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Sojour v1.1.15.0 has been released! (Installer fix)

This release contains no changes or fixes for Sojour itself. The only alterations are to the installer. It addresses issue RPG-276.

Prior to this version, a very small number of customers (4!) were experiencing this error after installing Sojour:

It’s caused by Direct-X failing to install properly and failing silently whilst the Sojour installer is running.

Thanks to great customer feedback, the problem has been traced to the customer’s computers not having .net 3.5 installed.

The installer now checks to see if this .net framework is installed. If it isn’t, this message will be displayed:

It’s then up to the customer to go to the indicated link and download .net 3.5 before installing Sojour (this has been added as a pre-req on the store page).

Sojour’s installer will then abandon the installation until .net 3.5 is installed.

The link for .net 3.5 installer for those that need it is: https://www.microsoft.com/en-GB/download/details.aspx?id=21 .

Clicking it will take you to this page:

Just click the indicated button to download the .net 3.5 framework installer.

Once downloaded you should see this file in your downloads folder:

Just double click it to run Microsoft’s installer. Once it is running select this option:

Once installation has completed, you will then be able to run Sojour’s installer without any error messages:

I have tested this fix in a Virtual Machine hosting Windows 10 Home edition and it does all seem to work.

Obviously, I’ll continue to answer any other technical queries should you run into them during installation. But with version 1.1.15.0, I’m not expecting to see any 🙂

Have fun!

RobP

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The multi-screen screenshot issue has been fixed!**

The monitor lead I ordered yesterday arrived and I could finally get a multi-monitor setup going to replicate the issue.

As far as I can tell, it has now been fixed. 😎 Please download Sojour v1.1.12.0 from your DriveThru library!

** Just awaiting confirmation from the original reporter!

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Reported bug ref screenshot tool and multiple screens!

Howdy Folks,

I have just had a bug report come in with regard to there being issues with Sojour’s screen shot functionality when it is used in a multi-monitor environment.

My intent is to get this one fixed as soon as possible, but I’m awaiting a display port cable as that’s the only way I can setup multi-monitor at home.

I’ll let you folks know when a fix has been issued.

In the meantime I recommend limiting yourselves to one monitor when using the screenshot tool.

Happy gaming

RobP

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Sojour sold it’s 100th Copy!

I’d personally like to thank each and every customer that took the risk and bought Sojour from an unknown developer!

It’s somewhat humbling and places a burden of responsibility for me to keep improving Sojour to give you folks the best possible experience.

For those that are new customers, it is still early days for Sojour and things will just keep on improving. It has already received many enhancements since release, nearly all of which were suggested by customers!

Before I go I will leave you with a very early preview of the new incoming DarkMode. It still has a long way to go before it even remotely looks professional, but the journey is well underway, even though there are some challenges – looking at you ‘tabbed controls!’.

In addition to the previous post’s list of new features for v1.2, I am also adding some further custom calendar enhancements which will allow the calendar view to take better advantage of the underlying modelling to give you folks much more flexibility in the calendar department!

In the meantime, happy gaming and thanks for taking the punt and purchasing Sojour!

RobP

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Sojour – What’s next?

I have been listening to feedback and have set the priorities for the next public release v1.2.

Sojour v1.2 will have the following main enhancements:

  1. A Dark Mode! – Finally! – never coded one of these before, so this will be interesting!
  2. Two new event table types:
    • Multi-Table sentence generators – You assign one or more tables to the creation of a sentence or two. The idea is that each table will roll and construct one part of a sentence or sequence of sentences. When all the tables have rolled, the output is a complete sentence (or sequence of sentences).
    • Intersection-Table lookups – These tables will have a dice rolled for a row and column and will then output the result of the cell at that row and column intersection.

I will also continue to work on the custom views system enhancement in parallel in its own branch. That one fundamentally changes much of the architecture of Sojour, so will require a lot of testing. I will only release this feature when it is ready!

You will also be seeing a number of tutorial videos sprouting up on Sojour’s You-Tube channel too!

All of the above enhancement ideas have been provided by my customers. So if you have an idea for something you’d like to see, just email me using the email address at the front of the manual.

Till then, have fun and happy gaming!

RobP

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Sojour Solo VTT v1.1 has now been released!

I’m pleased to announce that Sojour v1.1 has now been released! As with all updates, this one is completely free for all existing customers!

The main new feature is trackable characteristics. These are very flexible and impact most parts of the system. I highly recommend watching the video below to get a good overview as to how they work.

It should be noted that I have much more in store for characteristics and many more things Sojour related! Sojour is an evolving product and will only get better with time.

If you aren’t a customer and are interested in purchasing it, Sojour costs a one off payment of $10 USD. There are no servers or DRM – so it’s yours to keep forever and you will get free updates – just like this one – as I release them.

You can purchase Sojour from DriveThru RPG using this button:

Buy at DriveThruRPG!

In the meantime I’d like to thank my existing customers for purchasing Sojour and also providing me with many great ideas!

Happy gaming folks 🙂

RobP

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Sojour 1.1 has passed QA – not long now!

Sojour 1.1 has now passed testing!

The last jobs left are updating the manual and filming a new tutorial video. Alas, the manual update will need to be pretty extensive as a lot has changed!

As is usual, all existing customers will be entitled to this as a free upgrade 🙂

Have patience – we are nearly there!

RobP