Will we have to buy the next version to get rid of the disapearing NOW LINE bug?

???

I rarely see this complaint anymore so yeah... are you on X3(e) yet VV? I think I MAY have gotten it a couple times in X1 or X2 but I was more concerned with other nonsense (that has disappeared now) to notice it.

As most don't seem to be getting this issue with X3E, please give us specific steps to repro from a brand new project leaving nothing out so we can repro (I could repro with X3D but not X3E). Without exact steps it would be extremely unlikely your issue will ever be resolved. Thanks :)

vintagevibe

CakeAlexS
As most don't seem to be getting this issue with X3E, please give us specific steps to repro from a brand new project leaving nothing out so we can repro (I could repro with X3D but not X3E). Without exact steps it would be extremely unlikely your issue will ever be resolved. Thanks :)

I make my living in music and I don't really have the luxury of stopping work to troubleshoot.  The bug has been there for a while and others have had it.  If I have to pay to get it fixed it will be just another reason to use Cubase more and avoid Sonar.  I just need to get some work done.

Right. But if it can't be repro'd by other users or the Bakers so it can be handed off to the developers to fix then it likely won't end up on the list of things to be fixed... especially if they are under the impression it HAS been fixed.
 
It's pretty late in the release cycle though. I don't really see them putting out another patch at this point. I would personally like to see the Baker adopt a policy of releasing one final patch for versions before moving on so people can linger on what they have if they are happy but that's not really good business sense in the world's current business philosophy. It would have been better to report this five months ago when they were cranking out patches like crazy. It might be a hardware specific thing that they could have dealt with. I'm assuming they are in full X4 mode right now.

I've had since X2 and several other on this board have reported it since X2.  My understanding is that it has been reported.  I've had it through 2 video cards, hard drivse and Win 7 and Win 8.1.  Can't see a scenero where it would be hardware related anyway.

Right but that was in X2 and Alex seems to have confirmed it was a reproduceable problem up to X3d but hasn't had it in X3e. I think it may have even been logged on one of the "fixed" lists for one of the patches (but I am not sure). So if it does remain in X3e then it needs to be confirmed that it is still a problem for some users. It may be hardware/configuration specific at this point and you may be the answer to it getting solved. If you can't provide a recipe (because sometimes these things are intermittent) then at least report it to them with your system specs and as much detail as you can and maybe they can pinpoint it themselves.
 
I'm on your side, man. I had a lot of the same issues you did throughout the X2 fiasco. I'd like the last of those quirks stamped out of existence as I'm sure the Bakers do as well.
 
Cheers.

I looked into this further, looks like my memory failed me, the issue I was thinking about was lag with the now time... which was fixed in X3E. Sorry.
 
So this is a different issue, I'm not familiar with any steps to reproduce an issue with a disappearing now time marker.
 
BTW I would consider updating your display drivers, and making sure Windows update is up to date (including most of the optional updates) at this point. Cheers...

here is something to look into...it helped me, just recently as I said.
 
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH63808

Bottom line,  there's no point complaining about an issue if your not willing to put time in and follow advice given here on how to resolve it.
I visit and read this forum every day and have yet to read a thread with a disappearing Now Time marker.
And I agree the first place I'd look is my Video display drivers,
Or at my DPCLatency. Run the DPCLAT test and see if some background process is interfearing.

I remember an issue with the disappearing now time marker, both personally and reported on here.
 
It was quite a while ago, though.  Possibly X2, if not X1.
 
I have certainly not experienced it with X3e, or seen any other posts about it.  I would have thought that if this were still a general issue with X3e, then some forum members would be bringing it to our attention on a regular basis.
 
As it doesn't appear regularly, then there must be something else afoot with your system, I would have thought. 
 
Contacting Support is probably your best option.

Yes Alex, so does  ATI, But the ATI uninstaller did not see "MS ATI driver" when I clicked on "uninstall option" for that driver...Why?...not sure about that ...With my Problem...MS WIN 7 updater put the wrong Chipset in...right from the get go...And it took the MS 3T guy to resolve it, as I could not, or the other tech 2 level dudes, as it said the device was functioning properly, I paid it no mind or worry, nor did they!...And the Drivers for certain things this board supports, would not install correctly or at all, because of these issues MS created for me?, on the latest installation of OS, thought correct was not at all!...MS auto updates also installed My "Video card Driver"...which had a conflict with a unknown device on the MB...AMDA00.(AI suite sensor?)..Was part of the PNP0A0A in its description...So we narrowed that down to the AMDA00 Driver, which could not be installed due to the conflicting Device chain, and ghosting issues, now made by those incorrect MS updates, and us trying to, over and over again!....And it took several Techs from MS ..to Get to the last 3T level tech to solve for all the corruption, many bad tries to install drivers that would not....Where I found my Bliss, when he did what he did, in showing those ghost device drivers installed....And once it was done, and they were all removed, and we started over, without MS updates Updating anything...And I got all the drivers put in right first for the board and the video card, and MS updates installed correctly  after for WIN 7 64 bit on this system, as he used some scripts to remove and or resolve MS update failures ..and all was said to be fine with the system there after, and the unknown device, once in other deice listing page/ now in System device page, still there under that name, but installed correctly....I made backups of that installation...and moved slowly in installing third party drivers...and backed that up, and so on and so forth....One step at a time, check the systems event logs, before moving forward each time....From the beginning....It is the only way to make sure!...Right?...Firmware could cause issues with older drivers being used after flashing the eprom chips ,...also....So, best to check all angles...and keep notes!....Blessings are what I was intending to put forward.....I hope all can have some Bliss, or move towards it, with that info I posted in the link, if all else fails?  or before hand?.......and other solutions being placed here...might help solve for this blink out of time lines?
 
It could be a video issue...surely...why?... is still unknown...so could be, should be, might be, and etc...are in order?
 
 
Oh and I stand by ..."Sometimes updating drivers makes things worse"....sometimes Alex...sometimes....now I know why in some regards....eh?
 
 
Thanks Alex for being there for us all!
Regards...and cheers!

mouse drivers not cooperating with video drivers has been a problem since cave-dude times.
 
Use a different mouse for a while.   Still  Got milk?

Lol..
It would probably be quicker to troubleshoot than read this thread now to be honest.

The now time line ... the line that runs vertically is totally invisible in the Piano Roll view when it is sitting on a bar line.
Thankfully I was able to change the color of the inverted pyramid at the top of it to bright red so I can at lest see something.
 
I can't imagine why it's not using the same type of graphic that is in the track view because the one in the track view is very nice and easily seen.

Anderton

vintagevibe
If I have to pay to get it fixed it will be just another reason to use Cubase more and avoid Sonar.  I just need to get some work done.

http://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=184
 
Just sayin'...
 
And that's NOT to pick on Cubase...if you'd mentioned any DAW I could have found something equivalent.
 
Anything that runs on Windows is going to have problems and those problems are going to differ. Think the Mac will solve your problems? Here's a forum devoted to issues regarding a piece of software designed by a company to run only on their hardware...
 
http://www.logicprohelp.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=42

 
It goes without saying that they all have problems.  It's just that this one causes me to have to restart the program and has been there for years.
 

Anderton
Point is you will have problems with any DAW. At some point you have to decide whether to live with them, address them...or take up knitting instead   

 
Finding a working solution would be more productive than knitting.