Is it smart to update?

So the game I am working on, Beetlequest!, is about 90% done.

I'm using Visionaire Studio 5.10, and I was wondering if it is a good idea to update to 5.11 and the 64 bit version?

Or would that break too many things? I'm a bit apprehensive, the game being almost done and all

Thanks!

You can technically install both. 5.1.1 will install into a new folder (on windows, not sure about mac/linux) as it will install into program files & not program files (x86) where the previous versions of VS went - having said that, you can technically always install new updates in different folders because it downloads the installer instead of actually updating & overwriting the current install.

If you do decide to try out 5.1.1, then make sure you make a backup of your current ved first & then try out your project in 5.1.1 & see how it runs & if there's any issues/bugs.

Each of my games that I transferred from 4.2.5 to first 5.0, then to 5.0.5 and finally to 5.1.1 had some other errors. Even the same game from 4.2.5 to the same 4.2.5 version on a different computer (!) did not work 100%. I just found out yesterday.

I think Vis is therefore very vulnerable to upgrades, which is generally confirmed. 

Yeah, I tried the update, but it broke some fundamental things of the game.

Luckily, as the guys suggested, I installed the updated version in another folder, so I was able to quickly go back to the old version.

And changings in Lua code too.

 any version from 4.x will use it

The second reason maybe the switching from one to another Lua version which has little, but noticeable changings.

And the biggest one is the reconstruction of the whole engine to 64 bit with new logics, new editor elements and new features. So: It matures with the customer....