| Sun Dec 14 05:27:07 2014 by Ron Vantreese |
| I thought it might be better to dedicate this app to this thread. The VPPlanetGenerator is located at https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=9E7DB242359A93F0&id=9E7DB242359A93F0!30215 I'm releasing 1.2.15074.2153 now. The craters should work a little better. One thing is different, I realized the Installer is such a bucket... it's awful. So there is no Installer. Instead, place it where you want to save it manually. Just make sure your system is set up with Microsoft.NET Framework 4.5.1. I'm working on POV-Ray part, which may take a while. Anyway, the plan is to render landscapes, height fields, clouds, stars, then gather those parts to render realistic looking planets. Here are some samples I made with POV-Ray... https://www.flickr.com/photos/eaglesun/4712876281/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/eaglesun/1515367944/ Please... comment, suggest, report bugs, etc... |
| Sat Feb 14 20:02:01 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| VPPlanetGenerator 20150214.1 is available from the site listed in the first post. I'm still working on another site, but it's not ready yet. This release includes contours for Mogensen Planet Generator. |
| Mon Feb 23 03:45:35 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| VPPlanetGenerator finally moved into a new home. Here it is. http://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/73-vpplanetgenerator/ Key words "planet generator" will take you to it too. And... Yes, it begins with https, even though it doesn't show. But it will click correctly. |
| Mon Feb 23 11:15:30 2015 by Torben |
| The error that made https display as http ha been fixed, so future posts will show this correctly, for example, https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/73-vpplanetgenerator/ |
| Wed Feb 25 10:46:30 2015 by Gregory Nikiforakis |
| I am trying to make a map using VPPlanet Generator, but when i use Mogensen Planet Generator, the results are a once colored texture. I am not doing something wrong, is the program itself faulty? |
| Wed Feb 25 10:53:44 2015 by Gregory Nikiforakis |
| I am trying to make a map using VPPlanet Generator, but when i use Mogensen Planet Generator, the results are a once colored texture. I am not doing something wrong, is the program itself faulty? |
| Wed Feb 25 14:56:25 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| Hi Gregory, can you describe more what you do and what you get? Here is the general usage: 1. Before rendering, the lower-left corner drop down lets you pick the colour map to use. (It's below the Map Projection.) 2. If you make your own with [Create/Edit Colour Map], you pick one you made, or you make a new one by picking "<New Colour Map>". 3. After adding/deleting and setting colors (colours), then [Save]. You save the map you loaded with new colors, or if "<New Colour Map>" you will write in a new name. 4. There may be a bug when you return to the "Planet Generator by Torben Mogensen" so you have to go back to the lower-left corner to drop-down the "Colour Map" and pick your map. Your own customized maps begin with "VP:". And I admit, I put higher priority on function than appearance. |
| Wed Feb 25 20:33:32 2015 by Max |
| Hi Ron, Seems like I have the issue than Gregory. I just downloaded the last version of your tool from toolslib.net, installed it, opened it and launched a Morgensen Planet Generator. I touched no particular setting for 1st try. The rendered map picture is unicolor. The color changes if Colour Map is changed. I hope you can fix it ! Thanks ! Best regards Max |
| Wed Feb 25 21:40:42 2015 by Max |
| Hi Ron, Seems like I have the issue than Gregory. I just downloaded the last version of your tool from toolslib.net, installed it, opened it and launched a Morgensen Planet Generator. I touched no particular setting for 1st try. The rendered map picture is unicolor. The color changes if Colour Map is changed. I hope you can fix it ! Thanks ! Best regards Max |
| Thu Feb 26 06:12:47 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| Before touching "Colour Map", what is shown in the "Colour Map"? |
| Thu Feb 26 06:43:21 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| If I can make the problem, I can fix it. The problem is... I can't make it :( I also installed it like a user, and rendered the Mogensen Planet Generator without changing anything. My "Colour Map" started on "Lefebvre2". Here's what I got: test20150225a.png at https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=9E7DB242359A93F0&id=9E7DB242359A93F0!30215 Check your local system: It may be "C:\Program Files (x86)\VPPlanetGenerator\MogensenPlanet" and tell me what you see there. You say a work-around is to change "Colour Map"? So, try each one in the list and tell me what works and what doesn't. Also do you have administrator rights? |
| Thu Feb 26 10:25:19 2015 by Max |
| Hi Ron, Thanks for your quick answer. I'll post screenshots tonight to be more clear. I've been misleading you, changing map color is not a workaround, it generate an unicolor image in every case, but the color rendered varies with Colour Map setting (default I had a blue image, when using another parameter I had a grey one). I don't run the soft with admin permissions and would like to avoid doing it if possible, for security concerns. Thanks! |
| Thu Feb 26 15:12:54 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| Screen shots will help. Also please include the screen shot of the controls. |
| Thu Feb 26 21:06:39 2015 by Max |
| Here are the screens : Settings : http://postimg.org/image/70or3ikdt/ Render : http://postimg.org/image/oa5824a7l/ Olsson maps are fine : http://postimg.org/image/407wmz92p/ http://postimg.org/image/80f1z7zjl/ And the content of the soft folder (dir /s /o:n) : ===== Répertoire de D:\VPPlanetGenerator 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> . 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> .. 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> MogensenPlanet 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> NetPBM 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> OlssonPlanet 14/02/2015 04:39 17 408 randomdevice.exe 30/09/2014 17:00 403 968 Uninstall.exe 25/02/2015 20:11 3 925 Uninstall.ini 14/02/2015 04:39 240 640 VP.dll 14/02/2015 04:39 217 600 VPPlanetGenerator.exe 5 fichier(s) 883 541 octets Répertoire de D:\VPPlanetGenerator\MogensenPlanet 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> . 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> .. 14/02/2015 04:39 428 Bathymetric.col 14/02/2015 04:39 268 Blackbody.col 14/02/2015 04:39 155 burrows.col 14/02/2015 04:39 149 burrowsB.col 14/02/2015 04:39 143 default.col 14/02/2015 04:39 137 defaultB.col 14/02/2015 04:39 275 earth.map 14/02/2015 04:39 86 greyscale.col 14/02/2015 04:39 221 Lefebvre.col 14/02/2015 04:39 234 Lefebvre2.col 14/02/2015 04:39 150 light.col 14/02/2015 04:39 149 mars.col 14/02/2015 04:39 334 Olsson.col 14/02/2015 04:39 347 OlssonLight.col 14/02/2015 04:39 104 579 planet.exe 14/02/2015 04:39 96 white.col 14/02/2015 04:39 6 543 wood.col 14/02/2015 04:39 138 yellow.col 18 fichier(s) 114 432 octets Répertoire de D:\VPPlanetGenerator\NetPBM 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> . 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> .. 14/02/2015 04:39 242 190 libnetpbm10.dll 14/02/2015 04:39 17 422 pamcrater.exe 14/02/2015 04:39 14 350 pamshadedrelief.exe 14/02/2015 04:39 22 542 pnmnorm.exe 14/02/2015 04:39 28 174 ppmforge.exe 5 fichier(s) 324 678 octets Répertoire de D:\VPPlanetGenerator\OlssonPlanet 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> . 26/02/2015 01:06 <REP> .. 14/02/2015 04:39 60 399 worldgen.exe 1 fichier(s) 60 399 octets Total des fichiers listés : 29 fichier(s) 1 383 050 octets 11 Rép(s) ===== |
| Thu Feb 26 21:19:38 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| I must be doing something wrong trying to follow those links. I got risque photos. :( |
| Thu Feb 26 21:46:26 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| I must be doing something wrong trying to follow those links. I got risque photos. :( |
| Thu Feb 26 22:00:03 2015 by Max |
| Please try with theses links : settings : http://s8.postimg.org/4w4e2fir9/settings.png render : http://s8.postimg.org/jbhpnl6et/render.png olsson test ok : http://s8.postimg.org/bg768rws5/olson_ok1.png http://s8.postimg.org/jcrnh088l/olson_ok2.png |
| Fri Feb 27 15:46:06 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| Let's try 3 tests: Test 1: Run command-line equivalent. 1. Open DOS Window and go to "<Program Files>\VPPlanetGenerator\MogensenPlanet", where "<Program Files>" represents the location where your programs are installed... likely to be "C:\Program Files(x86)" or "C:\Program Files". 2. Decide on a destination where you will save an image... something like "<Target>" = "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop" (I like Desktop because files I need to see will appear right in front of me.) 3. Enter this command: planet.exe -s 0.070046563057861 -w 799 -h 399 -m 1.000 -L 0.000000 -l 0.000000 -G 0 -g 0 -i -0.020000 -V 0.035000 -v 0.450000 -pq -C Lefebvre2.col -P > "<Target>\rendertest.ppm" NOTE: The "-P" causes a PPM image output 4. View the image. Test 2: Copy map files to your Documents Folder. 1. Copy map files from "<Program Files>\VPPlanetGenerator\MogensenPlanet" and paste them at "%USERPROFILE%\VP\PlanetGenerator". (Create VP\PlanetGenerator if it doesn't exist.) 2. Run VPPlanetGenerator and launch the Mogensen Planet Generator. 3. Drop-down the Colour Map and select "VP:<something>", such as "VP:Lefebvre2". Do other configurations (or perhaps don't change anything else except the seed). 4. Render it! Test 3: Render a smaller image. 1. Launch Mogensen Planet Generator and set up configurations. Keep the default Colour Map. 1a. Alternately, select a "VP:<map>" 2. Change this configuration before rendering: Set Width to 79 and Height to 39 to create a very small image. Let me know how the tests go. |
| Mon Mar 2 22:28:34 2015 by Max |
| Hi Ron, The 1st test works ! Too bad it's the least handy ! :D Unfortunaly, the 2 other tests generate the same unicolor images. Do you have any clue ? Thanks ! |
| Mon Mar 2 22:42:07 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| I'm suspecting the Unix text issue lines ending in "\n" vs DOS text issue lines ending in "\r\n" and the conflict of mixing them and getting .NET to handle them. I will see about handling the lines differently in the next release. |
| Sat Mar 7 05:15:51 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| A new VPPlanetGenerator is released at toolslib.net. It resolves the issue in some regions rendering unicolor maps and having trouble rendering clouds. |
| Sat Mar 7 08:40:08 2015 by Gregory Nikiforakis |
| Holy mother of every god exists, IT WORKS!! I bow before you Ron! Great job! I'll have a drink for you tonight! |
| Wed Mar 11 21:00:05 2015 by Max |
| Works like a charm ! Thank you ! |
| Sun Mar 22 19:02:42 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| New update is released at https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/73-vpplanetgenerator/ This one fixes the problem editing the Olsson color map, or other color maps of similar format. |
| Tue Oct 13 04:58:09 2015 by Ron Vantreese |
| Just released an update on toolslib.net. In Olsson Planet Generator: 1. New random engine with larger cycle and more pseudo random numbers. 2. Color Palettes 3. Map Projections In Mogensen Planet Generator: 4. A map editor for crude attempt finding seed to render the map. Map still has to be applied on command-line. 5. Undocumented bug fixes. |
| Sat Mar 4 18:19:15 2017 by Tomahawk |
| How do I set the target path for the first test? All i got was an incorrect syntax command. |
| Sat Mar 25 21:57:07 2017 by Ron Vantreese |
| I apologize for the delay in seeing this.... and can you explain more what you are doing, as in a list of steps? Are you using the GUI program or the planet.exe program? |
