# Chart window dont open properly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Module Design\ **Created:** [August 27, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/chart-window-dont-open-properly/90466 "2026-08-27T18:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![qarassen](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/b3f665/32.png) [@qarassen](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/qarassen)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/chart-window-dont-open-properly/90466/1 "2026-08-27T18:57:36Z")
![image](https://forum.vassalengine.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4a97f9ec3ff9c99f3b09820eb83695265a9c281e.png) ![image](https://forum.vassalengine.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0e7633e132923d0d3f123306e17c0cb42f155fae.png) Hello, i created a chart window with multiple drop-down menus, looks fine, saving the module and when i open the module normaly the chart window just opens a small window and all i see is “fleet”, see the small image. If i duplicate the entire chart, the left of the two will always work (if i swap places with the two the one on the right always works and the left gets the “empty” window. To makes things wierder when i send this to a friend it all works for him, but he has to load all the files in the fleet chart every time. i thought that you ony do that once and then its done? He could remove the “not working” chart, and the other fleet chart works but not for me? Anyone know of a solution for this? Wierd that 2 people have 2 different problems.. ---
**Author:** ![cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/cholmcc/32/8319_2.png) [@cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/cholmcc)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/chart-window-dont-open-properly/90466/2 "2026-08-27T22:42:33Z")
> [@qarassen](#): > > Hello, i created a chart window with multiple drop-down menus, looks fine, saving the module and when i open the module normaly the chart window just opens a small window and all i see is “fleet”, see the small image. Have you tried to resize the window using the Desktop handles? Vassal remembers the size of windows from one invocation to the next. This is stored in the modules preference file. If your module is called _Foo Bar_, then the preference file is `Foo_20_Bar` and is stored in | OS | Path | | --- | --- | | ![windows](https://forum.vassalengine.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6493154fc0bdf2bbf13fe4264cfbd26389f67e37.png) | `C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\VASSAL\prefs\Foo_20_Bar` | | ![macosx](https://forum.vassalengine.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c24d21f1dbd9387b7973e19633ee3e5e1f63f213.png) | `~/Library/Application Support/VASSAL/prefs/Foo_20_Bar` | | ![linux](https://forum.vassalengine.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d5872a3245eb562d6cb33880d5f4fdf3366107fc.png) | `~/.VASSAL/prefs/Foo_20_Bar` | You can try to delete that file to go back to the “factory settings” of the module. > [@qarassen](#): > > To makes things wierder when i send this to a friend it all works for him, but he has to load all the files in the fleet chart every time. What do you mean “load all the files in the fleet chart”? Perhaps you could share your module and give _precise_ instructions on how to recreate your problem. See also [How to report problems](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-report-problems/84989/1). Also remember to tick off the solution when you have it - that really helps others find the solution to their problems. Yours, _Christian_ ---
**Author:** ![qarassen](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/b3f665/32.png) [@qarassen](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/qarassen)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/chart-window-dont-open-properly/90466/3 "2026-08-28T14:40:42Z")
I feel so stupid, that works for the size problem.. For me i only load the images first time i open the module. The friend gets this every time. ![1000011966](https://forum.vassalengine.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bce6abdb90e8ee4b4851b2696030c342df555b8a.png) ---
**Author:** ![cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/cholmcc/32/8319_2.png) [@cholmcc](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/cholmcc)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/chart-window-dont-open-properly/90466/5 "2026-08-28T16:08:08Z")
> [@qarassen](#): > > I feel so stupid, that works for the size problem.. It’s an honest mistake > [@qarassen](#): > > For me i only load the images first time i open the module. The friend gets this every time. Just to be clear - this is a different problem than the one above. The dialog with the progress bar you show is the dialog that pops up when Vassal creates tiles of the images used in the module (mainly for maps and similar). This should _only_ happen if the images in the module are newer than the already made tiles. The tiles are stored in | OS | Path | | --- | --- | | ![windows](https://forum.vassalengine.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6493154fc0bdf2bbf13fe4264cfbd26389f67e37.png) | `C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\VASSAL\tiles\` | | ![macosx](https://forum.vassalengine.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c24d21f1dbd9387b7973e19633ee3e5e1f63f213.png) | `~/Library/Application Support/VASSAL/tiles/` | | ![linux](https://forum.vassalengine.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d5872a3245eb562d6cb33880d5f4fdf3366107fc.png) | `~/.VASSAL/tiles/` | The exact name of the directory and file is encoded from the image file name and the tile numbers (horizontal and vertical indexes). Your friends’ problem might have several causes - Your friend is opening a new module file every time - The time on your friends computer is out of wack. - The file system where the tiles are stored is not reporting the right modification time - this could be the case for cloud storage, for example. - There’s no more room on the file system that the tiles are stored on - … To get closer to a solution, your friend should post more details - [How to report problems](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-report-problems/84989/1) - in _particular_ your friend shuold start a new Vassal session (quit completely) and load the module, then your friend should post the relevant part of the [`errorLog`](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/how-to-report-problems/84989#p-168118-error-log-9) - remember to put ````` before and after to make it easier to read. Yours, _Christian_