I am on Mac OS X 10.6.
Until I moved to Vassal 3.1.19 I had re-enter my passwords frequently for the modules I have been using over the last months (Paths of Glory, Here I Stand, Labyrinth, Space Empires 4X). I could always retrieve my passwords from the preferences file by unzipping it.
Now, with 3.1.19, this does not work anymore. The new modules I have been using since upgrading don’t even have their own entry in the unpacked preferences and my Vassal directory. Also, this directory shows a large number of files that look like this temp[numeral].zip that I can’t remember having seen with 3.1.18 and earlier.
Has the storage of passwords changed in the latest release? How can I find my passwords with 3.1.19?
Thanks a lot in advance.
I believe the preferences file for Vassal has moved in 3.1.19 - check out this thread for possible locations: https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/changing-default-vassal-folder/4810/1
The old preferences file is still in its old location, but 3.1.19 will copy it to the correct location upon installation, and then leave it alone. I suspect that’s why your new modules aren’t in there. No idea about the temp files.
I am on Mac OS X 10.6.
Until I moved to Vassal 3.1.19 I had re-enter my passwords frequently
for the modules I have been using over the last months (Paths of Glory,
Here I Stand, Labyrinth, Space Empires 4X). I could always retrieve my
passwords from the preferences file by unzipping it.
Now, with 3.1.19, this does not work anymore. The new modules I have
been using since upgrading don’t even have their own entry in the
unpacked preferences and my Vassal directory. Also, this directory shows
a large number of files that look like this temp[numeral].zip that I
can’t remember having seen with 3.1.18 and earlier.
Has the storage of passwords changed in the latest release? How can I
find my passwords with 3.1.19?
Thanks a lot in advance.
A.
3.1.19 keeps its data in a different location from previous versions.
(We are now using the platform-correct location.) Are you looking in
~/Library/Application Support/VASSAL (the new location on Mac OS X), or
in ~/VASSAL (the old location)?
Awesome, thanks for pointing me to the new location in the personal library. It’s all there.
In any case, I am under the impression that .19 is more stable than .18 used to be - no pw losses so far.
Awesome, thanks for pointing me to the new location in the personal
library. It’s all there.
In any case, I am under the impression that .19 is more stable than .18
used to be - no pw losses so far.
This is illusory. We changed nothing at all which should affect that.
No one has ever been able to demonstrate to us how to reproduce the
password problem, hence we can’t determinet the cause.
Really? I was not even aware of the fact that this was a wide(r)spread problem. I also did not report it since I could not reliably reproduce it myself. I always had the suspicion that my timemachine backups were part of the problem but couldn’t prove it. Anyways, while I used to have pw losses on a weekly basis, now, for over two months, everything is stable. Whatever it is that caused this, I welcome it - even if it is not a result of moving to .19
Really? I was not even aware of the fact that this was a wide(r)spread
problem.
We’ve had a lot of reports over the years of people report having
password problems like the one you described. We’ve never been able to
pin down what’s happening for people—it could be user error, it could
be something happening on their machines that we don’t know about, it
could be something we’re doing incorrectly.