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Magic Circle Generator

A completely customizable magic circle builder · By Game Dev Goose

Bugs / Known Issues Sticky

A topic by Game Dev Goose created Oct 18, 2022 Views: 847 Replies: 31
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Developer

Got a bug? I can't squish it unless I know it exists, so let me know here!

I'm not able to run it on my computer. Maybe there is a specific thing I need to install, like py2.7 or something?

This happens every time.

Developer

I'm sorry that's happening man, I'm about to release a browser version in a few days that should hopefully work in the meantime. Can you tell me abit more about your computer's specs? 

A browser version would be excellent! Will we have access to it?


Here are some of my specs.

Let me know if you need specific information


System Type x64-based PC

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10980XE CPU @ 3.00GHz, 3001 Mhz, 18 Core(s), 36 Logical Processor(s)

BaseBoard Product ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING II

Platform Role Desktop

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 128 GB

Total Physical Memory 128 GB

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro


Thank you,

Developer

thanks for the specs! And yep, the browser version is a new downloadable on the store page, you should have access to it

Not even sure what other info to add to help for this, but in the astrology symbol library several of them render as their emoji variants for me! As funny as that is in concept (zoomer ritual circles...) it's not quite what I think is intended.

Developer

Unfortunately, some default system fonts render these symbols as emoji. You can try to find a font with custom unicode symbols or try https://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=astro_gadget this font and replace the text in the symbol library input box with the symbols you need (i think it would be something like "A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T a b c d e f g h i" 

I'll look into possibly creating my own custom font with those symbols properly set :)

Whenever I try to add more than 8 symbols to the "Symbol Text" section of any ring, it leaves out anything more than the first 8 in the actual ring. Could you please fix this issue or help me understand what I'm doing wrong if there is no issue with program itself?

Developer

So there are two possible options for symbols. The first is the symbols that show up on axis of symmetry if you have "Symbols At Points" checked. That one there should only ever be as many symbols as there are points(So I'm guessing you have Symmetry Count set to 8) the other option is to check "Symbol Ring" which will use all of the text in the "Symbol Text" field. Hopefully, that makes sense?

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I actually considered the first option already but the issue is that I have it set at a value equal to the number of symbols I wanted to add in the ring (in one case, I wanted to add 10 symbols to the points - one symbol per point - but it wouldn't go over eight even though I had also set the symmetry count to 10 as well.) Also, I don't really want the symbol ring to show up, I just want the symbols to show at the symmetry count points, so the second option you mentioned doesn't really work in my case.

In addition to this, I've noticed that in some cases, it doesn't even allow 8 symbols to show up at the symmetry points unless I add a value of 1 more than I wanted to have showing to the symmetry count section. This would mean I'd have an extra symmetry points with no symbol in it and I don't really like the way it looks with that.

Please advise me on a way to fix this if there is something I can do to fix it on my end.

Developer

I'm trying to reproduce it, but I haven't managed to get it to happen yet. Could you send me the circle_data.json file (to christopher@royalgoose.dev) or post a screenshot of your circle with the settings for that subcircle? 

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Okay. I just sent it to you.

Developer

Okay, yup its an issue with the program reading these two specific Unicode characters☁️⚗️as 4 symbols instead of 2.  For now, you could try using these ☁⚗ and I'll make sure to fix this in the next version.

Ok, thanks!

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On that same .json file that i had previously sent you, the "ring 2" symmetry count is set as 8 but it doesn't show the 8th symbol I input into the "symbol text" section unless I set the symmetry count value as 9. A similar thing occurs whenever I try to add less symbols and a lower symmetry count value - it doesn't show the last symbol in the "symbol text" section unless I add 1 to the symmetry count value (i.e.  4-->5, 8-->9, etc.). I can send an updated version if you need me to.

The outer ring doesn't seem to rotate like the other rings on the most recent desktop version. It's stationary

Hi there! Recently foudn this tool, it's really nice and I'm excited to use it a whole bunch in my D&D campaign!

Said campaign is set in an Ancient Greece inspired world, and on the free web demo of the tool (http://www.magiccirclegenerator.com/), I can get greek text in the rings no problem. However, none of the local tools seem to be able to generate it. I've tried the program and the web form (on multiple browser, importing local fonts) and none of them seem to render this text.


This is what I get from the free tool: (the symbols around it are custom fonts, so I'm not surprised that they don't load)


But on the local versions I get this:


Do you know where this compatibility issue might come from? I'd expect Arial to have nonLatin support built in...

Developer

My guess is there is an error loading the saved data from the demo version. Can you email the .json save file to contact@royalgoose.dev so I can take a look? Also does the font not load if you create a new circle, or does it just happen with loaded files?

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I've tried re-pasting the greek text into the loaded circle, but not creating a new one. I'll give that a spin when I get the chance.


EDIT: Pasting the Greek text works in the web app when opened with Chrome and Firefox! Woot!

Now to get the circle back :think:

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Trying to render a gif with a long duration results in getting softlocked in the render loading screen with a never progressing load bar. This happens with both complex and simple designs using the newest release and previous ones. Maybe its just something I'm doing wrong on my end?

Developer

Sorry to hear you're having issues, can you email your circle config json file to contact@royalgoose.dev? Also which gif are you trying to export: rotation or drawing? Also how long and how many frames are you trying to export? 

Just bought this wonderful tool to generate vector files for printing circles. But so far I am unable to export any .svg files as they are exported as empty 0 byte files. Any idea what can cause this?

I'm on Win 10 x 64, running version 1.0.6.

Developer

Sorry to hear that. I'm wondering if there is something unique about the circle you're trying to print. Can you save your circle and send the circle.json file to contact@royalgoose.dev so i can see what might be going wrong?

I've just sent you an email with subject "Problem with magic circle". :)

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

So I haven't properly used this app till now and I have immediately run into an issue.... Fonts when I go to change fonts the app just locks up I assume its loading all the fonts in the system.

Okay so I have over 900 fonts right I will delete quite a few. I did down to just over 500 and its still not working.

Developer

Thats quite a few fonts you've got! There shouldn't be a limit to the number of fonts it'll load, but you're far outside of the range that I've tested it with.  What version are you running? If you're running windows, try clicking help > debug in the menu to show the error log. Or if you're running it in the browser try right clicking > inspect > console. Then with the debug window open, try loading your fonts and let me know if an error message pops up in there.   

Their is no error it just freezes trying load in all the fonts. On the latest version. Web version has a better time loading in fonts still freezes but at least then shows you the font drop down once done loading. Probably needs to be a way to stagger font loading. 

Developer

Yeah I agree, I'll look into paginating the fonts and maybe adding in a font search bar 

Hey, i made a circle in the demo version and downloaded the json, but after re-entering the page, it won't load the file. I've tried opera gx, firefox, chrome. and microsoft edge, but it doesn't load the file regardless. Is there anything I can do without buying the full version?

Developer

Can you email the json file to me at contact@royalgoose.dev so I can take a look at why it might not be loading?

sure, sending now.