A new mapmaker package is now available from the download page.
This is the (almost) latest B5 release, minus a few minor/unfinished server changes from the past two days
You'll notice that the package is a third the size of the B4 one. This is because the arches are uncollected (this will be done automatically the first time you start the server on Windows) and there is no client.
To connect to this server (and test your maps!) use the same B5 0.10.0 201 client that you use to connect to the dev server. Don't have this installed? It's also available on the download page.
Now make maps... :)
Are you sure? See my comment on Windows Client Installer.
See http://www.daimonin.org/forums/dev-server/temporary-restart-change/msg82...
(AFAIK client is not available and until it is,, map maker is unnanounced so not 'officially available')
Well now that the updated client and mapmaker package are available, is there any reason why the Dev server is still the old version?
The so-called Grommit is right and wrong. Sourceforge are playing around to 'improve' the download UI. So don't expect things to work properly for the next several hours at least.
The so-called new version of the B5 MapMaker package is in fact just the client installer. The size of the file is a dead giveaway for starters.
1. The Sourceforge download page should be linked to the Gridarta project in the Related section.
2. 6665 is still spuriously setting the changed flag in certain cases (reproducible). I'll submit a Gridarta bug report.
I've update the map maker (the fixed Gridarta is in 20090605). If you have the old package and want this new one, it should be safe to just unpack it over the top of the old install (but if you changed any files in the old package these will be overwritten by the new ones, so backup your old daimonin_mapmaker-B5 first!).
That said, the only change is editor/DaimoninEditor.jar, so that is the only file you need to copy across.
Even easier: the workaround in the comment below is fine so you shouldn't need to upgrade at all if you don't want to!
Or just make 6665 available as a Gridarta update :) (but yes, I'll update the map maker package too).
Problem is fixed in r6665: Gridarta will now start even if configuration files are missing or broken. Now someone needs to update Map Maker...
There seems to be a small bug in Gridarta which means that when the Load Arches from Collection option is on (the default) and there is no collection (as here), Gridarta will complain that it can't find the arches at all and fail to run properly.
It appears to behave differently on Windows and Linux (from what I understand -- I don't run Windows)
On Windows, it will actually run, but with no arches. The fix is to go to the File>Options window and untick Load Arches from Collection. OK this and quit Gridarta. Now run w32_collect_arches.bat to make a collection. You can now run Gridarta again and untick the option if you like. Gridarta will now work properly in future.
On Linux, things are a little more complicated (of course ;)). Gridarta won't run at all. From a terminal do 'java -jar DaimoninEditor.jar -c' to make a collection. This will complain a lot and only partially succeed -- but enough for the next bit. Now run Gridarta normally (ie, 'java -jar DaimoninEditor.jar'), go to File>Options, untick Load Arches from Collection, OK it, and quit Gridarta, Now collect again with the -c switch. Now rerun normally again. If you like, you can untick Load Arches from Collection. Gridarta will now work properly in future.
I'll submit a Gridarta bug report and this should be fixed soon.