FYI to all Wacom users - anyone with a Cintiq 21UX or any of the older tablets!
They updated their drivers, and as of right now, the newer version does not recognize my 21UX. My original driver just went poof in the middle of a project, my pen refused to work, and when I installed the updated one...it decided my tablet did not exist despite being plugged into my computer.
(I have some extenuating circumstances as I'm using an extension hookup cable because the tablet and my puter are on opposite sides of my desk hutch.)
So my tablet won't work. No pen recognition, nothing.
Apparently Wacom decided to cut service for the 21UX and probably a few other older models. I'm having to hunt down the legacy drivers to make my tablet workable again.
If this doesn't work, I'm gonna replace this 10+ year-old device that worked perfectly up until now. I'm seriously considering an upgrade through Huion instead of Wacom. They're a very nice Wacom alternative at about half the price of a Wacom-equivalent device, and reviews seem to be pretty happy about their pen displays. I already know which one I want to get...
My techie friend found a few Reddit threads on the topic, so it's not just me. Quite a few people are upset at this.
Just putting out the alert here if anyone had their older tablet suddenly become just a monitor with no pen recognition. If I see any really good posts turn up on Tumblr about this with links, I'll reblog it as a resource for anyone else like me out there.
I did not need the extra gray hairs today, lemme tell you.