Vintyri Symbol Set 3 Debut: Open Beta Version 1.0 Available
Vintyri
Newcomer
The Vintyri (TM) Symbol Set 3 for CC3+ and CC3 is at last available. The collection includes 131 Medieval Age type symbols for artisans and merchants: Baking houses, bakeries, butcher shops, chandler (candlemaker) shops, a copper mill, a flaxbreaking house, foundries, a clay-baking kiln, lumber sheds, mills with top- and bottom-driven waterwheels, a combination waterwheel- and wind-driven mill, river cranes, sawmills, smithies, tanneries, a tobacco-drying house, wainwright (wagon-maker) operations and windmills.
The quick-and-dirty 10-minute map below gives you a small, not particularly professional sample of some of the symbols. All of the symbols in this set are based upon real-world prototypes from the Middle Ages. Photos of several of the prototypes that we replicated are included in the 32-page manual, to give you an idea how such structures can be situated in a map. If you're uncertain whether this package is of interest, you can preview the complete content here:
http://www.vintyri.org/vintyri/preview_03
This is the first time that these symbols have been available in a CC3+- or CC3-version. They're being offered at present in an open beta test version. Alpha testing was completed yesterday (Saturday, October 27). The tests were done with both CC3+ and CC3 running under Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. More on the beta testing below.
As with Vintyri Symbol Set 2, this new release integrates completely into City Designer 3, using CD3's roof shadowing, toolbar, street alignment, demographic building coloring, etc. HOWEVER, there are some prerequisites. The Vintyri Cartographic Collection is conceived as a unit. Each successive release builds upon the last, with the basic elements of the CD integration including master filters, catalogs, menus and elements of the CD3 integration built into the installation routine of the keystone set, Vintyri Symbol Set 2. That means that in addition to a running installation of CC3+ and/or CC3, you also need to have installed Vintyri Symbol Set 2 for Symbol Set 3 to operate properly.
For instructions on downloading and installing the package, download the new PDF manual (14 MB) here:
http://www.vintyri.org/downloads/vss3_1_install.pdf
We strongly urge all users to download and look at the manual before installing. The free manual is a 32-page illustrated and bookmarked PDF that includes screen shots of all operations and also instructions for Windows (R) 10 users.
To go directly to the downloads site, go here:
http://www.vintyri.org/vintyri/vccindex_cc.htm#vss3
Because many users have problems downloading huge files, we've split the symbol downloads into two files. You need both of them as well as the main files for CC3+ and/or CC3. However, if you are using both CC3+ and CC3, you need download the symbol files only once. They work with both versions.
With this release, a total of 437 Vintyri symbols now are available for CC3+ and CC3.
We're offering Vintyri Symbol Set 3 at this time as an open beta test release. Our target for closing the beta period is Monday, November 30. Downloading does not obligate you to make beta reports, but if you have problems or find errors, please let me know!
Mark Oliva
The Vintyri Project
http://www.vintyri.org
E-Mail: info@vintyri.org
The quick-and-dirty 10-minute map below gives you a small, not particularly professional sample of some of the symbols. All of the symbols in this set are based upon real-world prototypes from the Middle Ages. Photos of several of the prototypes that we replicated are included in the 32-page manual, to give you an idea how such structures can be situated in a map. If you're uncertain whether this package is of interest, you can preview the complete content here:
http://www.vintyri.org/vintyri/preview_03
This is the first time that these symbols have been available in a CC3+- or CC3-version. They're being offered at present in an open beta test version. Alpha testing was completed yesterday (Saturday, October 27). The tests were done with both CC3+ and CC3 running under Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. More on the beta testing below.
As with Vintyri Symbol Set 2, this new release integrates completely into City Designer 3, using CD3's roof shadowing, toolbar, street alignment, demographic building coloring, etc. HOWEVER, there are some prerequisites. The Vintyri Cartographic Collection is conceived as a unit. Each successive release builds upon the last, with the basic elements of the CD integration including master filters, catalogs, menus and elements of the CD3 integration built into the installation routine of the keystone set, Vintyri Symbol Set 2. That means that in addition to a running installation of CC3+ and/or CC3, you also need to have installed Vintyri Symbol Set 2 for Symbol Set 3 to operate properly.
For instructions on downloading and installing the package, download the new PDF manual (14 MB) here:
http://www.vintyri.org/downloads/vss3_1_install.pdf
We strongly urge all users to download and look at the manual before installing. The free manual is a 32-page illustrated and bookmarked PDF that includes screen shots of all operations and also instructions for Windows (R) 10 users.
To go directly to the downloads site, go here:
http://www.vintyri.org/vintyri/vccindex_cc.htm#vss3
Because many users have problems downloading huge files, we've split the symbol downloads into two files. You need both of them as well as the main files for CC3+ and/or CC3. However, if you are using both CC3+ and CC3, you need download the symbol files only once. They work with both versions.
With this release, a total of 437 Vintyri symbols now are available for CC3+ and CC3.
We're offering Vintyri Symbol Set 3 at this time as an open beta test release. Our target for closing the beta period is Monday, November 30. Downloading does not obligate you to make beta reports, but if you have problems or find errors, please let me know!
Mark Oliva
The Vintyri Project
http://www.vintyri.org
E-Mail: info@vintyri.org
