Pre-Requisites
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Project Dogwaffle is essentially a Windows
app. But it's also possible to run it on a Mac within
the right VM or Bootcamp, or perhaps some day in a Linux
box with emulation, and some other Virtual Machines.
It's not all smooth sailing yet for those other
operating systems though, so stick with the Windows
platform for now if you can.
Some Filters not working right?
Prerequisite #1: the .NET Framework 4
| You need the
Microsoft .Net Framework 4 |
| get
the MS .NET framework 4 Note: If you have a very new Windows 7 PC, then there is a good chance that you already have this version, but don't just assume it, verify it and/or reinstall it, in case of doubt. |
Some text missing in dialog panels? Font problem?
Possible Prerequisite #2: the Arial Narrow font
| See details in the F.A.Q.: |
| Missing
the Arial Narrow font? Note: for PD Pro 6 only ..... this issue was fixed in PD Pro 7 |
If on 64-bit versions of Windows 7/Vista :
Set Properties of the program to run in
Compatibility mode for Windows XP with SP2!
(right-click the executable or menu entry or desktop shortcut, and select Properties, then Compatibility...)
You may in some cases need to:
Run PD Pro as Administrator.
Or Install as Administrator.
Or do both.
Or disable UAC. (not recommened)
Or change your antivirus
to not prevent registration of OCX or other VB runtime
components... or change your antivirus altogether)
We like and recommend Avira Antivir, ESET SmartSecurity or Malwarebytes.
You'll want to use Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.
We recommend Windows 7
We have not tried on other versions of
Windows, please report
your findings to Philip if you use Windows 2000,
Windows 2003 Server or other server editions,
Windows NT 4, or even older versions.
your findings to Philip if you use Windows 2000,
Windows 2003 Server or other server editions,
Windows NT 4, or even older versions.
Disk Space
You'll need some initial space on the hard
drive, probably around 60 -100 MB (who's counting?). But
as soon as you use the installed program, additional
space will be needed for caching temporary files, undo
memory and more. So we recommend that you have a few
hundred MB free.
RAM RAM RAM - We recommend a lot of RAM!
The bigger your images, or the longer your
animations,
the more you need RAM.
the more you need RAM.
Ram please!
Project Dogwaffle is a 32-bit application. It
can use as much as 4 GB of RAM.
System Processor
The system processor needs to support MMX and
SSE2. Most recent processors do. If you're not sure if
yours will run it, try
the free demo.
Oh, did we mention get some more RAM?
A word about Virtual Memory (Swap Space)
You should also make sure that you don't limit your virtual memory to just 1.5 times the physical RAM amount, especially if you're low on RAM. You can still allocate 4 GB of Virtual memory even if you only have 1 GB of RAM. At least, it'll continue to work, rather than die a horrible death of "Out of memory" syndrome. It may be a bit on the slow side, seeing that it needs to swap the data in and out of the virtual swap space to physical memory all day long, but it'll get there eventually. Better than not.
Got more RAM?
Ok, really, by now you should understand it's all about having lots of RAM (Random Access Memory). Not ROM (Read-Only Memory), and certainly not FOM (Forget-Only Memory :-). Just RAM it.
In other words:
If you're on a Netbook with 512 MB of RAM , don't expect miracles. It will work alright, but the supreme WOW! effect is not guaranteed.
Waffling or Howling on a Mac?
Do some testing with the
demos if you plan on running it on Windows within
a virtual environment (such as Parallels Desktop for Mac
or VmWare Fusion, of VirtualBox, the free Virtual
Machine), since some older versions of these VMs didn't
support such accelerations as MMX, SSE or SSE2 even when
the host processor did - just try the demo to find out
if your VM support PD Howler (don't forget to install the
.Net Framework 4!)
If you don't have a Windows installation CD, you could also try the emulator, such as Wine or CrossOver for Mac - did it work for you? Please tell us.
If you don't have a Windows installation CD, you could also try the emulator, such as Wine or CrossOver for Mac - did it work for you? Please tell us.
Waffling or Howling on Linux?
We're
just
starting to learn and find out if it runs, under Wine or CrossOver. See this page for more
details. As of this writing, it's still not sure, as we
use some very Window-specific features. (OLE, ActiveX
server...)
We recently heard of Play on Linux - also based on Wine(?) and have heard that Dogwaffle may run in Linux that way. (to be verified)
If you successfully (or not) installed and/or managed to run any prior versions too, including the free version 1.2, please contact us and let us know the details: which Wine/CrossOver version? Which Linux distro? Which processor hardware? etc etc... the good stuff we nerds understand :-) Screenshots are especially prized!
We recently heard of Play on Linux - also based on Wine(?) and have heard that Dogwaffle may run in Linux that way. (to be verified)
If you successfully (or not) installed and/or managed to run any prior versions too, including the free version 1.2, please contact us and let us know the details: which Wine/CrossOver version? Which Linux distro? Which processor hardware? etc etc... the good stuff we nerds understand :-) Screenshots are especially prized!
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