Hi !

I've just developped an XP version of my RIV macro posted there:

Macro tutorials

The XP version draws polygons and yields better junctions. You can control the width and color at the first and last points, with a linear gradient in between.

To use, extract the attached DLL in the CC3 main folder and type XRIV in the command line.

Hope it works for everybody... Still new at XP writing :)

JdR

The dll causes these errors for me on CC3 startup (and of course, the command doesn't work.):

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FCW32: fcw32.exe - Unable To Locate Component
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This application has failed to start because MSVCR100D.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
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CC2
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Error 00000007E loading XP module:
XPRIV.dll
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Based on an earlier discussion on the developer mailing list, I am wondering if this is because you have made a debug build instead of a release build when you compiled it. Only people with Visual Studio installed are going to have the debug dll's installed on their computer.

Sorry, still the same errors.

edit: Not the same error, fixed. :)

Posted By: LeonalSorry, still the same errors.

No, you should get a problem with "MSVCR100.dll" now, instead of "MSVCR100D.dll" earlier. This is resolvable by downloading the run time linked in my post above. (While the first error was not, without installing Visual Studio itself))

Ah, my bad ^^;

Just tried it on my Golarion (Pathfinder) map and it worked great. :)

Well done!

Sure, I'll see if I can upload something tomorrow as it's getting late. (UTC+9)

In the meantime I'll have to ask how you get the width when making a branching point. I tried using LIST as written in your tutorial, but all I get is 0 for width. (about 2/3 towards the end on a river going from width 3 to 0).
Thanks again. :)

Posted By: Joachim de RavenbelSorry about that... Any idea how an XP can be created without this drawback ?

It depends on the compilation options (i.e. which libraries you link it against) of the project. I haven't used Visual Studio 2010 myself, but it should be able to target earlier runtimes (Although I read another report claiming it couldn't). Check the project properties, you should be able to control it from there. If you can manage to link it against an earlier version of msvcr.dll, people should have that library by default.
I need to install VS 2010 and dig a little around to be able to give you any specifics though.
It would be nice if you could compile against the VS 2008 runtimes, because those libraries are installed as part of Update 8 to CC3, so all CC3 users should have those.

Also, targeting earlier runtimes limits what new features you can use (although an XP shouldn't really need the newest cutting edge features from MS)

Excellent. Now it works out of the box with CC3 (Assuming update 8 or later is installed). I ran it on my clean-install test machine witch contains no other software that might unintentionally provide dependencies.

No problem. I'm just happy to be of assistance.

Nice work, btw. It is good to see more people writing XP's. There is no better way to add more power to an already powerful application.

Posted By: Leonalhope you don't mind me putting it in this thread

Not at all, that way it shows what the tool does. I like the way colors blend together.
The river bottom rigth looks almost smooth... How did you get it ? High fractal strength or lots of points ?

Thanks for showing !