file cached? and how did it happen that a few hours of waiting resolved the problem? I would like to know, especially if I’m running into trouble before going on stage… I used to feel confident, but not anymore with QC. Thanks Troy! * d. On 29 Jan 2014, at 18:41, Troy Koelling <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2014, at 8:23 AM, Dimitri Delcourt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok, my mistake. >> >> Upgraded to Mavericks and tried the multi-sampling preferences again (with >> high expectations), obviously to no effect. >> QC does not open anymore, it crashes on startup. Of course. >> >> But now this is getting ridiculous, I can’t delete the editor preferences >> for real, because it recreates itself exactly in the same state it was >> before deletion. >> >> What gives? >> I can open the qc editor prefs file, edit the keys and try to turn the >> multi-sampling key to <false>, save, open QC and watch the file edit itself >> under my eyes back to <true>. Maddening. >> >> Please, please help me find the ghost data, i need to clean this for good! > > This has bitten me as well. Supposedly, you were never supposed to be able to > edit the plist directly but it got more strict recently. You need to use the > command-line utility. > > It should be something like this: > > defaults delete com.apple.QuartzComposer.editor multisampling > >> >> Thanks, >> >> dimitri >> >> >> ps. Here’s the die hard culprit part in the qc editor prefs file: >> >> ... >> <key>NSWindow Frame DTAssetLibrary</key> >> <string>0 630 298 548 0 0 1920 1178 </string> >> <key>NSWindow Frame GFGraphEditorInspector</key> >> <string>1543 305 300 446 0 0 1920 1178 </string> >> <key>disableSavelessDocuments</key> >> <true/> >> <key>firstLaunch-2</key> >> <false/> >> <key>inspectorVisible</key> >> <false/> >> <key>multisampling</key> >> <true/> >> <key>patcheratorVisible</key> >> <false/> >> <key>uncleanShutdown</key> >> <integer>29</integer> >> >> >> On 17 Dec 2013, at 15:45, George Toledo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> For me, fxaa shader post processing has taken it's place (in editor) as it >>> also handles texture moire effect. Kills two birds with one stone. >>> >>> MSAA is available still via loading the qtz in a simple Xcode project. >>> >>> MSAA was never officially supported, and is a "hidden option". >>> >>> >>> >>> On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Dimitri Delcourt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Just a heads up on this issue, >>>> I've found out it was possibly related to the "multisampling" hidden >>>> preference being enabled. >>>> Mixed feelings about not being able to enable that anymore, it is a real >>>> downside for me. >>>> >>>> d. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 25 oct. 2013, at 09:34, Achim Breidenbach wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Dimitri, >>>>> >>>>> you have to read the crashlog in the crashed thread from bottom up: >>>>> >>>>> lines 66 to 61: usual App-Starting and Run loop >>>>> line 59: _HandleMenuSelection2: you did something with the menu, which >>>>> leads to the next lines: >>>>> 58-44: find the menu item, find the guy who is responsible for it and >>>>> tell him to do something >>>>> 43-40: Obviously this is QC editor (method names from this app is hidden >>>>> from us, so we only see where this code is in memory: >>>>> "com.apple.QuartzComposer.editor 0x000000010b4279a5 0x10b418000 + >>>>> 63909"), >>>>> 41 it should open a file: "openDocumentWithContentsOfURL:" >>>>> 37: "NSWindowController loadWindow" QC Editor ask the system to open a >>>>> window. >>>>> 34: which itself tries to load a resource file (Nib) which contains all >>>>> the information about how the window should look like (com.apple.AppKit >>>>> loadNib) >>>>> 10: this decoding comes to a point where it has to instantiate a custom >>>>> QC-Editor-Object which gets initialized in line 7. >>>>> 6: [QCView initWithCoder:] shows that this object actually is inherited >>>>> from the QCView, the system class to render and display a composition >>>>> 4: this render view should be initialized [QCView _initializeRenderView] >>>>> 3: but fails:__stack_chk_fail >>>>> >>>>> My guess is, that QC-Editor wants to open up some really big "Viewer" >>>>> window (due to a incorrect parameter found in the "last window size and >>>>> position" storage) and fails to allocate the memory for it, or something >>>>> like that. >>>>> >>>>> I would go with either the suggestion by Jim, to remove the >>>>> QC-Editor-Preference plist file to get rid of that "last window size and >>>>> position" or for a first step to select the preferences "General > When >>>>> opening a composition > Show only editor" in order to prevent the >>>>> creation of the crashing QCView. >>>>> >>>>> best, >>>>> >>>>> Achim Breidenbach >>>>> Boinx Software Ltd. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 24.10.2013, at 17:15, Dimitri Delcourt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I can't open any composition on my 10.8.5 system, not even create a new >>>>>> one. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm on QC 4.6. I noticed QC 4.6 was installed inside the /Developper >>>>>> directory, and i had to manually remove the graphic tools that were in >>>>>> the /Applications/Dev Tools directory. (Did I create this former >>>>>> directory myself? I can't remember, but i used QC 4.5 successfully for >>>>>> months.) >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm used to node programming, but unfortunately can't decrypt this log. >>>>>> Any help appreciated! >>>>>> >>>>>> dimitri >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/tkoelling%40apple.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected]
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