ok so I ended up getting a virus last weekend and used a malware program to clean it. Now when I goto run vassal I get nothing. Not even an error. I deleted Vassal and the malware program and then reinstalled Vassal to see if that would help and still am getting nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions for this problem. If so send me a PM please.
Thanks,
Schyster
Thus spake schsyter:
ok so I ended up getting a virus last weekend and used a malware program
to clean it. Now when I goto run vassal I get nothing. Not even an
error. I deleted Vassal and the malware program and then reinstalled
Vassal to see if that would help and still am getting nothing. Does
anyone have any suggestions for this problem. If so send me a PM please.
We prefer to help people in the forum rather than privately; that way, the
discussion can help others with the same problem.
What do you see in the errorLog? This should be in your VASSAL directory
if you’re using Windows.
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J.
There is no errorlog. I went threw the whole folder and no error log at all. I double click the icon to start the program and nothing happenes. Also im running Win Vista if that helps
Thus spake schsyter:
There is no errorlog. I went threw the whole folder and no error log at
all. I double click the icon to start the program and nothing happenes
What’s the full path of the directory where you looked? I want to make sure
that you’re looking the right place.
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J.
I have the exact same problem. Starting VASSAL results in nothing, no error message or anything. Also, I cannot find an errorfile in the VASSAL directory.
I am on Windows 7, and I have gone through a process similar to that of scshyter above, I installed VASSAL together with VASL, but I messed up the order in which to install things so nothing worked (I figured it was my bungled installation attempt). I removed everything and reinstalled and still nothing. I have VASSAL running nicely on a Windows XP desktop and a Mac OS 10 X MacBookPro at home. But it just wont start on the laptop I am currently using.
VASSAL version 3.1.14, installed in C:\VASSAL
Windows 7 enterprise
Java Version 6 Update 21
Any help appreciated
Thanks
Lars
Well, there is apparently some obscure interaction between Java and ClearType on Windows. It has been reported in Windows XP, but I haven’t seen a report for Windows 7 yet. Here is the bug report:
Sorry…im not running vista…im running windows 7 also.
I disabled Cleartype as is described in the bug-fix above. No change.
When starting VASSAL, the VASSAL.exe process starts (I can see it in the Task manager) and runs for a split second then just disappears without a trace.
/Lars
Thus spake noviru:
I disabled Cleartype as is described in the bug-fix above. No change.
When starting VASSAL, the VASSAL.exe process starts (I can see it in the
Task manager) and runs for a split second then just disappears without a
trace./Lars
We need to pin down whether this is a problem with VASSAL, or with one
of the things is relies on (e.g., Java, your OS).
Here’s what you need to do:
Download VASSAL-3.1.14-other.zip. This is the generic bundle which
will run on any OS.
Unzip it wherever you want. (This is only temporary, you can put it
on your desktop if you like.)
Try running VASSAL.bat, which you’ll find in the VASSAL-3.1.14
directory of the unzipped archive.
Report back to us what happens when you run VASSAL.bat. Letting us
know whether it works will help us isolate the problem you’re having.
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J.
Thanks!
I have followed the steps above, nothing happened at all. I ran the VASSAL.bat from a command prompt, and there was no printout at all, nothing, just a new prompt appearing after a split second. Jduging from the contents of the BAT file, it did start to run.
/Lars
Thus spake noviru:
Thanks!
I have followed the steps above, nothing happened at all. I ran the
VASSAL.bat from a command prompt, and there was no printout at all,
nothing, just a new prompt appearing after a split second. Jduging from
the contents of the BAT file, it did start to run./Lars
Ok, that means the problem is not with VASSAL, it’s someplace else.
What do you see if you type ‘java -version’ at a command prompt?
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J.
Java version “1.6.0_21”
Java ™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_21-b7)
Java Hotspot™ Client VM (build 17.0-b17, mixed mode)
Thus spake noviru:
Java version “1.6.0_21”
Java ™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_21-b7)
Java Hotspot™ Client VM (build 17.0-b17, mixed mode)
So, the JVM is on your path and appears to work. That’s good.
In your terminal, go to the diectory where VASSAL.bat is, and run
this:
java -client -cp lib/Vengine.jar VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager
What happens?
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J.
ok…I ran the above like you asked and when I run the VASSAL.bat file is says Javaw and then says to make sure I have java installed.
I reinstalled java and it still doing the same thing.
Also I tryed to do the java -version in a command prompt and its says that java is not recognizeds as a internal or external command, operational program or batch file
Thus spake schsyter:
ok…I ran the above like you asked and when I run the VASSAL.bat file is
says Javaw and then says to make sure I have java installed.I reinstalled java and it still doing the same thing.
Reinstalling Java is seldom the solution.
What do you see if you type ‘java -version’ at a command prompt?
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J.
Thus spake schsyter:
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ok…I ran the above like you asked and when I run the VASSAL.bat file is
says Javaw and then says to make sure I have java installed.I reinstalled java and it still doing the same thing.
Also I tryed to do the java -version in a command prompt and its says
that java is not recognizeds as a internal or external command,
operational program or batch file
Can you take a screenshot of your terminal window when that happens and
post it here?
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J.
you might want to refresh the post…I must have edited mine while you were posting
ok…how do I post take a screen shot with print screen button?
ok…now this is messed up. so I just tryed to run vassal app from that genaric one you had me try and it ran. but when I ran the batch file it wouldn’t
Thus spake schsyter:
ok…now this is messed up. so I just tryed to run vassal app from that
genaric one you had me try and it ran. but when I ran the batch file it
wouldn’t
Can you be clearer about what worked and what didn’t? What exactly did you
run that worked?
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J.