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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #90 on: October 10, 2010, 04:54:25 pm »

As much as I hate seeming like an ignorant person, I hate being a person without a valuable tool even more.  I run Windows XP, but...  I have absolutely no idea how to run this program.  Would anyone mind making a small walkthrough on it?

Here goes:
DF DESIGNER TUTORIAL for version 0.16.1 (Spoilered due to excessive length)
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That should just about cover it :)
« Last Edit: October 10, 2010, 05:40:45 pm by soundandfury »
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #91 on: October 10, 2010, 05:10:01 pm »

Sadly, all that happens is it pops up a blank screen then shuts down instantly.  I'm doing the cmdprompt method for Windows.  Note that this is Windows XP if that matters.  I'm using bin\designer.exe though, since / doesn't do anything either.
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #92 on: October 10, 2010, 05:14:48 pm »

Sadly, all that happens is it pops up a blank screen then shuts down instantly.  I'm doing the cmdprompt method for Windows.  Note that this is Windows XP if that matters.  I'm using bin\designer.exe though, since / doesn't do anything either.

Does any diagnostic appear in the cmdprompt?  It worked fine for me in WINE.
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #93 on: October 10, 2010, 05:21:37 pm »

Nope.  The screen pops up, shuts down.  Command prompt displays nothing new except for a new input line.
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #94 on: October 10, 2010, 05:25:17 pm »

Extremely strange.  ???

I guess my first job for 0.16.1 will be to put in lots of error-checking (there are, after all, a lot of system calls that I'm not checking the results of).  In the meantime, try the pre-merge versions 0.14.x and 0.15-newgui, see if either of those work.  (It's probably something I screwed up with the Merge)

EDIT: Turns out I'm an idiot.  Copy designer.exe from bin to the DF Designer folder and run it from there.

(The problem, if you're interested, is that Windows' command shell doesn't behave quite the same as the Linux shells with respect to working folders.  Linux uses the current directory as the, well, current directory.  Windows uses the folder that actually contains the executable.)
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #95 on: October 10, 2010, 05:38:28 pm »

0.14.4 is running right now.  I just started it up, so I'll edit if it works consistently.
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.1 released
« Reply #96 on: October 10, 2010, 05:39:15 pm »

0.16.1 fixes this problem (the executable is now in the main DF Designer folder; you should be able to just double-click on it).
Get it in the usual place.

Since 0.16.1 is purely a Windows bugfix, I haven't uploaded a Linux version to DFFD; it's not necessary.
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.1 released
« Reply #97 on: October 10, 2010, 05:43:50 pm »

0.16.1 fixes this problem (the executable is now in the main DF Designer folder; you should be able to just double-click on it).
Get it in the usual place.

Since 0.16.1 is purely a Windows bugfix, I haven't uploaded a Linux version to DFFD; it's not necessary.

Actually, it does the same thing.  It opens a blank screen, then immediately turns off.  0.14.4 worked without any seeable problems though.
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.1 released
« Reply #98 on: October 10, 2010, 05:48:12 pm »

0.16.1 fixes this problem (the executable is now in the main DF Designer folder; you should be able to just double-click on it).
Get it in the usual place.

Since 0.16.1 is purely a Windows bugfix, I haven't uploaded a Linux version to DFFD; it's not necessary.

Actually, it does the same thing.  It opens a blank screen, then immediately turns off.  0.14.4 worked without any seeable problems though.

Ok, NOW I'm confused.  It works perfectly fine in WINE; a guy on IRC said he at least got as far as "Loading GUI Images...", but you say you get nothing, just a blank screen and a new line on your prompt.  THIS IS REALLY WEIRD, I HAVE NO IDEA

If you have any kind of debugger or anything like that, now would be a good time to use it.

Failing that, I can only think of one other solution: Use Linux :P
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.1 released
« Reply #99 on: October 10, 2010, 06:23:10 pm »

0.16.1 fixes this problem (the executable is now in the main DF Designer folder; you should be able to just double-click on it).
Get it in the usual place.

Since 0.16.1 is purely a Windows bugfix, I haven't uploaded a Linux version to DFFD; it's not necessary.

Actually, it does the same thing.  It opens a blank screen, then immediately turns off.  0.14.4 worked without any seeable problems though.

Ok, NOW I'm confused.  It works perfectly fine in WINE; a guy on IRC said he at least got as far as "Loading GUI Images...", but you say you get nothing, just a blank screen and a new line on your prompt.  THIS IS REALLY WEIRD, I HAVE NO IDEA

If you have any kind of debugger or anything like that, now would be a good time to use it.

Failing that, I can only think of one other solution: Use Linux :P

Ahah, I am interested in getting a Dwarf OS someday..  xD

I dunno.  Just know there are some differences between XP, 7 and Vista.  Some of the programs I compile and make on here don't work on my dad's Vista machine.
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #100 on: October 11, 2010, 12:41:46 am »

Doesn't work for me... :( It did generate an error log, though.

OS is Windows 7.

Spoiler: stderr.txt (click to show/hide)
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #101 on: October 11, 2010, 06:51:31 am »

Doesn't work for me... :( It did generate an error log, though.

OS is Windows 7.

Spoiler: stderr.txt (click to show/hide)

Aha!  Thank you very much, that's very helpful :)

EDIT: I know what's wrong... Windows doesn't have symlinks!  Gah (stupid Windows!)
(And of course, when I test in WINE, it follows the symlinks)
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #102 on: October 11, 2010, 07:12:54 am »

Released 0.16.2 for Windows.  Should fix the GUI Image Load bug.  (It's Windows' fault for being a rubbish OS and not knowing about symlinks)

BTW, in general (and specifically to squeakyReaper), if DF Designer crashes (or otherwise breaks) on Windows, always check to see if it's created a file "stderr.txt" and/or "stdout.txt".  These contain diagnostic information (which on Linux is written to the console).  It's a strange quirk of SDL on Windows; for some reason SDL and console apps don't play well together.  Props to Duriel for spotting it; I'd forgotten that that happened.
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #103 on: October 11, 2010, 01:04:21 pm »

Thanks soundandfury, it works perfectly now.   :D
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Re: DF Designer - 0.16.0 released
« Reply #104 on: November 23, 2010, 04:47:44 pm »

I resent your statement, as it is the only place to program for a 'rubbish' programmer like me.
.net is too addictive.
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either way here's something from the stderr.txt
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edit; fixed, font wasn't extracted from the archive for some reason.
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