Exit the old application before upgrading - The in-app updater now closes LightX on both Windows and Qt Mac after the existing Save/Discard/Cancel check and a successful installer launch or DMG open request. Canceling the save or failing to start the installer keeps LightX open. - The Windows installer now honors the updater process ID and waits up to 30 seconds for the old LightX process to exit before replacing files. If exit cannot be confirmed, installation stops without writing the new application files. It does not force-terminate LightX. - Manual Windows upgrades retain the normal application-close prompt and explicitly check LightX.exe and its runtime DLLs in the selected installation folder.
Qt Mac installation - Opening the DMG now exits the old Qt LightX application after the save check. You still need to copy LightX.app into Applications and replace the old app, then launch the new version. Opening the DMG alone does not install the update.
Project compatibility - No changes to RJX projects, captured frames, controller BIN data or licensing. Text toolbar and color-palette improvements from 6.0.4.73 remain included.
Platforms: Windows x64 and LightX Qt for Apple Silicon Mac (macOS 14 or later).
Exit the old application before upgrading - The in-app updater now closes LightX on both Windows and Qt Mac after the existing Save/Discard/Cancel check and a successful installer launch or DMG open request. Canceling the save or failing to start the installer keeps LightX open. - The Windows installer now honors the updater process ID and waits up to 30 seconds for the old LightX process to exit before replacing files. If exit cannot be confirmed, installation stops without writing the new application files. It does not force-terminate LightX. - Manual Windows upgrades retain the normal application-close prompt and explicitly check LightX.exe and its runtime DLLs in the selected installation folder.
Qt Mac installation - Opening the DMG now exits the old Qt LightX application after the save check. You still need to copy LightX.app into Applications and replace the old app, then launch the new version. Opening the DMG alone does not install the update.
Project compatibility - No changes to RJX projects, captured frames, controller BIN data or licensing. Text toolbar and color-palette improvements from 6.0.4.73 remain included.
Platforms: Windows x64 and LightX Qt for Apple Silicon Mac (macOS 14 or later).
Exit the old application before upgrading - The in-app updater now closes LightX on both Windows and Qt Mac after the existing Save/Discard/Cancel check and a successful installer launch or DMG open request. Canceling the save or failing to start the installer keeps LightX open. - The Windows installer now honors the updater process ID and waits up to 30 seconds for the old LightX process to exit before replacing files. If exit cannot be confirmed, installation stops without writing the new application files. It does not force-terminate LightX. - Manual Windows upgrades retain the normal application-close prompt and explicitly check LightX.exe and its runtime DLLs in the selected installation folder.
Qt Mac installation - Opening the DMG now exits the old Qt LightX application after the save check. You still need to copy LightX.app into Applications and replace the old app, then launch the new version. Opening the DMG alone does not install the update.
Project compatibility - No changes to RJX projects, captured frames, controller BIN data or licensing. Text toolbar and color-palette improvements from 6.0.4.73 remain included.
Platforms: Windows x64 and LightX Qt for Apple Silicon Mac (macOS 14 or later).
Exit the old application before upgrading - The in-app updater now closes LightX on both Windows and Qt Mac after the existing Save/Discard/Cancel check and a successful installer launch or DMG open request. Canceling the save or failing to start the installer keeps LightX open. - The Windows installer now honors the updater process ID and waits up to 30 seconds for the old LightX process to exit before replacing files. If exit cannot be confirmed, installation stops without writing the new application files. It does not force-terminate LightX. - Manual Windows upgrades retain the normal application-close prompt and explicitly check LightX.exe and its runtime DLLs in the selected installation folder.
Qt Mac installation - Opening the DMG now exits the old Qt LightX application after the save check. You still need to copy LightX.app into Applications and replace the old app, then launch the new version. Opening the DMG alone does not install the update.
Project compatibility - No changes to RJX projects, captured frames, controller BIN data or licensing. Text toolbar and color-palette improvements from 6.0.4.73 remain included.
Platforms: Windows x64 and LightX Qt for Apple Silicon Mac (macOS 14 or later).
Text editing - Added a compact text toolbar with installed-font search, recent fonts, size controls, character spacing, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, outline and highlight. Changes apply to the selected text layer and support undo/redo. Locked layers remain protected. - Added font previews and a system-default option. Missing fonts retain their saved family name and use a local fallback.
Font color - Added a circular hue/saturation palette with brightness, opacity, HEX/RGB values, presets, text preview and previous/new color comparison. - Color changes are previewed in the palette. Apply commits one undoable change; Cancel or closing the palette leaves the document unchanged.
Project compatibility - New optional text styles are saved in RJX and rendered consistently in preview and capture. Existing text defaults and the controller BIN format are unchanged. - Use this version or a compatible newer version when editing projects with the new styles; older applications may ignore or discard unsupported style fields when saving.
Platforms: Windows x64 and LightX Qt for Apple Silicon Mac (macOS 14 or later).
Text editing - Added a compact text toolbar with installed-font search, recent fonts, size controls, character spacing, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, outline and highlight. Changes apply to the selected text layer and support undo/redo. Locked layers remain protected. - Added font previews and a system-default option. Missing fonts retain their saved family name and use a local fallback.
Font color - Added a circular hue/saturation palette with brightness, opacity, HEX/RGB values, presets, text preview and previous/new color comparison. - Color changes are previewed in the palette. Apply commits one undoable change; Cancel or closing the palette leaves the document unchanged.
Project compatibility - New optional text styles are saved in RJX and rendered consistently in preview and capture. Existing text defaults and the controller BIN format are unchanged. - Use this version or a compatible newer version when editing projects with the new styles; older applications may ignore or discard unsupported style fields when saving.
Platforms: Windows x64 and LightX Qt for Apple Silicon Mac (macOS 14 or later).
Fixed DXF exports that could report an error or cause AutoCAD to stop responding. Earlier files declared the R2000 (AC1015) format without a complete drawing database. Exports now include consistent standard tables, model-space and paper-space layout associations, object dictionaries, plot-style references, and entity ownership with unique handles.
Lamp points remain unfilled CIRCLE outlines. Cn-Pn port labels and the open center-to-center connection chain from each port to its final lamp are preserved. Lamp coordinates, radii, layer identities, and route order are unchanged. Existing validation and atomic file replacement remain in place.
The complete DXF generated by the updated C++ exporter was confirmed to open successfully in the user's AutoCAD environment. Windows and macOS focused DXF regression checks passed. Previously exported DXF files are not rewritten automatically; export them again after installing this update.
Fixed DXF exports that could report an error or cause AutoCAD to stop responding. Earlier files declared the R2000 (AC1015) format without a complete drawing database. Exports now include consistent standard tables, model-space and paper-space layout associations, object dictionaries, plot-style references, and entity ownership with unique handles.
Lamp points remain unfilled CIRCLE outlines. Cn-Pn port labels and the open center-to-center connection chain from each port to its final lamp are preserved. Lamp coordinates, radii, layer identities, and route order are unchanged. Existing validation and atomic file replacement remain in place.
The complete DXF generated by the updated C++ exporter was confirmed to open successfully in the user's AutoCAD environment. Windows and macOS focused DXF regression checks passed. Previously exported DXF files are not rewritten automatically; export them again after installing this update.
Fixed cloud project opening, previews and thumbnails when mainland delivery routes files to a local replica. Earlier versions could stop at a valid HTTP 302 response and report a service failure although the resource was available.
Resource file requests now follow same-origin redirects, including the HTTP 307 fallback to the authorized primary endpoint if a replica is missing. Redirects are limited to three hops and must keep the original scheme, host and port. Normal API and write requests retain their existing redirect restrictions.
Existing resource permissions, selected project versions, isolated account sessions, cancellation, download size limits, SHA-256 verification and atomic file saving remain in effect. No project or controller protocol format changes are required.
Validated primary and mainland public resource reads, replica fallback, JSON previews, thumbnails, blocked cross-origin redirects, bounded redirect loops and failed-integrity handling. Customer-specific account permissions continue to be enforced by the service.
Fixed cloud project opening, previews and thumbnails when mainland delivery routes files to a local replica. Earlier versions could stop at a valid HTTP 302 response and report a service failure although the resource was available.
Resource file requests now follow same-origin redirects, including the HTTP 307 fallback to the authorized primary endpoint if a replica is missing. Redirects are limited to three hops and must keep the original scheme, host and port. Normal API and write requests retain their existing redirect restrictions.
Existing resource permissions, selected project versions, isolated account sessions, cancellation, download size limits, SHA-256 verification and atomic file saving remain in effect. No project or controller protocol format changes are required.
Validated primary and mainland public resource reads, replica fallback, JSON previews, thumbnails, blocked cross-origin redirects, bounded redirect loops and failed-integrity handling. Customer-specific account permissions continue to be enforced by the service.
LightX-AE 6.0.4.70 — Open Local and Cloud Projects
What's new - Open Project now offers Local RJX and Cloud RJX in one place. The same choices are available from the header and the main menu. - Cloud RJX opens a project-only resource list. Guests can browse public projects; signed-in users can access projects allowed by their account permissions. - Cloud originals are downloaded with the selected version, file-size and SHA-256 checks before opening. - Cloud projects open as editable copies. Downloaded media and frame sources remain available after the browser closes.
Data safety and compatibility - Canceling source selection leaves the current project unchanged. Unsaved changes still require Save, Discard or Cancel before replacing a project. - Local RJX opening, legacy project import, and existing cloud access restrictions remain supported. - The new dialog uses the current LightX theme and provides Chinese and English interface labels.
Web preview note The resource-center player displays lamp frames captured to Composite. If a project only contains animation layers, capture the animation to Composite, then save a new cloud version to make its patterns playable on the website. An empty pattern list does not by itself mean the original media was lost.
LightX-AE 6.0.4.70 — Open Local and Cloud Projects
What's new - Open Project now offers Local RJX and Cloud RJX in one place. The same choices are available from the header and the main menu. - Cloud RJX opens a project-only resource list. Guests can browse public projects; signed-in users can access projects allowed by their account permissions. - Cloud originals are downloaded with the selected version, file-size and SHA-256 checks before opening. - Cloud projects open as editable copies. Downloaded media and frame sources remain available after the browser closes.
Data safety and compatibility - Canceling source selection leaves the current project unchanged. Unsaved changes still require Save, Discard or Cancel before replacing a project. - Local RJX opening, legacy project import, and existing cloud access restrictions remain supported. - The new dialog uses the current LightX theme and provides Chinese and English interface labels.
Web preview note The resource-center player displays lamp frames captured to Composite. If a project only contains animation layers, capture the animation to Composite, then save a new cloud version to make its patterns playable on the website. An empty pattern list does not by itself mean the original media was lost.
