Loader V5 Released!

Can we please have an option to get the new fonts back? As some one with not so great vision the new font is very soft and hard to read. The width seems very narrow and intercharacter spacing (kerning) isn't very good. (Pl looks almost like an H, for insstance).

I really dislike the new "toolbar". Sad to see that Simsig has fallen into the cult of the hamburger menu. BRING BACK REAL MENUS!!!!

Is there an option to rollback?

I much prefer v4 and would rather just stick with the latest v4 version of sims. I don't play multiplayer.

Better than not being able to play any of the multitude of sims I've already purchased for more than 5 minutes without my eyes hurting because I'm struggling to read the font.

Trying to run the update but it says SimSig is up to date but am still missing almost all the licenses

When I open the loader, it's v5.2 but clicking check for updates simply says I'm up to date. It isn't offering me the chance to run the updater again and my purchased simulations still aren't showing.
What can I try?!

5.2 the wizard went through the manager so quickly I didn’t have a chance to transition

To add to the previous I thought of kicking off Kings Cross.
Another error message.

If people are still having issues where there licenses haven't transitioned.....

You can open up the old license manager for one final time.

C:\Program Files (x86)\SimSig\SimSigLicense.exe and either allocate your licenses one by one, or request a bulk unlock. Once you've done that they should work fine in V5 :)

This will only affect a limited number of people who ran the wizard before we fixed a minor issue, always use the wizard in the first instance

EDIT:
P.S. The Kings Cross sim still comes up as an invalid .ZIP archive

EDIT 2:
Deleted the .sim file for KX and restarted loader. I was offered it. I applied the update. Still the same invalid .ZIP

nroberts in post 127968 said:

EDIT:
P.S. The Kings Cross sim still comes up as an invalid .ZIP archive

EDIT 2:
Deleted the .sim file for KX and restarted loader. I was offered it. I applied the update. Still the same invalid .ZIP

To clarify, is this error when you try to update the sim, or try to run the sim?

GeoffM in post 127970 said:

nroberts in post 127968 said:

EDIT:
P.S. The Kings Cross sim still comes up as an invalid .ZIP archive

EDIT 2:
Deleted the .sim file for KX and restarted loader. I was offered it. I applied the update. Still the same invalid .ZIP

To clarify, is this error when you try to update the sim, or try to run the sim?

Geoff, when trying to run the sim. I select it, hit next and I get the popup (I posted a pic a few posts up). If ignored, however it does appear to load up well. I haven't tried it with any timetable, but the display seemed fine.

I know some of the older sims also displayed seconds (Hong Kong?) but those clocks were much smaller and in more muted colors.

Here's a comparison with the older font.

In general the newer fonts are, as you say, bigger, but they are also very slightly blurry, almost like a sort of quasi-semi-bold.

Despite the fonts being larger, the spacing is generally tighter, which, at least for me, is a net result of being harder to read.

I think I've identified the worse cause of my eyestrain though... it's actually the clock. It's now so much bigger and it shows seconds. This causes my eyes to continually look at it (motion attracts attention) and then have to refocus. If the clock went back to the old size and reduced prominence, or we had an option to hide seconds, that would help considerably. I know some of the older sims also displayed seconds (Hong Kong?) but those clocks were much smaller and in more muted colors.