VirtualScape 1.070 available

[caps]

If you right click on the .exe you should see a compatibility tab. Mess with that

[Sir Heroscape]

Originally Posted by superfrog

Anybody have any help on why VirtualScape turns everything black (except start zone dots) when I try to render a high quality image?

I'm running Windows 10, a new machine I got a couple weeks ago.

You're not alone...even though I use Windows 7, I still haven't been able to get VS to render High quality images for me (turns black also).

[DanieLoche]

I have the problem. I found a solution but I'm not sure if it could work for every one... ^^

When I open Virtualscape in a "normal" way (i.e. double-clic...), it runs with the basic graphic card. There I have the issue.
But if if right-click the .exe and launch with my dedicated graphic card (GTX 850M), then I have no problem.

[dok]

Originally Posted by DanieLoche

I have the problem. I found a solution but I'm not sure if it could work for every one... ^^

When I open Virtualscape in a "normal" way (i.e. double-clic...), it runs with the basic graphic card. There I have the issue.
But if if right-click the .exe and launch with my dedicated graphic card (GTX 850M), then I have no problem.

Is this a new fancy graphics card, or an old outdated graphics card?

Does anyone have a more general solution here? Has anyone tried running VS in compatibility mode?

[Xorlof]

I haven't looked in detail of how thorny it is to build. @capsocrates , have you by chance? Perhaps we're lucky and a more recent recompile with updated versions of libraries is all that is needed. (?)

[caps]

Originally Posted by Xorlof

I haven't looked in detail of how thorny it is to build. @capsocrates , have you by chance? Perhaps we're lucky and a more recent recompile with updated versions of libraries is all that is needed. (?)

It's thorny. I do have it compiling on Windows 10 with Visual Studio 2015. I'm not sure it's very stable, though.

I have been working* on getting it to compile cleanly (no warnings) and on removing unused files (there is a lot there from when Zzzzz was hoping Hasbro would let him make it a game engine). I don't remember if my code is committed to a branch on github yet or still just locally committed.

*I haven't touched it since probably October or November, though

[DanieLoche]

Originally Posted by dok

Is this a new fancy graphics card, or an old outdated graphics card?

None of them. It is a laptop graphic card by Nvidia, released in 2014 (thus not a new fancy one ^^), but still doing pretty well (photoshop, solidworks, or games like Shadows of Mordor, the Witcher 1,2 are running at good quality settings).

[mistercharlie]

Has anyone figured out a way to add the Arena of the Planeswalkers terrain to Virtualscape?

[dok]

Originally Posted by mistercharlie

Has anyone figured out a way to add the Arena of the Planeswalkers terrain to Virtualscape?

Do you just mean the ruin? The rest is just Heroscape terrain by another name, no?

Could be tricky but someone could potentially add it in as a "personal terrain" tile. Otherwise I think it's fairly similar in shape to the marvel ruin, right?

[mistercharlie]

Originally Posted by dok

Do you just mean the ruin? The rest is just Heroscape terrain by another name, no?

Could be tricky but someone could potentially add it in as a "personal terrain" tile. Otherwise I think it's fairly similar in shape to the marvel ruin, right?

I was actually referring to the cardboard sheets of 'terrain' it comes with.

I like to use those as a base to build up from occasionally. What I've been doing in virtualscape is using single hexes to make up the larger (9x6) cardboard bases that come with AoTP.

[dok]

Originally Posted by mistercharlie

I was actually referring to the cardboard sheets of 'terrain' it comes with.

I like to use those as a base to build up from occasionally. What I've been doing in virtualscape is using single hexes to make up the larger (9x6) cardboard bases that come with AoTP.

Yeah, that seems like a perfectly good solution. Whenever I've designed something with the base lexan playmats underneath, I did it by making just such a level 1 base sheet.

[TREX]

If someone did add the items from magic Arena of the Planeswalkers that would allow use of those items easier in map contests and when using them to build maps.