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Software / Technical / Re: CrossFire vs. Crossword Compiler
« Last post by Glenn9999 on April 13, 2024, 08:50:08 PM »If there are other advantages to Crossword Compiler, I too would be interested in hearing about them.
I'm not that versed with Crossfire past a demo I played around with once in trying to construct something. But past noting that Crossword Compiler has a demo as well so you can see (https://www.crossword-compiler.com/download.html), I'll say where it seems to be different. There's a number of grid templates you can use to start making a grid. Then if you're interested, the big difference is that CC will handle other puzzle formats if you might be interested in making those (cryptic/quick, freeform, barred, sudoku, and a few others, and can adjust style checking accordingly). I can't comment on save formats since both demos locked that down (among others). But in general, I went with Crossword Compiler over Crossfire because it seemed like it was more versatile (and hence you could do more) for a similar price with what little I could do in playing with both demos and reading what people were saying. Of course, I can't point too much about how they are in the process of creating grids since I haven't done too much of that in CC (mainly mods where necessary, debugging, some image generation, and a couple of junk grids). But I don't have any complaints so far about how it's worked, though nowhere near doing grids I'm comfortable with submitting anywhere to "pay off" the expense for it.