I’m Back - and MapForge Pack Creator Is Getting Close (Patreon)
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Hello everyone!
After about a week away with my family, I’m finally back. We traveled to Foz do Iguaçu, and it was an incredible experience. Seeing the falls in person was honestly one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I had a wonderful time and returned feeling rested, happy, and ready to work.
I arrived home on Friday, but there was an unexpected problem: my computer would not start. I had to take it in for repair and only just received it back. That is why I remained quiet for a few extra days. I’m now checking that everything is working properly and resuming my projects.
The MapForge Pack Creator (MPC) is close, but it is still going through final adjustments and testing. I know many of you are looking forward to it, and I’m excited too - but I don’t want to choose an artificial date at the expense of quality. I have invested a great deal of effort into making MPC both powerful and easy to use, and I want to give these final stages the attention they deserve.
One important part of this work has been GPU acceleration. On compatible NVIDIA systems, MPC can use CUDA to make supported AI processing, including background removal, dramatically faster. A CPU build will also be available for people without compatible NVIDIA hardware, although it will not have the same acceleration.
Making the CUDA integration dependable - and packaging everything so that it works properly outside my development environment - has involved substantial study, research, implementation, and validation. It has taken time, but that work is essential to delivering a tool I can feel proud of.
I’m also preparing two illustrated English guides:
A complete MPC User Manual, explaining the program and helping users understand all of its features.
A Prompt Cookbook, where I’ll share the practical methods I use and offer step-by-step prompting advice for creating MapForge objects, floors, walls, paths, and animated assets.
August will bring more releases and updates from Wand & Widgets. I’m rested, happy to be home, and ready to give this work my full attention again.
Thank you for being patient with me. I’m very glad to be back.