Symbols Along

Polybius

Help! I just cannot get this to work. Regardless of map template used, symbols selected, and a wide selection of settings, using ESC causes CC3 to crash every time. The process is: ESC (or Draw > Symbols Along) -> meddle with dialog settings -> OK -> select entity (path or smooth path) -> program crash. Without fail! JIT message "Unhandled exception at 0x00435582 in fcw32.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000." Looks ominous.

Sample settings: distance 1, symbol angle 1st in list, % chance 33, symbol scaling default, scale/along 100/66/100/100/100

JimP

Why do you use escape ? I don't use ESC to draw any of my maps.

sdavies2720

Hmm. I'm also getting a crash with the escarpment command. New map, curved spline. At first I thought it was your 100% number for the middle scaling along, but I've tried a couple of different settings without success.

Ralf & co?

Polybius, you might want to submit this to tech support as well -- that's the quickest way to ensure PF has the bug.

Ralf

That's indeed a bug that we hadn't seen yet, thanks for making me aware. We'll try to fix it as soon as possible.

Polybius

Posted By: JimPWhy do you use escape ? I don't use ESC to draw any of my maps.

That would be "Escarpment", and it's a very good tool (when it worked, pre-bug!) for drawing same. Escarpments, that is. As well as a number of other things (whenever you want symbols to follow an existing feature - using it with an offset works well for treelines along roads, rivers, etc. for example). Anyway, I *do* use it, so there :P

Polybius

Posted By: RalfThat's indeed a bug that we hadn't seen yet, thanks for making me aware. We'll try to fix it as soon as possible.

That'd be great, Ralf. I thought I was going insane with my settings, until I tried them using ESC in CC2! Cheers!

TheBurt

I would like to bump this one. I'm continually having the same problem. Program crashes each time I use this tool. Here's the sequence. I can draw the line. I can open the draw symbols along and browse to the correct folder (in this case Pete Fenlon CA_13 Ridge.FSC). I click ok and get the select square as usual. But when I select the line to have the symbols drawn along, the system crashes and windows shuts it down. How can I draw my "great ice wall" that borders the "frozen land of Nador"? haha. Please advise if any of you know any tricks to get this nice tool to work. Thanks. Oh, by the way, using Vista 64.

Monsen

Have you installed the latest update (Update 10 - CC3 v3.42). It was released about a week ago, and should fix the ESC command. The update is available from the download section of your Registration Page.

TheBurt

I have installed it and tested it and....it works! Fantastic! Thanks so much!

Patrakis

I had this bug also so thanks for fixing it.

And speaking of symbols along. I was thinking it would be nice to have more possibilities when selecting the symbols and the way it places. One thing o would love is the ability to choose a selection of symbols to place along a line and randominze their placement or their orientation. It would be great when drawing a hedgerow of bushes.

Pat