new map generator

paradoxharbinger · #1 February 19th, 2007, 03:05 AM

ok, here is the alpha release of mapgen. the readme pretty much covers everything you need to know to use it. as far as i know, this thing is stable, but if you start trying to make enormous maps on your pre-pentium machine, i'm not making any promises, but any self-respecting pc ought to be able to run this no problem. if something goes awry, give me some feed back and post the debug file so i can try and figure out what happened. also, please provide feedback in general including but not limited to features you think are missing, default parameters, and improvement areas.

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Ballbarian · #2 February 19th, 2007, 09:26 AM

Not working for me paradox. Is script.spt supposed to be blank? I am using WinXP and I get an "application configuration is incorrect" error.

paradoxharbinger · #3 February 19th, 2007, 12:35 PM

yes, script.spt can be blank, i am not sure what the error you are getting is. mapgen was built on an xp machine. i may have built it with some kind of odd setting though and forgot, i will have to check it out, anyone else getting this error?

DrPraetorious · #4 February 19th, 2007, 12:42 PM

I get the same error:

"The application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."

Likewise, I am running WinXP SP 2.

paradoxharbinger · #5 February 19th, 2007, 03:41 PM

i did try the old build on a pc at school and had no problems running it, so i'm not exactly sure what the problem is, i'm assuming it was the build properties that i had set in vs, which weren't getting me anything anyway, so i changed them all back to default. if this does not work, i may have to use another compiler. is the old build working for anyone?

also a note on scripting, as there seems to be a bit of confusion. default settings are programmed into mapgen, thus script.spt may be empty and it will generate a map with the default settings. if you want to modify the defaults, edit script.spt with the scripting commands here .

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DrPraetorious · #6 February 19th, 2007, 03:44 PM

I get the same error with this attachment, as well.

paradoxharbinger · #7 February 19th, 2007, 03:48 PM

well, looks like i will have to try some other compiler than visual studio. will try and have another build up tonight.

paradoxharbinger · #8 February 19th, 2007, 05:24 PM

ok, i think the problem is stemming from the fact that vs is linking with some libraries that are not installed on your pc, but were on the pcs that i was testing on. those of you having problems, you dont have vs on your machines do you?

edit: looks like i did not remove all references to windows libraries in the code. will have a new build to try momentarily.