# Vassal asked me to post this

**URL:** <https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/vassal-asked-me-to-post-this/9773>\
**Category:** Technical Support & Bugs\
**Created:** [March 27, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/vassal-asked-me-to-post-this/9773 "2019-03-27T12:59:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MartianBanshee](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@MartianBanshee](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/MartianBanshee)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/vassal-asked-me-to-post-this/9773/1 "2019-03-27T12:59:15Z")

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Model

- Operating System - Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
- CPU Intel® Core™ i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz × 4
- Memory 8GB DDR3
- Video Card Intel® Ironlake Mobile
- Vassal version. (Go to Help and select About VASSAL) 3.2.17
- Java version.  
---- This is probably the problem

java version “11.0.2” 2019-01-15 LTS  
Java™ SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9-LTS)  
Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9-LTS, mixed mode)

- Vassal module name and version (If applicable. If it’s not a module available from the VASSAL module list, then please include a link so we can download it ourselves.) ---- No modules downloaded yet, just “taking the tour”

- Exactly what steps are required to reproduce your problem. If you are reporting on a problem that you can’t reproduce consistently, include as much information as possible about what you were doing right before the error occurred ---- This was the first time I ran VASSAL.sh

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**Author:** ![rabbitisle](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@rabbitisle](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/rabbitisle)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/vassal-asked-me-to-post-this/9773/2 "2019-05-17T14:34:26Z")

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I just replied to another post for the same issue. A workaround is to install java8 and use this to run vassal. However, it would be nice if the maintainer(s) posts an update on this issue (illegal reflective access).

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**Author:** ![uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/uckelman/32/10020_2.png) [@uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/uckelman)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/vassal-asked-me-to-post-this/9773/3 "2019-09-26T20:16:08Z")

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Thus spake rabbitisle:

> I just replied to another post for the same issue. A workaround is to  
> install java8 and use this to run vassal. However, it would be nice if  
> the maintainer(s) posts an update on this issue (illegal reflective  
> access).

There’s a test build for Java 9 and later linked from this thread:

> [@Upgrading to a newer version of Java](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/upgrading-to-a-newer-version-of-java/10005/1):
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> I’ve been banging my head against the wall for a few weeks now to have a test build working with a version of Java newer than Java 8. Just a few minutes ago I solved the last major issue I know of, which was working around the fact that the classes we use to play sound were deprecated and then removed after Java 8. Expect a test build sometime this week.

–  
J.