Hello Allegorithmic,
I like to reply to this thread. I know probably some of this has been said before. But I'm really frustrated using Painter recently. I used to love it and that love starts to deteriorate. I use the most recent version of painter, which is called 6.2.0-513 for some reason, and I noticed since a few versions ago, I think it was 2019.3, layer slider behaviour got a really annyoing trait. Each time when I slide the slider to zero, it is stuck there and an attempt to slide it back to the right simply wont work in one go. I have to reclick the slider before it will move again. Layer blending has become super cumbersome for me ever since. (I mean the slider that is under the blending mode on each layer and that gets exposed on user click.)
Generally, getting around the UI with clicking and sliding has become a lot more unresponsive with hits and misses or getting stuck inbetween. When selecting an integer or float value in any field with pen, Windows Ink writing promt pops up and there is no way to conveniently change values that where selected with pen by keyboard anymore. I feel those things are regressions to older versions.
These things alone don't seem like much, but they really add up interrupting my workflow. I was used to SP working flawlessly in the past and ever since 2019.x, with every new version, I feel a new quirk gets introduced, while the old ones won't get fixed. Please get the basic functionality solid before upspicing SP with new features. I felt this always was a separating factor between Allegortihmic software and other software. I'm really worried now that these seemingly tiny things get overlooked and that there is more weight on keeping SP more marketable and on par with recent developments in other software than on providing solid and flawless tools. I really don't care about fancy RTX bakers, UV autounwrapping and stuff if my wacom pens (I have intous 4 and 5) with I which I worked flawlessly for years in Painter, suddenly bit by bit start behaving more and more unworkable.
Update: I followed your guide and adjusted my pen settings. If everyhting works now, pardon my frustration. I'm hoping to be able to work again like I am used to with these settings adjusted to your recommendations. I feel like this should somehow be shown as a default setup prompt with step by step instructions when first starting the program. I guess it would save a lot of people the hassle and frustration of first having to search the forums and lose their faith in proper functionality of Painter.
Update 2 Following the guide and adjusting the windows ink settings really did it. Very glad to say it's working again as it used to! You guys should really include this as setup instructions integrated into the program, or simply hint to the page in the docs at first start. It would save a lot of users the frustrations I think. I mean I worked like this with all the pen quirks like for weeks or even months before I found this out. Was losing my faith in Painter, it was a really destructive feeling to have to work like this and to think that this is now how it is. Substance Painter love rises again (never really left... ) What a relief.
Greetings!
Hardev
