Trace can be a bit weird when trying to trace a smooth poly because the nodes aren't located along the visual edge.

Try using Smooth to Straight (right click :CC2EXPLODE: ) on the poly first, then trace it, and turn it back into smooth using Straight to Smooth.

Looked back in time a bit, and found that the references to those files are found in the official DD3 template for CC3. I don't have the actual image files there either, so I don't believe they were never part of the intended install, just leftover references.

The templates for DD3 for CC3+ have been cleaned up, and don't have those references anymore.

For trace to work, you need to be using a drawing tool, not one of the basic shapes from the right hand toolbars, and you need to place down the first node before you can proceed with the trace. There are some types of drawing tools that don't support trace, but all standard straight/smooth/fractal tools should have the trace option.

You can also check out DogTag's trace tutorial video or my command of the week article.

The forum account is separate from your ProFantasy account, so your credentials will probably work fine over at the registered user's page. If not, you'll have to contact ProFantasy support to fix that.

Note that of course, there is always a chance that your installation is messed up, but in 99% of cases, it is only a map issue (map set up to use wrong style, or style have been manually changed, or map style simply doesn't have those tools) rather than something being wrong with the CC3+ install.

Note that newer products won't neccessarily say this at all, because they are ONLY compatible with CC3+, and nothing else. Every ProFantasy product have been compatible with CC3+ for several years now. However, if you own some very old products from the CC2-era, some of them require a paid upgrade to the new version, but since you said you got the CC3+ bundle deal, everything in that bundle would have been compatible from day 1.

Everything in the bundle is compatible. Just make sure that when downloading the installers from your profantasy registred user page that you grab the ones that are labeled as being for CC3+ if there are more than one to choose from.

Also, make sure to (re-)install the latest CC3+ update as the last thing you do, as that do some fixing up.

These messages are due to a library file being accidentally copied by an installer into the installation directory. Please close down CC3+ and delete cc2per.dll from your installation directory (c:\program files(x86)\ProFantasy\CC3Plus)

These are normal errors when you are using a style that doesn't have certain tools. Not all styles have all tools. This isn't normally an installation error. For example, dungeon styles doesn't have landmass tools. It can also happen if the style of your map has been changed, which can be changed from :CC2PRESETS: