Twilight Struggle Deluxe card text problem

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Thus spake snapped:

I know this to be quite an old thread, but I think my issue fits quite
well: I cannot see the card texts as well. I am running a Mac Book Pro
Retina (2.3 GHz Intel Core i7) with OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2.
Furthermore, I am running Twilight Struggle Module 3.0.10a and tried it
with Vassal 3.2.2 and Vassal 3.1.20 for Mac. I saw there is a checkbox
for the mentioned Quartz setting and I tried it diabled and activated.

The problem doesn’t have to do with TS, but rather with the way Java
draws to Retina displays:

Missing card and counter text

–
J.

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Hi uckelman

Thank you for your quick response. I read through the whole thread. To sum up:

  • Java 7 should work. Java 6 doesn’t.
  • I should update to the lates Java 7 Version (oracle.com/technetwork/topic … 05892.html)
  • If I have Java 6 (from Apple) it will not be removed by the Oracle Java 7 Update. How to fix that (I might have to google that one)?
  • According to the latest posts there is still no solution, right? But there is a workaround (= update to Java 7), right?
  • In viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5974&start=60#p39111 you provide a new build for Vassal 3.2.2, but Twilight Struggle needs 3.1.x (I am using 3.1.20) to run. Is/Will there be a solution for 3.1.20 as well?

I am not a specialist with OSX terminal commands and java.Therefore I might understood things wrong. I appologies if I did so. Could you please let me know if I got it right?

Regards, snapped

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Thus spake snapped:

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Hi uckelman

Thank you for your quick response. I read through the whole thread. To
sum up:

I can’t say whether updating to Java 7 will solve the problem for
you. I haven’t heard from anyone else using Java 7 on a Mac with
a Retina display about whether they have the SVG rendering problem.
If you do upgrade to Java 7, we’d like to hear from you whether the
SVG rendering problem persists.

  • If I have Java 6 (from Apple) it will not be removed by the Oracle
    Java 7 Update. How to fix that (I might have to google that one)?

I don’t know.

  • According to the latest posts there is still no solution, right? But
    there is a workaround (= update to Java 7), right?

See above. I don’t know whether upgrading to Java 7 actually solves
the problem.

  • In viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5974&start=60#p39111[2] you provide a new build
    for Vassal 3.2.2, but Twilight Struggle needs 3.1.x (I am using 3.1.20)
    to run. Is/Will there be a solution for 3.1.20 as well?

No, there won’t be any future 3.1 releases.

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J.

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Thanks again for quick response.

Now I am confused. Isn’t Guillaume in your mentioned post saying, that SVG Text works with Java 1.7 (here viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5974&start=60#p38894).
I see no need in updating if it does not help.

I was told and read (Problem with Twilight Struggle in v 3.2.2) TS does not run with 3.2.2, but only with 3.1.20. In this case I got a problem, right?

Update conserning my system:
I updated to OS X 10.8.3 => problem still exists, but that is obvious.

Installed Java Version:
java version “1.6.0_43”
Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_43-b01-447-11M4203)
Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.14-b01-447, mixed mode)

Would you try a Java 7 update or shall I rather wait for progress on debugging?
Shall I move my topics to the other thread?

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Thus spake snapped:

Thanks again for quick response.

I can’t say whether updating to Java 7 will solve the problem for
you. I haven’t heard from anyone else using Java 7 on a Mac with
a Retina display about whether they have the SVG rendering problem.
If you do upgrade to Java 7, we’d like to hear from you whether the
SVG rendering problem persists.

Now I am confused. Isn’t Guillaume in your mentioned post saying, that
SVG Text works with Java 1.7 (here
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5974&start=45#p38755[1] and here
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5974&start=60#p38894[2]).
I see no need in updating if it does not help.

He’s saying that the problem went away for him after updating to Java 7.
This isn’t sufficient evidence to say that the problem is fixed in Java
7. I would want more data before saying that.

No, there won’t be any future 3.1 releases.

I was told and read (viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5791[3]) TS does not run with
3.2.2, but only with 3.1.20. In this case I got a problem, right?

The TS maintainer is working on updating TS for V3.2. The current
version of TS is 3.1-only.

Would you try a Java 7 update or shall I rather wait for progress on
debugging?

If your goal is to run TS, then you can’t do that right now with 3.2.
Do you have the SVG rendering problem with 3.1.20?

–
J.

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But it worked for him. I assume with 3.2.2 or your special build.

yes

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Hi,
i’m running a imac with OS X 10.7.5 and for me the problem is:

  1. Running TS on VASSAL 3.2.X: I cant deal the cards… but i see the text all right (i know that TS is only for VASSAL 3.1.20 so this is not really a bug)…
  2. But when i run TS on VASSAL 3.1.20 i cant read the cards.

Ive updated to java 7 update 17 but both problems remain (i ended up with the complete JDK installation)…

Even more bizarre, i’ve managed to start a TS-game against other players using the 3.2.3 when my opponent used 3.1.20 and he set up the game (and thus were able to deal the cards) but then my opponent either cannot see his cards or cannot see the text (dunno exactly what happened)!!! But i find it strange that my opponent runs into trouble depending on my VASSAL installation (or whatever the problem is…).

Well, i dont know if this is any help to you so i wont spam the thread further…

Best regards…