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[witpqs]

There's one that I think was intended but didn't make it in: On the devices tab, calling up the pop up that shows the pool history and the LCUs that have that particular device, there is a column that shows if Replacements are allowed for each unit. Can you add a column that shows if Upgrades are allowed for each unit? This is relevant because the latest patches have Replacements and Upgrades separated.

[koniu]

As after 1.7.0.4 JRE 1.7 is now officially available to end users. (1.7.0.- to 1.7.0.3 where versions for programmers and for error fixing?), are there any plans to make tracker compatible with JRE 1.7, or JRE 1.7 is still to buggy to do that?

JRE 1.6 is no longer available to download from Java home side.

[Icedawg]

ORIGINAL: floydg

Just be careful: the program does not work with JRE 7 (1.7.0_x).

Darn. I just downloaded JRE 7 because I initially thought that the updated tracker needed the most up-to-date version of Java. So, I thought that the reason I was getting this Java error was because I had an obsolete version of Java.

Okay, so now I have to install JRE 6, but I'm not sure which one I need from a website I found that has free Java downloads (Oracle). I can narrow it down to the 32 bit Windows versions, but I'm not sure which one I need - kernel, online or offline. What's the difference between these, and which should I use?

[BigDuke66]

Use Offline so you have it complete because I guess sooner or later the Online installer won't work anymore as Orical will take the old Java totally off their webpage.

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: koniu

As after 1.7.0.4 JRE 1.7 is now officially available to end users. (1.7.0.- to 1.7.0.3 where versions for programmers and for error fixing?), are there any plans to make tracker compatible with JRE 1.7, or JRE 1.7 is still to buggy to do that?

JRE 1.6 is no longer available to download from Java home side.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/ ... 94646.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/ ... 39210.html

ORIGINAL: Icedawg

Okay, so now I have to install JRE 6, but I'm not sure which one I need from a website I found that has free Java downloads (Oracle). I can narrow it down to the 32 bit Windows versions, but I'm not sure which one I need - kernel, online or offline. What's the difference between these, and which should I use?

Don't get the kernel. The offline or online are the same, just one will download components as installed, the other is the complete version. (look at the file sizes)

As for Java 7 use - I guess with Floyd's help, I'll do some testing at some stage and update to TrackerX.

[floydg]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

There's one that I think was intended but didn't make it in: On the devices tab, calling up the pop up that shows the pool history and the LCUs that have that particular device, there is a column that shows if Replacements are allowed for each unit. Can you add a column that shows if Upgrades are allowed for each unit? This is relevant because the latest patches have Replacements and Upgrades separated.

The "upgrade on/off" flag is a new data item that is presently not being read. I'll have to look into it...

[Icedawg]

Okay, I've downloaded Java 1.6 to replace my old version of 1.7, copied the Java.exe and .dll files into the Tracker folder and I am now getting this error message. Does anyone know what it means? What do I need to do now?

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: Icedawg

Okay, I've downloaded Java 1.6 to replace my old version of 1.7, copied the Java.exe and .dll files into the Tracker folder and I am now getting this error message. Does anyone know what it means? What do I need to do now?

Icedawg -
I hope you uninstalled Java 1.7 properly before installing 1.6. Looks like your registry has not cleared itself properly. Doesn't look like a proper JRE install.

You may have to uninstall java again, and then re-apply. Even manually delete the java folder after uninstalling.
Also, You shouldn't need to copy java.exe and java.dll into Tracker, instead point to it in the Tracker batch file
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" (this is for win7/vista - you may need to check the path correctly for your OS.)

Lastly, if all else fails, you'll need to adjust your registry for the value, after doing a back up of it - of course.

[John S]

I am an old veteran just getting back into WITP. Can someone tell me basically what the WITPTracker does? Is it the type of thing where I would be better off not using the Tracker at this point and concentrating again on the basics and relearning them or is it so useful that I should get into the Tracker right away? Is the installation and operation relatively simple or are there potential problems there? Any useful tips will be respectfully appreciated,

[Icedawg]

ORIGINAL: n01487477

ORIGINAL: Icedawg

Okay, I've downloaded Java 1.6 to replace my old version of 1.7, copied the Java.exe and .dll files into the Tracker folder and I am now getting this error message. Does anyone know what it means? What do I need to do now?

Icedawg -
I hope you uninstalled Java 1.7 properly before installing 1.6. Looks like your registry has not cleared itself properly. Doesn't look like a proper JRE install.

You may have to uninstall java again, and then re-apply. Even manually delete the java folder after uninstalling.
Also, You shouldn't need to copy java.exe and java.dll into Tracker, instead point to it in the Tracker batch file
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" (this is for win7/vista - you may need to check the path correctly for your OS.)

Lastly, if all else fails, you'll need to adjust your registry for the value, after doing a back up of it - of course.

Damian,

Thanks alot! It works!

You guys are awesome. I think if software companies supported their products half as well as you guys support your FREE product, they'd make huge profits due to satisfied/loyal customers.

Thanks again.

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: John S

I am an old veteran just getting back into WITP. Can someone tell me basically what the WITPTracker does? Is it the type of thing where I would be better off not using the Tracker at this point and concentrating again on the basics and relearning them or is it so useful that I should get into the Tracker right away? Is the installation and operation relatively simple or are there potential problems there? Any useful tips will be respectfully appreciated,

As one of the dev's, it is probably not needed for Allied players until you've got the basics down. I say this because there is a lot of information contained in Tracker and I wouldn't want to confuse you more in a situation where there is information overload anyway. Having said that it is fairly easy to install and get going - it's free and worth a look.

[BigDuke66]

ORIGINAL: BigDuke66
BTW I see that we now have an alert for packed and unpacked LCUs but do we now also have an alert for LCUs(AG would be great too) unloaded from TFs?

ORIGINAL: floydg
That's a bit harder, since I'd have to check every ship that has the LCU loaded on it to see if it unloaded. Or I can just alert fragment-by-fragment. Either way, it's not clean. Unless you have a suggestion...

ORIGINAL: BigDuke66
Not sure how it now works but aren't the locations of all LCUs compared with the previous turn to see if a unit moved?
Maybe here could be done something similar, in the game the LCUs on ships are listed with location "TF X" so maybe those could be checked and an alert could be given if that changes to none TF location(or if it disappears it could indicate a LCU destroyed on sea), alert like "Y unloading started at Z".
I don't mind if the alert triggers with the first piece just unloaded, that would give the player a chance to set a mod if the unit should stay at that location, if it should move especially by strategic movement an alert if a unit has finished unloading(again by comparing and recognizing that the LCU or a split part of it isn't on any TF anymore but on land) would also by useful as the players usually want to move the complete unit and not a part of it.

floydg have you checked if my idea(alert for transport/airtransport TFs hitting destination hex) could work?

[John S]

Thanks for the reply.

Can you tell me generally what WITPTracker tracks? Generally what does it do?

I had quite a bit of experience with the original WITP and played for about three months in 2010 so getting back into it will not be that terribly hard.

Does WITPTracker help if you are doing the scenarios or is it pretty much limited to the campaign games?

[floydg]

ORIGINAL: BigDuke66

ORIGINAL: BigDuke66
BTW I see that we now have an alert for packed and unpacked LCUs but do we now also have an alert for LCUs(AG would be great too) unloaded from TFs?

ORIGINAL: floydg
That's a bit harder, since I'd have to check every ship that has the LCU loaded on it to see if it unloaded. Or I can just alert fragment-by-fragment. Either way, it's not clean. Unless you have a suggestion...

ORIGINAL: BigDuke66
Not sure how it now works but aren't the locations of all LCUs compared with the previous turn to see if a unit moved?
Maybe here could be done something similar, in the game the LCUs on ships are listed with location "TF X" so maybe those could be checked and an alert could be given if that changes to none TF location(or if it disappears it could indicate a LCU destroyed on sea), alert like "Y unloading started at Z".
I don't mind if the alert triggers with the first piece just unloaded, that would give the player a chance to set a mod if the unit should stay at that location, if it should move especially by strategic movement an alert if a unit has finished unloading(again by comparing and recognizing that the LCU or a split part of it isn't on any TF anymore but on land) would also by useful as the players usually want to move the complete unit and not a part of it.

floydg have you checked if my idea(alert for transport/airtransport TFs hitting destination hex) could work?

Yeah, your latest idea seems somewhat workable. What would I do about fragments; only show this based on the main unit starting to unload?

[BigDuke66]

Well depends on if you really want to do an alert for each unit that is unloaded, for a first step it would be enough to alert that such a convoy arrived at its destination hex, from there on it would be up to the player to care about them.
Of course an alert when unit finished unloading would be great especially when big units unload in small ports what can take ages. I'm not sure how this is handled but I think more important is that a part of the unit is now on land so the player can modify the units setting like set it to unpack what would go faster(I guess) than waiting for a complete unload and ordering unpack after that.

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: John S

Thanks for the reply.

Can you tell me generally what WITPTracker tracks? Generally what does it do?

I had quite a bit of experience with the original WITP and played for about three months in 2010 so getting back into it will not be that terribly hard.

Does WITPTracker help if you are doing the scenarios or is it pretty much limited to the campaign games?

It tracks all of the major datapoints for all units and economic data.

Honestly, it would take me longer to describe all of the good things Tracker does, compared to the time it would take you to download and install it. For more information have a look at the web page as it gives some overview of the features. Even if the web page is a bit outdated.

Sorry for being obtuse - just give it a try and be impressed.[;)]

[Justus2]

I am getting an error running Tracker1.9.1, it seems to be a Java error, but I am able to run 1.9.0 without a problem (installed in different folder). Here's a screenshot of the Java error. I went to the Java website and reinstalled Java, same issue. Running Windows 7, 32 bit. Any ideas?

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: Justus2

I am getting an error running Tracker1.9.1, it seems to be a Java error, but I am able to run 1.9.0 without a problem (installed in different folder). Here's a screenshot of the Java error. I went to the Java website and reinstalled Java, same issue. Running Windows 7, 32 bit. Any ideas?

Not sure as this is very unusual. I'd say Java is faulty or an OS problem, but then you say that 1.9 works... so??

Is the Batch file different in 1.9? Can you make a new 1.9.1 install and try that too ...

[Justus2]

I deleted the tracker191 folder and recreated it, I also copied the Batch and Properties files over from my normal Tracker folder to ensure I had same settings, and copied the same save file. Same error message. Strange.

EDIT: I also re-downloaded the Tracker191 release, in case it was corrupted somehow, but same error.

[Dan Nichols]

You say that you have 1.9 installed in a different folder. What is the complete path to that one? I wonder if trying to use a sub folder in the system Users folder is causing a problem.