The lack of support for WinXP was the one reason keeping me from considering this. Plenty of other developers out there (including one-man shops) offering support for older versions (even 9x/ME). Lack of support from MS means no further updates which should really make support easier (no likelihood of having to make emergency changes to accommodate a new Windows update for instance).

thanks! and I updated the op :)

As for Windows XP, the compiler I'm using (Visual Studio 2017) makes executables that literally don't run at all on Windows XP any more. Let alone the fact that XP is predominately 32-bit and GC has been 64-bit for a long while. You need Windows 10 to run it, sorry.

If you're generating 32-bit code, then it's a two byte adjustment to get it working on XP (unless you're using DLL functions only implemented from Vista onwards - even then these can often be worked around).

64-bit code is another matter entirely of course. But exactly what part of an application generating maps for (principally DOS-era) games requires >2GB RAM space? Particularly since Campaign Cartographer, a far more mature (and seemingly better featured) map creator requires just 256MB.

This may be a silly question, but I've searched the option menus for this several times and can't find it.

I'm using the latest version of GC Gamer Edition and I'm wondering if there is a keyboard shortcut for switching focus from the Gamelink window to the mapping window. I'm playing Wizardry 6 with gamelink on and would love to be able to flip back and forth without having to use the mouse button to change focus.

This program is so great. Love using it for manual mapping and leaving notes. Having the ability to jump around the screens would make it totally perfect!

Thanks to whoever will probably show me how simple and obvious this is, haha

Surprise! Great news! Grid Cartographer is now officially a 'one-time purchase' product.
The latest version of the software will made be freely available to customers for as long as I'm able to do so.

Read more here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/42325648

Update 2020.11 is now available!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-yQ68j2ZHo

Apple II support is here ! big thank you goes to Rikkles for spending the past week working on this.

Download AppleWin for Grid Cartographer here: https://gridcartographer.com/download/#clients
(at the bottom of the page)

Download update 2020.11_f4 here: https://gridcartographer.com/download/
(Steam customers will auto-update as usual)

The update _f4 adds support for the following games:
* Might and Magic 1
* Wizardry 1
* Ultima 4
* Ultima 5

These need to be in the .WOZ file format or they won't be recognised.
Search for "A Woz A Day" for maximum satisfaction.

Updates to Commodore 64 / VIC-20 / Plus4 emulator plug-ins are now available: https://gridcartographer.com/download/#clients

New Features:
* Multi-disk support (+auto-detect drive model on C64)
* Screen border size option

Update 2021.2 is now available.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y19Vywmw4RQ
Changes: https://docs.gridcartographer.com/release/2021.2

More info (public): https://www.patreon.com/posts/47456142

Update 2021.3 update is now live!

- JSON export,
- New message box style w/ "don't ask again" feature,
- Custom grid line colours.

Release Notes: https://docs.gridcartographer.com/release/2021.3

More info (public): https://www.patreon.com/posts/march-2021-48865950

Update 2021.4 is now available!

- Rotated tiles on tile-maps
- Scripting improvements
- Faster region hiding
- Bug fixes!

Release notes: https://docs.gridcartographer.com/release/2021.4

More info (public): https://www.patreon.com/posts/50449310

SALE NOW ON - Celebrating Dungeon Crawler Jam 2022, all Grid Cartographer options (incl. upgrades) are now Half Price via http://gridcartographer.com/buy

Update 2022.4 now available!

* Game Link profile for "Curse of the Azure Bonds" (DOS) by Snozzedandlost
* Ability to rotate/flip custom tiles on the Terrain layer.
* Monospaced font option for notes
* Onion Skin dialog can now stay open for faster changes
* Bug fixes!

https://docs.gridcartographer.com/release/2022.4
https://gridcartographer.com/download/

+ SALE Now On!

Update v2022.5 is now available.

Summary:
* Added ceiling drop, to complement floor elevation.
* Elevation is now shown in 3D view and exports as mesh.
* Mesh export has a new dialog for settings, adds a global scaling factor option.
* Added 'solid tile' flag, a 1-bit collision map aimed at gamedev usage.
* Bug fixes.

Full release notes:
https://docs.gridcartographer.com/release/2022.5

Hi all. I received unfortunate news today. FastSpring, who've processed payments for the GC website since v1.0 have suddenly changed the terms of our agreement, requiring a large sum of money to be paid to continue to use their service. Due to relatively poor sales via the website in recent years, I've decided to end our relationship rather than pay what feels like a ransom.

Going forward, new copies of Grid Cartographer will now only be available for purchase through Steam. Effective immediately, the (feature limited) 'Gamer Edition' is no longer available to purchase. Upgrades to different editions are also no longer available (but there were maybe 5 upgrades happening a year at most).

Downloads of the Gamer/Pro Editions for existing customers, the so called 'website versions', will remain available (and receive future updates) but may be re-located since they could now cause additional confusion. I still have small details like this to resolve, please bear with me as the dust settles.

I'll continue to enter GC into the summer/winter sales on Steam with a large discount, typically coming close to the $20 mark the Gamer Edition was priced at (but with lots more features).

Sorry for the sudden impact of this change, it has taken me completely by surprise and not what I wanted to happen.