"Save Project" option is disabled in trial version (WIN)

FurryFish

Hi there, :hi:

I just downloaded the trial version for Windows (1.6.08 Trial) and was looking forward to learning all about Spine when I discovered that - contrary to what is being advertised - I am not able to save my project. 🙁 (The options "Save Project" and "Save Project As..." in the Spine Menu are both grey and the quicktext that shows on mouseover says "Sorry, saving the project is disabled in the trial version!") I am a bit disappointed, since it says next to the download button that the trial is "fully functional" except for the exporting option and that "Projects saved with the trial can be opened with the full version, should you decide to purchase later.". :think:

Since I couldn't find any hints in the forum or in the blog that other users have the same problem or that esoteric software announced this restriction, I wanted to ask why this is so and if there might be another trial version where saving is enabled.

I have to admit that I don't think this trial version will be very helpful to me. Of course, you can poke around in the program a bit, which is cool, but it might be difficult to really try out all functions from skeleton setup to animation, since I don't think you can go through it all in one day. And doing all changes all over again each day is not very feasable (not to mention program oder computer crashes). :S

I also noticed that the buttons for Ghosting, Auto Key, Key Shift and Key Adjust have a small red "Pro" on them, but so far they seem to work nevertheless.

Can anyone tell me if this is meant to be that way? Or could this be a bug?

Thanks in advance!

FurryFish

Nate

Sorry, this was a recent change. The text about being able to save should have been removed from the trial download page. Possibly it was cached by your browser or by WordPress. I've cleared the WordPress cache and updated the page to be clear the trial does not save.

The trial does not save because it contains features only available in Spine Professional. I liked that the trial could save so people could purchase at their leisure, but with the move to Essential and Professional versions it no longer made sense. The trial is intended for evaluation purposes, to try out all the features in the program and decide if it suites your need. While saving would be great, I think it can still achieve this goal without it.

FurryFish

Hi Nate,

Thanks for your quick reply!

Although I now regret not having downloaded an earlier trial version 😉 , I fully understand why you made these changes.

I cleared my computer's cache but the old advertisement text still shows. I tried on a different computer, too, and it also shows it. Maybe it is a WordPress problem. Just wanted to let you know! 😉

Best,

FurryFish

Søren

Thanks for the update and heads up FurryFish, can you please check if it's still there I've done a manual cache purge now.

As for the "pro" tags in the trial, they are there to show that they require the professional version. They are supposed to be working in the trial.

FurryFish

Hey Shiu,

Thanks for the information concerning the "Pro" tags!

As for the trial version advertisement text - yes, actually it is still there. Weird! Although I cleared my cache again. It also shows on my cell phone.

Just to make sure that we're talking about the same stuff, I am attaching a screenshot of how the ad on the main page is displayed on my computer at the moment.

Best,

FurryFish

Nate

Gah, forgot about the homepage, fixed thanks!

Søren

Something tells me I should turn that into a widget instead. Oooops