My Created Prototypes won't work.

Technical Support & Bugs
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Java Version: 1.6.0_25

Vassal Version 3.1.18

My particular problem is very wierd, I’m working on a module and I’m trying to create a prototype for a game piece that I have a large amount of.

I start with simply giving the prototype a “can rotate” trait because that’s all I really need it to do at the moment, however whenever I add the prototype’s name to the game piece, it doesn’t allow it to rotate.

I tried adding “can rotate” directly to the game piece, and it worked.
I tried remaking the prototype, didn’t work.
I tried checking the name of the prototype, didn’t have a difference.
I tried changing the prototypes name, didn’t work.

Then I went over to the other module that I use for reference.
Prototypes are setup exactly the same as mine, and they work.
I make a new prototype on the other module, it works.
I make a new game piece and give it my new prototype, it works.

Why are the prototypes not working on the new module I created? Is there some step i’m missing here?

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Those sound like the correct steps. Does your prototype work for any other traits?

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as far as I’m concerned, the prototypes don’t do anything at all for me. but it’s only the prototypes, putting the traits directly on the game piece make it work fine

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primarily, my prototypes aren’t working on my module, if I make a prototype in the other module it works just fine, is there something I need to do with my module?

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I think I found the cause, I had 2 prototype definition folders, so I moved my prototypes to the top folder and deleted the other one, now they work.

Sorry for the trouble.

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Interesting, and good to know!

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Yeah now that I think about it, I don’t think it’s even possible to have more than 1 prototype definition folder, but it would be very helpful to have more folders, because sometimes I need to copy prototypes in bulk and I have no convenient way of doing so.

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Copy them to where?