Can I get an older nightly build?

[P15a]

I first want to thank the developers for their work in getting alpha 7 out. I know you've spent a lot of time and effort on it.

That being said, I feel like this new version which uses sliders for the general body morphs just isn't as versatile as the old Macro system. It IS a bit easier to use in some ways; it's certainly more forgiving if you have a shaky mouse hand. But I can't seem to make the range of body types that I could make with the older system, and it's much more difficult to keep my changes symmetrical. While the sliders provide an easier and more forgiving interface, they sacrifice too much versatility for me to want to keep using it.

So I'm looking for an older version that still uses the Macro setup. I have an old MH model that was made with a nightly build I downloaded on April 23, 2012. Unfortunately I deleted that version when I downloaded the newer version in October. If anyone still has an older nightly build from around that time or later that still uses the old Macro system, could you please post it somewhere for download? And again, my apologies to the developers for being so critical. I know you folks have been hard at it, but I just don't like how this new setup is working. Best of luck to you.

[P15a]

Forgot to mention this in my earlier post. I'm on an old machine that uses Windows XP, so if anyone has an older Windows32 version could you please post it? Thanks.

[joepal]

Nightly builds are not archived. However, since the source code is in SVN you can select any point in time from the last few years and build your own version.

The subversion repository is here: http://code.google.com/p/makehuman/source/checkout

Instructions for building on windows is here: http://www.makehuman.org/node/193

As an alternative, I guess you could download Alpha 6, but that might be too old. It's available here: http://code.google.com/p/makehuman/downloads/list

[Manuel]

Sincerely, I don't understand.
The new sliders are just the visual version of the old one.
Also, you are talking about "macro" targets, that are basically, unchanged (well, we have added the ethnic features, but the rest is identical).

[P15a]

Joe, thanks for the links. I've never built ANYTHING from source before, so this should be an interesting experience for me lol. Seriously though, thanks; I've bookmarked the links for later reference as I'm certain to mess up my first few tries at building from source

Manuel, I think the reason you don't understand me is that I did a poor job of explaining my problem; sorry about that. I can see what is causing me trouble when I use MakeHuman, but I can't quite describe it properly. I'll play around with it some more and see if I can work out what's giving me trouble and get back to you.

And again, thanks guys for all the work you've done and for helping me out here.

[P15a]

Ok; Manuel. I think I've worked out how to describe the problem I'm having. I've one snag left to get around: I don't know how to post images on the board <facepalms> I could describe what the trouble is, but it would be easier if I could add some screenshots. That way I would be less likely to confuse folks who are reading. So can someone tell me how to post images here or give me a link to some instructions on how to do it?

Thanks and sorry to be such a nuissance.

[joepal]

On my screen there are two tabs beneath the main text edit area called "options" and "upload attachment". Simply go to upload attachment and upload the image.