I can't play the downloaded 1914 Map

[Tony]

Does anyone know why this map doesn’t work? I get an error message every time I down load this map.

Thanks

[Panther]

@Tony Welcome to the forum.
As you question is not about the boardgame itself but asking for TripleA support, I have moved your topic to the TripleA Support category.

Usually the error message gives hints about the error. So please share it with us.

Also in most cases there is a button “Report to TripleA” shown with the error message.
What happened after you clicked that button?

[Tony]

The error was reported it said. It wouldn’t let me play any other games so I had to remove it from the Triple A folder. Thank you for writing me.

[Panther]

@Tony

I cannot find any related issue at the TripleA repository. So please repeat the procedure until you encouter the error. Please copy-paste the error message. After that klick “Report to TripleA” and copy paste the feedback. You can take screenshots and post them as well.

Also: Which exact TripleA-version are you using?

[Tony]

@Panther Here is the Map of 1914. I download it and when I hit start local game this error appears every time, I 've , 3 times now.

[Panther]

@Tony
It works fine here, so I cannot reproduce the issue.

The error message indicates that a specific file from the map installation is not at the place where TripleA expects it to be.

How did you download/install the map?
Please search for the downloadedMaps folder, on Windows it is to be found here:
C:\Users\YourUserName\triplea\downloadedMaps.
Post a screenshot of the folders within the downloadedMaps folder.
Then doubleclick the folder world_war_i_1914, enhance the window if necessary and post a screenshot of the complete content.

And - again - which exact version of TripleA do you use?

[Tony]

I believe I am using the most updated version of Triple A. I am downloading this game from the Triple A desk top icon as well from this website. I have read in another post that this game doesn’t work for them either and if I recall reading the other post they said that Triple A was aware of this.

I think each time I click on the Triple A icon from my desk top it gives me the newest version of Triple A. This Map is found in the lowest quality Maps section or experimental section. It was made by Larry Harris and I have played it before on an older version 2 years ago I believe.

Thank for your help. It doesn’t work though as the screen shot says to report this issue to Triple A, so I did it. Please look at other posts to see the same complaint.

Tony

[Panther]

@Tony Sorry, my time is limited, so I want to ask you kindly to answer my questions as precisely as possible.

I gave you detailled hints concerning the information that I need. You answered only vaguely a fraction of what I asked for, unfortunately.

For example I need the version number of TripleA to be found in the initital screen when starting TripleA:

Please point me directly to the posting(s) that you are talking about. I doubt that it will help though, as I have already explained the reason for the error to you. And that is why I asked you to provide screenshots of the folder structure of your map installation.

I am downloading this game from the Triple A desk top icon as well from this website.

The software and the maps can (or at least should) only be downloaded from the ‘official’ TripleA repositories. This website (a&a .org) does not provide any ‘official’ TripleA-related files. Sometimes other users upload something here, but this can’t be given support for, as TripleA development is a constant process with hundreds of updates per year.

I think each time I click on the Triple A icon from my desk top it gives me the newest version of Triple A.

No, it starts the software only. There is no automatical update. If you run an outdated version you will run it always - until you will update manually to a newer version.

This Map is found in the lowest quality Maps section or experimental section.

This statement clearly indicates that you have installed an outdated TripleA version as well as an outdated map file.

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As the respective map works perfectly for me I can only work with the details you give me.
Also the hints and help I can give you depend on your detailled input.

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[Tony]

Engine version 2.5.22294. Now there is a new error message showing when it opens.

https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3291/ww1-1914

That’s the link with a problem for 1914 too. Silver Bullet

[Panther]

@Tony That shows the location on your harddrive. Now please doubleclick on that zip file and post screenshots of the complete folder structure as I already asked you above. Why do you deny or at least hesitate to do that?

I am sure you won’t encounter any problems if you updated to a fresh install of as well TripleA (a current version, not the old one) as the map file.

Have you reported that to TripleA? What was the feedback?

That’s the link with a problem for 1914 too. Silver Bullet

Don’t waste our time with topics that are older than three years. There have been hundreds of updates and a lot of further development since then.

Late here - so my next answer won’t arrive until tomorrow. Good luck.