This software supports Microsoft’s Windows operating system. This software uses OpenGL for its graphics: you will need a working OpenGL driver for your system. This software has not been tested on any version of Windows except 64-bit Windows 10, version 21H1. There is a chance that this program will work with any version of Windows prior to Windows 10, but I don't much care if it does.

Changes in Version 1.92 of Wilbur [09 Sep 2023]

• Deterrace operation now asks for epsilon (altitude delta) and # rays per point
• You’ll probably need the Visual Studio 2019 redistributable package for x64 to make everything run correctly.

Changes in Version 1.91 of Wilbur [13 Jul 2023]

• Resample operation now goes above 16000 maximum.

Changes in Version 1.90 of Wilbur [15 Nov 2021]

• Now building with VS2019. Updated toolset and increased stack size.
• Precipiton erosion now supports partial passes and multi-pass tasks will work better with the update operation.
• Options toolbars should be less likely to clip at the right end.
• Fixed black image on undo and river flow calculation.
• Added median operation. It's under Morphological filters at the moment.
• Added "Kill Outliers" filter, which is a percentage height clip (remove % of altitude range) plus a NaN killer.
• Added simplistic STL file output because I wanted to 3d print a surface. Turned out to be easier to do a lithophane.

Changes in Version 1.89 of Wilbur [04 Feb 2019]

• I'm giving up on trying to keep Wilbur 32-bit clean. V1.88 is the last 32-bit version that I'll distribute. A distribution will hang around for a while, but eventually disappear like the Win32s version, the Win95 version, and so many other variants...
• Precipiton erosion is now multithreaded at the cost of reliable status updates during the operation.
• Status updates may be faster in many cases and may not show a UI at all for some operations on very fast machines.
• Ongoing general code cleanup, rebuilt with Visual Studio 2017 15.9.6. The Visual Studio 2017 redistributable package for x86 or x64 is needed to make it run correctly.

Changes in Version 1.88 of Wilbur [09 Apr 2018]

• V2 shader should work correctly for positive and negative latitude.
• General code cleanup, rebuilt with Visual Studio 2017 15.6.4. The Visual Studio 2017 redistributable package for x64 is needed to make it run correctly.

Changes in Version 1.87 of Wilbur [12 Oct 2017]

• Brushes can align to surface normal for painting.
• Brushes have an “align to base” option to allow stamping houses onto terrain.
• Minor difference in the basic window styling.
• Should no longer appear to lock up if certain errors during binary file read.
• General code cleanup, rebuilt with Visual Studio 2015 update 3. The Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 redistributable package is needed to make it run correctly.

Changes in Version 1.86 of Wilbur [20 Nov 2016]

• Incorporated Leland Brown’s Texture Shading operations for texture generation and for altitude processing (not sure how useful that second one is).

Changes in Version 1.85 of Wilbur [18 Oct 2016]

• Fixed issue with loading PNGs.
• Fixed issue that prevented correct operation of precipiton erosion if a selection had been active but was no longer active.

Changes in Version 1.84 of Wilbur [01 Aug 2016]

• Rebuilt with Visual Studio 2015. Your mileage may vary. You will probably need to download and install the appropriate Visual Studio 2015 redistributable package because I seem to have had limited success with the new installer maker.
• Added option for tessellate tool to read the fairly useless “Lat/Lon Mesh” format saved by the main program to allow a way to read that data back in for folks who didn’t think ahead and save into a better file format.
• Bumped up the basin fill limit by another factor of 10 in the x64 version to accommodate larger surfaces.

Changes in Version 1.83 of Wilbur [29 Jul 2014]

• Fixed a signed/unsigned error that crops up with very large (e.g. 16384*8192) surfaces.

Older Version Descriptions / Changes

Download

Download the Wilbur 64-bit Setup Program

Download a zip with the raw 64-bit Wilbur .exe file.

Download the Version 1.88 Wilbur 32-bit Setup Program. No newer 32-bit versions will be produced

Download or View the very old Documentation (zipped PDF)

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Tutorials

• Fun with Wilbur, Volume 1 (using fill basins and incise flow to make eroded terrain)
• Fun with Wilbur, Volume 2 (using the tessellation tool)
• Fun with Wilbur, Volume 3 (rivers)
• Fun with Wilbur, Volume 4 (going from a sea mask to a terrain)
• Fun with Wilbur, Volume 5 (rivers and lakes)
• Fun with Wilbur, Volume 6 (islands)
• There and Back Again (using Wilbur and Fractal Terrains together)
• Elderly tutorials - V1.26 Tutorials in PDF format – some of them no longer work correctly.
• There are discussions on using Wilbur over at the Cartographer’s Guild. I recommend this site for support requests.