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What’s New in FoCal 2021 MR2 Beta 2

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Welcome to FoCal 2021 MR2 Beta 2. This is a beta for the second maintenance release of FoCal 2021, addressing a few small but important issues.

Version Details

Component Version Type Release Date
FoCal – Windows & Mac 3.1.10.9094 Beta 5th February 2021

Headline Features

  • Fixed an issue which could cause a camera to not connect, raising an error referring to “Type Initializer”. This typically happened when you tried to re-connect a camera which has settings that were unrestored.
  • Fixed an issue where some cameras would fail to connect if you had a lens-cap on or the camera was unable to focus on anything.
  • Fixed an issue where a camera may fail to be recognised by FoCal on a new macOS install, or when it was connected to the computer for the first time.
  • Improved explanation for some error messages

Known Issues

Mac

  • Processing of User Metadata file (meta.json) in file mode does not work on Mac. This is an advanced feature and will be reworked for the next major release.
Windows Prerequisites / Installer Problems

Windows Prerequisites / Installer Problems

Note that for all of the FoCal 2020 pre-releases we have had no reported issues with the Windows installer not correctly updating dependencies, so we will remove this section in the next release notes if no reports are raised.

The Windows Installer should automatically install any necessary missing prerequisites on the first installation, but if you have problems with the installer you should manually install the following:

.NET Framework 4.8: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/thank-you/net48-web-installer

FoCal is now a 64-bit application on Windows, so you would need the 64-bit Visual C++ redistributable files:

Visual C++ Redistributables (x64 version): https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

If you download and run the installers for both of the above, and then re-run the FoCal installer it should fix any issues.

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Previous Release Notes

Changelog

FoCal 2021 MR2 Beta 2 brings the following changes since FoCal 2021 MR1 release:

  • Fixed “Type Initializer” connection error
  • Fixed failure to connect if lens cap/failed to focus situation occurred
  • Fixed detection of cameras on new macOS installation
  • Improve explanation for some error messages