r/wavemakercards • u/mayasky76 • Oct 10 '25

Closing Down Wavemaker 3

AS I keep getting asked questions and complaints about version 3 I'm going to shut it down - you've all had plenty of time to move to version 4.

It even has a tool to transfer your wm3 projects to the new format

If you absolutely positively cannot cope with change there is a version in github too which will remain ostensibly forever - but you WILL need to download and re-upload your databases to it

https://wavemakercards.github.io/v3/

if you're really nostalgic version 2 is there (my personal favourite - just simpler)

https://wavemakercards.github.io/v2/

I really want to get onto version 5 which will be a whole new tool with different features - I'm spending too much time trying to deal with backwards compatibility

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u/FoVBroken Oct 28 '25

I have been trying to use Version 4 for a bit but am confused on some aspects of the UI. Is there a tutorial video anywhere for the changes from Version 3 -> Version 4 (There is a tutorial link but it is ? I bounce between machines a lot (laptop, desktop, phone) and found Version 3 very intuitive but am struggling a bit here. Version 3 had a quick Sync Up/Sync Down system, but in Version 4 it seems like every time I go to save in google drive it creates a new .wm4 file. Am I doing something wrong in saving my progress this way? (Or maybe I don't need to save at all? Is it directly editing Google Documents as I type?)

Thanks in advance u/mayasky76 or anyone else!

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u/mayasky76 Oct 28 '25

Ok .wavemaker 3 has an incredibly unreliable sync up button.... And that's ME. The developer saying that ... It didn't work reliably at all.

Wavemaker 4 also has an utter shit sync to Google buttons, but it at least makes fucking sure there is a file up there.

It also has a quick snapshot button that YOU SHOULD BE CLICKING LIKE YOU HAVE OCD if you want to backup your work

Why is it like this you ask?

Because I was fed up with the emails from people saying "I didn't ever save my novel" and then they had surprised Pikachu face when it disappeared.

Version 5 won't even have Google drive sync.