Do Not Buy This

[476]

this program does not work, i bought it today, spent an hour making a map, went to save it and got error code 2038. tried several more times, exited and restarted. still unable to save. sadly because of the error the program never properly closed so it recorded i had it open for over 5 hours so the bastards at steam wont refund me either. Ive never felt so ripped off

[GrimCat]

Actually the program does work. I use it often with no problems. You could try to provide some info about your computer specs and we could try to help you fix it. But I have a feeling you're more interested in venting your frustration.

[476]

Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 19041) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 5675
BIOS: 1.3.7 (type: UEFI)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core Processor (16 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8086MB RAM
Page File: 13342MB used, 6519MB available

this is a problem that goes back to 2017 when it launched. if you read through the message boards. if you know something i dont id be glad to eat crow and admit im wrong but after reading this same issue hitting dozens of people and no follow up from the developer i think its garbage.
venting my frustrations will be canceling my 2 preorders here and buying them at epic games in protest

[The Beebz]

According to this thread the problem seems to occur if you're saving the maps in a folder that cloud syncs such as dropbox, google drive, or adobe creative cloud. I'd make sure you're saving to a local location on your computer as that seems to be the common thread causing this error. I bought this last night and had no such problem saving in the default area but its possible you're set up differently.

[476]

ive never used drop box, google drive is disabled and i hadnt even heard of adobe creative cloud but ill look into it. my saves go directly to my documents on my C drive

[Maddawg]

Checkout Dungeondraft MUCH better...make sure to get the free addon asset packs. Just google Dungeondraft asset packs! Also checkout Wonderdraft for all your world/city map making!!!

[LivingTribunal]

Dps is a fantastic program and works very well. Yes there are some things that still need polished, and will hopefully be fixed with this new update, but to say it doesn't work... Is a bit harsh and unjustified just because you're having issues. #usererror

[476]

Originally posted by happybob59:

Dps is a fantastic program and works very well. Yes there are some things that still need polished, and will hopefully be fixed with this new update, but to say it doesn't work... Is a bit harsh and unjustified just because you're having issues. #usererror

I cant save any files. tell me know to work around that problem. several message board posts compain about the same error code. its the 4th result when i google the program. polish is adding higher resolution textures, im telling you that a fundamental part of the program doesnt work for me and apparently many other people and its been a reported issue since the program first released in 2017

[476]

Originally posted by Maddawg:

Checkout Dungeondraft MUCH better...make sure to get the free addon asset packs. Just google Dungeondraft asset packs! Also checkout Wonderdraft for all your world/city map making!!!

thank you for the advice. do either have many assets useful for event maps, modern tiles? my campaign is set in modern day, googlemaps and paintbrush is fine for an over map. what i needed from this was the ability to create battlemaps in warehouses, industrial settings, bars, ect

[ActuallyEthan]

Originally posted by 476:

Originally posted by Maddawg:

Checkout Dungeondraft MUCH better...make sure to get the free addon asset packs. Just google Dungeondraft asset packs! Also checkout Wonderdraft for all your world/city map making!!!

thank you for the advice. do either have many assets useful for event maps, modern tiles? my campaign is set in modern day, googlemaps and paintbrush is fine for an over map. what i needed from this was the ability to create battlemaps in warehouses, industrial settings, bars, ect

The basic assets for DPS do not have modern day assets, however if you look at the steam workshop, you can install community made asset packs that contain what you are looking for. Im sorry you didnt have a good experience with this app. I myself find myself frustrated at times. But when you really dig your teeth into it, you can create beautiful maps.

[476]

Originally posted by Braincain007:

Originally posted by 476:

thank you for the advice. do either have many assets useful for event maps, modern tiles? my campaign is set in modern day, googlemaps and paintbrush is fine for an over map. what i needed from this was the ability to create battlemaps in warehouses, industrial settings, bars, ect

The basic assets for DPS do not have modern day assets, however if you look at the steam workshop, you can install community made asset packs that contain what you are looking for. Im sorry you didnt have a good experience with this app. I myself find myself frustrated at times. But when you really dig your teeth into it, you can create beautiful maps.

who cares if you can create nice maps if they wont save? my question was to maddawg regarding dungeon draft.

DPS is completly useless to me as i can not save anything. ive contacted customer support with no reply, contacted people who reported the issue years ago who never got it to work. the only reason i started this discussion was to warn any potential buyers away.

if you bought GTA5 and had to start a new game every time you opened it would you be happy? its not just frustrating, its outright unusable

[SetArk <Nyanverick 07>]

I would add that, DPS was, fantastic when it was released.
We could, ignore the bugs, crashes, because well, it was the initial release.
It's beeing years. I think i bought this around release date, and going full honest?
It's beeing so long without substancial updates, real fixes, that the program just got left behind compared the competition.
Dungeondraft is superior in every tool, Dungeonfog is superior in every tool.
Frak, i haven't tested yet but i've heard a LOT of good things about Inkarnate battle map making.

Unless the supposed "New Update" that have beeing announced, really change the software, sincerely i would just stay out if this one.
It's sad, because when it first released, the potential was great! But, lack of updates and fixes kill a software like that.

[Ganduil]

I do not agree. DPS and Dungeon Draft BOTH are INCOMPLETE. DPS has an ugly UI and its annoying to handle it, but it gives you much possibilities, if you are willing to learn it, it´s much more easier to use own assets and the effects are far far far better than those of dungeon draft (because everything is better than nothing ;-)).
BUT: Dungeon Draft has the far better UI, You can use a light source (if you use a VTT with good dynamic lightning, you sadly have no use for it) and the best tool in my opinion is the path tool.
Sadly you are limited to four Textures on your map and some tools only work with the build in rubbish textures.
So, I really hope, that the update for DPS is on the way. If every promise comes true, it will be far more better than Dungeon Draft.

PS: I am no native speaker. Sorry, if my language is not perfect!

[Draa Gul]

DPS's layer and effect system is also a massive advantage over Dungeondraft right now. I use both softwares.

My issue with DPS:
- It becomes laggy when you use many brushes.
- It does not have dungeondraft's native assets.

My issues with Dungeondraft:
- I hate the shadows. The wall and object shadows are ugly and overlap in ways I do not want them to. DPS effect system is many times better.
- It crashes. A lot.
- You cannot draw terrain over objects or floors. Why not?! I want that my half-buried ruin has dirt on the tiles. DPS allows this. Dungeondraft does not.

[sheep from hell]

Originally posted by Draa Gul:

My issue with DPS:
- It becomes laggy when you use many brushes.

it would be so easy to fix this. in software like gimp you can combine all parts of a layer to one layer and makes basically a jpg out of it. Brushes are normaly used for the groundwork anyway, so you could do your "foundation", make a jpg out of it and begin after it to place your assets on it without any lag

[Draa Gul]

I've done that. I've done the ground layer, made exported it, then used it as a template.

But then you cannot edit the ground anymore, and that sucks.