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Issue
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PlanetGen will continue to generate a planet even when you close the
progress window or even quit the application.
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Solution
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Well, to be polite, there is no way provided to interrupt the fractal planet
generation once it has started. So, do not close the progress window or quit
the application. If you do, you will need to use the Task Manager to kill
the process, "planetgen.exe", and release the memory. Start with small size
maps first, then work your way up to larger ones as the time it takes to
generate goes up dramatically as the size increases.
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Issue
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After rendering my new planet, I get an error message saying that "planets\myPlanet_climate.bmp"
is an invalid pathname.
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Solution
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Something must have happened to the "planets" subdirectory where PlanetGen.exe is located.
Just create a new "planets" subdirectory where you installed the application.
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Issue
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After changing my map size, but not anything else and keeping the same fixed seed number,
I am getting a different planet.
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Solution
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Check to see that "Auto Zoom" is selected. That will maintain your planet shape
should you change your map size and nothing else changes.
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Issue
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Even after installing Microsoft's latest DirectX 9 on my system, I still can't use
the PlanetView program. It keeps saying a compatible Direct3D device is not found.
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Solution
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What this means is that your video driver is not DirectX9 compatible.
Check your video card manufacturer site for the latest driver for your card and see
if they have released a driver that is DX9 compliant. If you have an nVidia or an
ATI card, then you can go to their website and get a DX9 compliant driver from them.
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PlanetGen : Help