Vassel

[wodin]

Will Vassel be an option?

Ive never used Vassel but from what I here it doesnt automate rules for you. If it did then I suppose you would have a PC ONLINE conversion. Still its better than nothing I suppose.

[David Heath]

Yes Vassel is a planned option.

David

[AlvinS]

Ive never used Vassel but from what I here it doesnt automate rules for you.

Thats true. What it does do is keep track of the board and allows you to save and come back to it at any time. It also has a dice rolling feature so you and you opponent can roll when appropriate. For me the best feature is that it is cat proof. No more cats walking through stacks of counters.[:@]

You basically play it just like a board game, but the board is on your screen. You will need to have the game to get the rule book and associated charts for game play. My gaming partner and I use voice chat on Yahoo messenger and talk to each other while we play. I highly recommend it. I play alot of Civil War games this way.

VASSAL[8D]

[markhwalker]

Yeah, Alvin. It's how we do 90% of our play testing.

Best,
Mark

[RedMike]

The VLnL Demo module works great but I'm having a devil of a time trying to get VASSAL running properly. I can install Sun's JRE and the VASSAL engine stuff but when I try to run VASSAL it freezes up. I get the disappearing black background syndrome and blank VASSAL windows. I did have it running once long ago on this same machine, but it's a no go now. Any ideas out there ???

Regards,
RedMike

[Sarge]

ORIGINAL: RedMike

The VLnL Demo module works great but I'm having a devil of a time trying to get VASSAL running properly. I can install Sun's JRE and the VASSAL engine stuff but when I try to run VASSAL it freezes up. I get the disappearing black background syndrome and blank VASSAL windows. I did have it running once long ago on this same machine, but it's a no go now. Any ideas out there ???

Regards,
RedMike

What version of Java are you running

[RedMike]

Hi Sarge,

It seems to be a Java issue and not especially VASSAL. I'm trying to get the Sun JRE version 1.5.0_02 to run but it's not working, won't open properly and screws up my desktop and task bar. I've been all through the Java site help files adjusting settings etc. but nothing seems to work. I've just now submitted a help request to Sun. We'll see. Is there another version that does work properly, 1.4 perhaps ? Thanks!

RedMike

[Sarge]

I am not really sure, I did use 1.4 up to about a month ago. But that being said 1.4 may or may not be compatible with players using 1.5. The best thing you could do would ask the experts over at the VASSAL server. I pretty sure you can install 1.4 and still get on the sever.

Hope it works out [:)]


PS: you are not the only one having issues with 1.5 and a lot of ASL guys are still on 1.4 [;)]

[RedMike]

This is a pic of what I'm talking about. Really sucks!

[petdoc]

I had a similar issue, but not exactly the same. If I had AA end AF enabled in my display options the vassal windows would all be blank. Went back to normal when I turned those off. Use a Radeon X800 PE.

[RedMike]

YeeeHAAAaaa!! Got it sorted!

Thanks to your hint Petdoc, I started playing around with my display adapter settings. I set antialiasing and antisotropic filtering to application controlled and that did the trick. I had both set at 4x but I can live with the new settings. VASSAL works! Now on with the show.

RedMike OUT

[petdoc]

Glad I could help. I am also a huge fan of ATS and a fairly frequent poster on the CHMB. I noted your Vassal queries on that board as well. I too am waiting for more VATS modules, maybe we could join in some VLnL or VATS in the future.

[RedMike]

petdoc,

Yeah sure we can meet on the field of battle sometime. First have to get up to speed with BoH's and ATS too. I just ordered my copy of ATS Tobruk. As a matter of fact I've started experimenting with creating VASSAL modules and it's relatively easy (compared to programming a game engine from scratch) so I think I can handle creating a Tobruk module. Perhaps you can help? You can playtest it with me! <grin> I'm sure it will need some in the field tweeking to get everything just right. In the meantime...waiting on the mail!

RedMike OUT