Hi,
ok got that.
I will back up PC just in case.
Do the backup because you should back up... but no real need to for this.
Where will the install of 1.7.1 get the needed key code from ?
It just works.
I dont want 1.7.1 to nuke Photoscan , might it ?
I seem to remember Alexey saying to copy the licence file over for the older versions... but it just works for the newer ones... I think it'll just keep working as is... As long as you copy over the folder in the same way... If it's not in the default folder, it won't be touched. Only the default folder gets updated.
You can have as many versions as you want... You'll just have lots of Metashape n.n.n/Photoscan folders in you /Program Files/Agisoft folder/.... Just name then and their shortcuts to metashape.exe such that you know which one you're starting.
I've had 5 versions installed a while ago.
And it's so easy to download any released version by just editing the download link.
So it's handy for finding out which version a bug was introduced...
If things go tits-up, just fully uninstall, then start again, with the oldest version first, copy-rename, next, and so on.
I still think the Installer could be made such that it would allow for parallel installations... such that going forward, it'll be dead easy... As in a year or two or more's time, we'll still be talking about this annoyance in juggling versions... as bugs are as certain as taxes and death.
Why cant we have a better newer version, 1.8 looks troubled in initial feedback.
They're allowed to have bugs in 1.8, as it's a pre-release... If it's released with the known bugs not fixed, then that's not ideal... I'm just hoping there's some miracle new way of aligning my photos in 1/5 the time!!! lol ... or even a speedup we got from moving to depth maps.... But i fear these big savings may become much, much rarer...