Armorpaint: I need help with the armor paint - github version

[Noahthenoob53]

Hello! I have a lot of issues with the armor paint github verision. Before I buy it I want to play around with the github version but every time when I try to install and use armor paint it either doesn't start or I get a black screen. I also watch a new tutorial about the installation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk9OOP4DmoU&t=44s)but I tried it more than 5 times out, unfortunately it didn't worked. I really hope that someone can help me!

[SojanJanso]

Yes the Github repo is not very stable. Do you have java installed? Do you have the C++ packages for Visual Studio? Try this build I made. I tested it on a friends computer and it worked, so if it doesn't work on your computer we will know you are missing something.

[luboslenco]

Note 1: This repository is aimed at developers and may not be stable 🙂

There should be no need for java though. Try the build by @SojanJanso, works fine here. Beware: undo system in git version is in the middle of upgrade process, lots of issues there right now..

[Noahthenoob53]

What!! Did you really send me the standalone? This works perfectlty!

[SojanJanso]

Oh, I thought maybe we needed Java or Node.js to run it, guess it's only to build it? @Noahthenoob53 Just make sure to buy the real deal if you like it :wink:

[Noahthenoob53]

I will buy it but the github version doesn't work. I have everything installed. Even the c++ input for the visual community.

[MoritzBrueckner]

@Noahthenoob53 did you choose "Release" as the build configuration in Visual Studio or "Debug"? I had the same issue (black screen) and I just forgot to choose "Release". Maybe this helps :)

@SojanJanso I think you mean JavaScript. Yes you need node.js. Java is a completely different language than JavaScript.

[luboslenco]

@Noahthenoob53 can you paste the output from Visual Studio after getting a black screen?

node.js to build, to run Krom on Windows nothing is required apart from VC++ redist thingy. 🙂

[SojanJanso]

@MoritzBrueckner You're absolutely right, I was under the impression that they shared some libraries for some reason.

@Noahthenoob53 I tried the video tutorial, and It did not work for me. I only got it to work after I followed the steps written in the github read me. And as moritz said, I indeed changed the setting to "release" in visual studio, so that might actually be it.

[Noahthenoob53]

@MoritzBrueckner I followed EVERY step from the video. If did it more than 5 times. The purchased version worked for me so I buy it 100 %. It was really cool tho!

Edit: Sry guys for annoying but now it works. I build it and tried to start and it worked. One last question: Can I make a shortcut or something like that? I want to use armor paint until I have my paypal account done.

[SojanJanso]

@Noahthenoob53 If you don't want to have to run visual studio every time, and or build it to run it (which takes for EVER on VS), or use the comand line; you can copy the Krom.exe file in armorpaint/Krom/build/x64/Release, and past it inside the armorpaint/build/krom, you can just run it from there or create a normal .exe shortcut to it, and armorpaint should work fine. You can also maybe use the Krom bin for Windows from https://github.com/armory3d/Krom_bin

[luboslenco]

Please use the https://github.com/armory3d/Krom_armorpaint as linked in this repository, otherwise you will not get file dialogs to save project / export files and similar odd behavior.. After the first build in Visual Studio you should get it to run instantly, and you will get an error log in the Visual Studio output which is handy when running git version for reporting bugs. 🐛

[Noahthenoob53]

Thank you so much guys. I really thought no one would help me! 😁