Yesterday I unleashed FractalPeaks, my 3D fractal explorer, on to the world. Unfortunately, it appears that the world is not ready. The trouble is that I wrote it using Microsoft's latest technology, the .NET Framework and Managed DirectX 9c. Whilst it has been great for the developer, it appears that non-developers will have a hard time getting their machines capable of running it.
I assumed that it would just be a matter of installing the .Net Framework and DirectX, but it seems that DirectX does not by default install the managed extensions required by .NET.
Once I've found out more about this whole topic I'll update my instuctions on installing FractalPeaks. I know that it's possible because the delightful MediaPortal has no problem; they don't even require the installation of DirectX with managed extensions. I might have to peek into their source code (one of the many benefits of open source).
After that's all sorted I'll do some more interesting blog articles about FractalPeaks itself.