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Would having the option to specify a number of "gaps" in the text ring, and the "width" of those gaps work? It would basically divide the text ring into N segments with configurable spacer widths between them.

Hi Xephan, 

Currently, there isn't a setting that will detect an overlapping circle. Your best bet would be to manually position the text within the ring using spaces in the text field. So something like: "Word1                                   Word2                                   Word3". 

I'll look into the possibility of adding this, but I have a feeling that it wouldn't interact cleanly when the circles do a rotation animation.  

Hi, 

I'm guessing the material looks pink when you try to use it? What rendering pipeline are you using?  The package was built for URP and might need to be converted if you're using the built in rendering pipeline or HDRP. 

I believe there is a menu option to do the conversion (But I'm not 100% sure if its the same in 2022.3)

Windows > Rendering > Material Converter

or

Window > Rendering > Render Pipeline Converter 

I think you're running into either a windows permissions issue, or a browser incompatibility issue. The browser version should request permission to load your local fonts before doing so, but some ad-blocker or anti-virus could be blocking the fonts from loading.  It uses a relatively new feature not available in all browsers yet, but it should be supported in recent versions of Chrome and Edge.

This doesn't explain the desktop version not loading fonts, as it loads them in a different way... I'll keep investigating.

What operating system are you running on?

And does the same thing happen when you use the browser version?

Hi, Sorry it took so long to respond, I was hoping to have the next build out with a permanent fix by now, but alas.

So your file isn't loading in properly due to a negative symmetry count on the last ring. In line 173 of your JSON file, there is this text:
     "symmetryCount": -4,
If you change it to:
    "symmetryCount": 4,
Your file should load in properly. 

The current version of the UI still allows this value to go negative even though it's not intended to. It'll have a permanent fix in the next release. 

Hi, sorry to hear this is happening. Can you save your project and email the circle_data.json file to support@royalgoose.dev so I can take a look?

Hey LegoFiend12, it sounds like you're having trouble finding the .exe. You may have moved or deleted it by accident. You can try checking the installation folder or wherever you originally downloaded it to. If it’s still available, the file path should look something like C:\Users\your_name\Downloads\magic-circle-generator-win32-x64-1.0.6\magic-circle-generator.exe. If you don't see it, you might want to try redownloading it. Hope that helps!

Plenty of fonts provide custom character sets: https://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=706 has some cool ones. They effectively replace the normal letter characters with custom symbols. You'll need to download and install the font on your system to make it show up in the list. You'll sometimes have to restart your computer after installing the font in order to get it to load properly. You should then be able to select it under Text Settings > Font. Let me know if that helps!

Hi, you can change your font via Text Settings > Font Selector. It can read the fonts you have installed on your system if you're using the executable version. If you're using the web version, you'll need to click the "Load Local Fonts" button first.  You can download each layer of the circle individually via the "Export Layers as PNGs" option. 

 The column of light is supposed to be transparent, but if it's opaque and purple it hints at a material issue. You'll have to generate the circle in the tool and import them into your unity project. Then set the image in the material to the circle you imported.

Hi, what version of Unity and render pipeline are you using? The example scene was made with Universal Rendering Pipeline in v2021.1.

Hi, thanks for letting me know. I've just fixed the issue and I will post a patched version of 1.0.6 before the end of the day

I'm not associated with Ebon, sorry

Not currently, but that is an excellent suggestion. I'll add it to the to-do list!

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?

By default, a circle is always generated. You can select and delete all the rings (except Ring 0) and add them manually using the + and - buttons that appear when you select a ring.

AA is always on. I'll see if it's possible to turn it into a setting, but no promises for now. (I just realized that I exported the images as a white color, so they might just be blending into the background of the website if you're not in dark mode)

It's not really designed for pixel art as at the moment. The antialiasing makes the images blurry at anything smaller than 128x128. I've attached some example exports at 128, 64, and 32 pixels

Yeah I should be able to add a "Max Fill" field in the future. For now,  you might be able to mess with the draw start time and draw end time fields then set the Drawing Progress Preview value to a lower value to create an incomplete circle

You can use the circles you make as part of a creative work that is for-profit. You can put it right on the cover and sell a trillion copies with no problem. You can generate millions of images and use them in a game with no problem. 

I'm mainly concerned with preventing people from spamming itch, game dev market, and other platforms with asset packs like "2000 unique magic circle asset pack" and I don't want anyone to scam people with "Magic Circle NTFs" 

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

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.   

If you're using the windows version, you double-click the magic-circle-generator.exe, or if you're using the web version you double-click the index.html

There isn't really a way to do that right now. I could look into adding a width+rotation override, but that might have to be on a per-position basis or I could add a couple of selection boxes that apply to the whole ring that control the upper and lower connection points. Do you have a preference?

If you're using the windows version, you double-click the magic-circle-generator.exe, or if you're using the web version you double-click the index.html

The value is in radians, so for 45 degrees it would be 0.785398. I'll make a note to update that field to use degrees instead.

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?

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? 

I do plan on releasing a Unity port in the near future, but it will likely be a couple of months before it is available. I'm open to working with a contractor to speed the process along. If thats something you're interested in, feel free to send an email to contact@royalgoose.dev

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?

Hmmm looks like there is an issue with the outer ring. I'm going focus on adding functionality to the outer ring in the next update. Until then, as a work around you can add a sub-ring and disable everything except the text and resize it to fit around the rest of your circle and you should be able to rotate that. 

I couldn't even last 3 minutes before I got swashbuckled. Good game!  

Fun puzzles! The sea monsters confused me at first, but over the levels I came to understand them. The sea monsters and I even go out for a grog every now and then lol

As of v1.0.5, If you're using the web version its "Export Layers as PNGs" or in the exe its File > Export Layers. Hope that helps!

It was supposed to be released, The files were hidden for some reason. Sorry about that!!!

OMG, it's totally my bad. The 1.0.6 versions were hidden for some reason. Really sorry about that! They should be downloadable now. Thanks for pointing that out!

I'm planning a revamp of that at some point, if not in the next update, then probably in the one after next. For now you can hide it in the advanced edit section and make the 2nd circle have the number of points you want to get different shape

No, sorry. I dont have a Mac. 

It's all just beautiful equations :)