Our local group is having a tough time against the ‘Fortress Europe’ strategy Hobbes outlined here.
I’ve seen ways of countering it…
Well I have yet to see people talking about requiring a bid for the allies so there is obviously something we are missing.
I seem to be missing some map files or something for the tripleA software. The files you guys have provided I can load, but then…… I try play and get a screen full of errors:
I can load the file “HobbesMay0611.tsvg”
The UI for TripleA says Game name World War II v4, game version 2.6, filename HobbesMay0611.tsvg
The play command button is not active but quit is. So…I can press Start Local Game and I see a list of 5 players and all Human so…I can now press Play and a text window pops up displaying:
"ava.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find file for map:World War II v4
at games.strategy.triplea.ResourceLoader.getPaths(ResourceLoader.java:67)
at games.strategy.triplea.ResourceLoader.getMapresourceLoader(ResourceLoader.java:33)
at games.strategy.triplea.ui.UIContext.internalSetMapDir(UIContext.java:189)
at games.strategy.triplea.ui.UIContext.setDefaltMapDir(UIContext.java:162)
blah blah blah
So, I am missing a map somebody said…tried googling for maps and ugh… tried a few and gave up without success.
So what am I doing wrong?
Well I have yet to see people talking about requiring a bid for the allies so there is obviously something we are missing.
Well if you guys want some pointers I can give them but it should be more fun to discover them for yourselves :)
I seem to be missing some map files or something for the tripleA software. The files you guys have provided I can load, but then…… I try play and get a screen full of errors:
I can load the file “HobbesMay0611.tsvg”
The UI for TripleA says Game name World War II v4, game version 2.6, filename HobbesMay0611.tsvg
The play command button is not active but quit is. So…I can press Start Local Game and I see a list of 5 players and all Human so…I can now press Play and a text window pops up displaying:
"ava.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find file for map:World War II v4
at games.strategy.triplea.ResourceLoader.getPaths(ResourceLoader.java:67)
at games.strategy.triplea.ResourceLoader.getMapresourceLoader(ResourceLoader.java:33)
at games.strategy.triplea.ui.UIContext.internalSetMapDir(UIContext.java:189)
at games.strategy.triplea.ui.UIContext.setDefaltMapDir(UIContext.java:162)blah blah blah
So, I am missing a map somebody said…tried googling for maps and ugh… tried a few and gave up without success.
So what am I doing wrong?
When you start TripleA one of the options on the menu is: ‘Download Maps’. Click on it and then copy/paste the following url on the window and click List Games:
http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/home/mods/TripleA_Quality_Mods_EB.xml
When the map list appears, you’ll want World War II v4
PS - You’ll need version 1.2.5.5 to open the saved game. However that version has just been discontinued and replaced with 1.3.1.0 but you may still download it.
Thanks for the help Hobbes. This is not moving along easily. So, I loaded the file, selected the map as per instructions. Had to restart TripleA as per its instructions, now when it loads but before I touch the user interface I get another text box listing a few pages of errors:
"Could not parse:jar:file:/C:/Users/Randy-Tv/triplea/maps/World%20War%20II%20v4.zip!/games/WW2v4%20Six%20Army%20Free%20For%20All%20v2.xml
games.strategy.engine.data.GameParseException: No setter for attachment option. Setter:isAirTransportable Class:games.strategy.triplea.attatchments.UnitAttachment
at games.strategy.engine.data.GameParser.setValues(GameParser.java:1181)
at games.strategy.engine.data.GameParser.parseAttachments(GameParser.java:1101)
at games.strategy.engine.data.GameParser.parse(GameParser.java:125)
at games.strategy.engine.framework.ui.NewGameChooserEntry.<init>(NewGameChooserEntry.java:27)
at games.strategy.engine.framework.ui.NewGameChooserModel.createEntry(NewGameChooserModel.java:163)
"
I am running version 1.3.5, is that incompatible with:
http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/home/mods/TripleA_Quality_Mods_EB.xml
I see I need 1.2.5.5 to open saved games, but what about tripleA all by itself?
We should probably fork this thread off……</init>
I am running version 1.3.5, is that incompatible with:
http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/home/mods/TripleA_Quality_Mods_EB.xml
I can’t find any version with that numbering. Can you confirm it?
You actually should try to get 1.3.1.0 first. Their lobby isn’t working at the moment but the lobby for 1.2.5.5 has been closed today.
You might be running a older game version that is conflicting with one of the new v4 scenarios for 1.3.1.0. Looks that way from the error message. Are you sure you were running 1.3.1.0 when you tried to load it?
I just recently installed the software, about 1 week ago. I start triplea via start menu and right away the error message list is displayed, the user interface shows Game Version 1.3.5. I wonder if this is a newer version based on version numbers, perhaps a beta?
Ah, the properties for triplea show it as 1_2_5_5, I wonder what the discrepancy is about?
I see, the game version was for the version of the map the 1.2.5.5 software was running, by default the triplea software is using World War II Revised version 1.3.5 game to run, I can select one of 5 games under Choose Games
World War II v4 is not an option, unless I goto download maps, select that site you mentioned and press list games and re-Install World War II v4, it says I have version 2.7 installed and to replace it with the same, so I press Yes. It starts to download and…its stuck downloading for the last 5 minutes…OK, successfully installed, restart tripleA before playing so…OK, Quit, Restart and list of errors along with the tripleA software running with the same 5 default games available to play…Ugh
I used to write software that ran/runs on fortune 500 computers, I’m not the same since an accident but I should be able to get this to run.
Game Version 1.3.5. refers to the version of the scenario currently loaded
Thanks for pointing that out to me :-) So the newer version of the software works fine, didn’t have to download maps to get the V4 map but of course it won’t run those saved games. The older version continues to have issues so I will uninstall it and reinstall it.
Well, I un-installed both versions of the software, deleted the folders, reinstalled 1.2.5.5 and it works fine. I then followed the listed instructions, downloaded maps, used:
http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/home/mods/TripleA_Quality_Mods_EB.xml
Selected World War II v4, it downloaded, installed fine, instructed me to restart the software and I did, and now I get the same errors again since I downloaded that map. I guess i will have to ask in the forum at http://triplea.sourceforge.net/mywiki.
Well, I un-installed both versions of the software, deleted the folders, reinstalled 1.2.5.5 and it works fine. I then followed the listed instructions, downloaded maps, used:
http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/home/mods/TripleA_Quality_Mods_EB.xml
OK, I think I figured it out. You need to remove 1.2.5.5 and install TripleA game engine 1.3.1.0 - the World War II v4 scenario available for download has already been updated to version 2.7, which is not compatible with game engine version 1.2.5.5
Thanks for clearing that up Hobbes, greatly appreciated. But a pity, so all the sample .tsvg files here can never be viewed by me as I can’t get 1.2.5.5 map files to work with them and those files cannot be read by 1.3.1.0 I guess there isn’t much call for conversion software to upgrade the .tsvg files to newer engines.
So I guess I must wait for new games to be played on tripleA then view them? I haven’t tried doing this yes but I understand this is possible?
I’ll save my next game, as soon as the server is back online. :)
I can host a game if anyone is interested
