Why do I not see the latest Service Release Candidate?

[martinsiegrist]

I’m on Rhino 8 SR1 2023-11-7 (Rhino 8, 8.1.23311.13281) and I have subscribed to Service Release Candidates in the options but I don’t see the link to the latest SRC.

System Info

Rhino 8 SR1 2023-11-7 (Rhino 8, 8.1.23311.13281, Git hash:master @ 0f88bb345f3e6574a4453f1846edc6d9c718fbce)
License type: Kommerziell, build 2023-11-07
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 11 (10.0.22631 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 1.3e+02Gb)
.NET 7.0.14

Computer platform: DESKTOP

Standard graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA RTX A5000 (NVidia) Memory: 22GB, Driver date: 10-18-2023 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 537.70
> Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port 0
- Windows Main Display attached to adapter port 1

Secondary graphics devices.
NVIDIA Quadro K2200 (NVidia) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 10-18-2023 (M-D-Y).
> Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- There are no monitors attached to this device!

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 10-18-2023
Driver Version: 31.0.15.3770
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 23028 MB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Users\martinsiegrist\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\7.0\EleFront\4.2.2\ElefrontProperties.rhp “ElefrontProperties” 1.0.0.0
C:\Users\martinsiegrist\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\8.0\Plug-ins\KeyShot9RhinoPlugin (ecfe8d1f-876a-460f-aa5e-3dd816936811)\1.4.0.0\KeyShot9RhinoPlugin\Rhino 7\KeyShot9RhinoPlugin.rhp “KeyShot9RhinoPlugin” 1.4.0.0

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.1.23311.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoBonusTools.rhp “Rhino Bonus Tools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.1.23311.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Legacy Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.1.23311.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.1.23311.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\IronPython\RhinoDLR_Python.rhp “IronPython” 8.1.23311.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.1.23311.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Grasshopper\GrasshopperPlugin.rhp “Grasshopper” 8.1.23311.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCode\RhinoCodePlugin.rhp “RhinoCodePlugin” 8.1.23311.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.1.23311.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”

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[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi Martin -

@martinsiegrist

[…] but I don’t see the link to the latest SRC.

As far as I can tell, the Windows version was never released.
I tried flagging that here but it looks like that fell between the cracks. I’ll give it a bump…
-wim

[Joshua_Beale]

Does the evaluation version of Rhino 8 get service release candidate updates?

[John_Brock]

@Joshua_Beale

Does the evaluation version of Rhino 8 get service release candidate updates?

By default, all V8 Rhinos get ‘Service Releases’, including Rhinos that are using an evaluation license.
You can turn on ‘Service Release Candidates’, but you are assuming a risk of unexpected problems.

SRCs are in a month long ‘stability’ phase. The idea is nothing more is done, the fixes are being tested and verified.

If you haven’t been told that a fix for a apecific problem is in the SRC, I would not turn on SRCa.
I would also recommend switching back to Service Releases after, so you are getting the best, most tested , stabil builds of Rhino as they are released.

If it were up to me, installing an SRC would automatically switch back to SR for this reason, but it doesn’t. You have to turn them off yoursaelf.