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64bit and Multithread Workloads for Storyline
I just want to share something I have been sitting on for quite some time and that is my thoughts on the frankly old architexture that Storyline 360 is built on. From a back end point of view it onl...
Hi Everyone!
Great news! I'm happy to share that we just released Storyline 360 (version 3.82.31354.0), which includes a new 64-bit version of Storyline 360! Harness the processing power in modern computers with 64-bit Storyline 360. Large, media-rich courses benefit from increased stability and faster performance!
To use 64-bit Storyline 360, please update your Articulate 360 desktop app, then click the Install button next to the Storyline 360 app with the 64-bit and beta labels. The Install button will change to an Open button when the installation is complete.
This was highly requested, so we hope it serves you in your course creation! If you run into any snags, don't hesitate to contact our team in a support case.
I put together a powerhouse PC a few months ago (Intel i9-13900K, 96GB RAM, Gen 4 PCIE SSDs, 12GB GPU, etc.), hopeful that Articulate 360 would run faster, and it does to an extent, but because of the 32-bit limitations, it was only going to improve somewhat. I just installed the 64-bit version, hoping that things would fly. Sadly, the improvements in Save and Publish times are quite modest.
I will note that for the most part, I rarely had any crashes with the 32-bit version.
Here's some rudimentary testing I did for some sample courses I've been working on (values are elapsed seconds)
| course | size of .story file | save 32-bit | publish 32-bit | save 64-bit | publish 64-bit |
| Course A | 33MB | 5.8 | 57.3 | 5.3 | 54.2 |
| Course B | 100MB | 10.5 | 141.3 | 10.1 | 100.3 |
| Course C | 30MB | 3.5 | 30.9 | 2.9 | 26.5 |
| Course D | 104MB | 8.7 | 71.9 | 7.7 | 71.6 |
Hi Bill!
Thank you for the detailed feedback!
We appreciate you taking the time to share those specifications with the community. We're always looking to improve our products for our users, so I've notified our Storyline product team as well.
Have a great rest of your week!
