| Mon Jul 30 21:18:16 2018 by Andrew Howe |
| When I try to run the windows executable file the command prompt will appear. It then pauses for a few seconds and then suddenly it just starts spewing out symbols and characters for maybe ten or so seconds and then the command line will close I'm assuming because the program at that point had crashed. It doesn't give me any error messages it just closes. The computer I was trying to run it on is windows ten, I tried compatibility modes for vista, xp and windows 8 but still the same problem. Do I need to find a program to recompile it to make it work for me? |
| Tue Jul 31 09:44:41 2018 by Torben |
| You must run the program from the command line and specify an output file as a comnsnd-line parameter. See the manual for details. |
| Mon Sep 24 02:19:44 2018 by Craig |
| Just saw you had a forum of sorts. For running this locally, you will need to open a command line in the directory where the software exists. Then something like the line below: planet -s 0.12 -w 1600 -h 800 -o ../D'Arlee/Darlee.bmp -pp -i 0.033 where the -s is the seed, -w & -h widthand height, -o for the output file (in this case, up a directory level to another directory), -pp is the projection type (I use pp until I get a water % I am looking for), and the -I is the height (or something). As mentioned - the excellent manual is very good. Also - saving in BMP means you can also edit the file in notepad, and get the last line to see the parameters used to generate the world. Extremely handy when you want to recreate a world but perhaps a different projection. Also - fantastic software. Thanks! |
| Tue Apr 30 15:43:01 2019 by Zoshiru |
| If it just launches a command line that requires startup parameters to function, why bother making an executable? Seems a little redundant to me. |
| Thu May 2 10:17:17 2019 by Torben |
| @Zoshiro: It doesn't launch a command line, it needs a command line to be launched. Running programs from a command line may seem old fashioned, but it is more portable than using a GUI, and it allows all sorts of scripting. Some people have added GUI front-ends to the command-line program. You can find links to these in other posts. |