WitPTracker AE News

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Updated the ShipProduction screen ... making it easier to read (Hopefully)

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Thought I'd update the LCU Production screen at the same time ... now allows full screen too ... damn I hate Java GUI.

[davidjruss]

I have tracker working fine on a 32bit XP system with Java but was wondering if there sre any full installation instructions available anywhere for getting tracker to work on a WIN 7 64 bit AMD system laptop with the latest JAVA installed ( e.g get an error message stating cannot load 32 bit dll on a 64 bit AMD system ) Trying to read through 51 pages of the tracker thread for info on WIN 7 is making my eyes hurt.

Davidr

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ORIGINAL: DavidR

I have tracker working fine on a 32bit XP system with Java but was wondering if there sre any full installation instructions available anywhere for getting tracker to work on a WIN 7 64 bit AMD system laptop with the latest JAVA installed ( e.g get an error message stating cannot load 32 bit dll on a 64 bit AMD system ) Trying to read through 51 pages of the tracker thread for info on WIN 7 is making my eyes hurt.

Davidr

Error Msg:
1. Can't load IA 32-bit .dll on a AMD 64-bit platform
Vista 64 and Intel / AMD
This error message is usually because you haven’t installed the Microsoft C++ libraries. But if you have then it can also be because you’ve not got Java 32 installed and configured properly.

Solutions.
Step 1. Check C++ Libraries.
Check you have the C++ Libraries installed, if not, install the 32 bit version (even if you have a 64 bit OS.)

# I'm unsure if you can have both the 32 and 64 bit C++ libraries available and still get Tracker to run, or how to configure it ... so it’s best for now just to have 32 bit for either 32 or 64 bit OS.

Check here for installation:
http://sites.google.com/site/witptracker/installation

Step 2. Check you have 32 bit Java
Check you have 32 bit Java installed. If you are working on a 64 bit OS, then you can have both installed.

Step 2. Option 1. Change your witptracker.bat file to point to the 32 bit Java executable (you need the ""'s cause of the space) - this varies on different machines so you'll need to check the path:
32bitOS users
C:\"Program Files"\Java\jre6\bin\java -Xms384m -Xmx512m -jar "WitPTracker.jar"
pause
64bitOS users
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" -Xms384m -Xmx512m -jar "WitPTracker.jar"
pause

NB** you must run WitpTracker from the batch file !!
(See link for executing the batch file in Win64 bit if it won’t run http://sites.google.com/site/witptracker/support )
OR
there is an executable Tracker file that might solve your problem IF you've done the step above http://sites.google.com/site/witptracker/support (end of the page)

[davidjruss]

Damian,

Thank you for the info.

However I seem to have 2 folders with Java on my WIN 7 64 bit system ( 1 JAVA folder in program files and 1 JAVA folder in program files (x86) ) . The JAVA folder in program files appears to be the original and has not been updated. The JAVA folder in program files (x86) has been updated.

Not wanting to break my OS and not being very computer literate is it OK to just delete the JAVA folder in the (x86) program files folder and then install JAVA 32 bit ( if I can find such a beast , as my system updates JAVA automatically for me without any manual input ) ?

Davidr

[herwin]

I have both versions of Java installed. The bat file I use is:

C:\"Program Files (x86)"\Java\jre6\bin\java -Xms384m -Xmx512m -jar "WitPTracker.jar"
pause

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: DavidR

Damian,

Thank you for the info.

However I seem to have 2 folders with Java on my WIN 7 64 bit system ( 1 JAVA folder in program files and 1 JAVA folder in program files (x86) ) . The JAVA folder in program files appears to be the original and has not been updated. The JAVA folder in program files (x86) has been updated.

Not wanting to break my OS and not being very computer literate is it OK to just delete the JAVA folder in the (x86) program files folder and then install JAVA 32 bit ( if I can find such a beast , as my system updates JAVA automatically for me without any manual input ) ?

Davidr

Definitely DO NOT delete any files ... go and download the 32 bit Java http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp & install if. Maybe at present you have the 32 bit installed as well... but then you'll need to change the batch file to that (x86) path and hopefully it'll be working.
Also check you have 32bit C++ libraries ... Control Panel -> add / remove programs.

Good luck

[edit:] Herwin's path should work ...

[Lifer]

Playing wide screen and full screen.  Can Tracker be made to stay on top to allow scrolling around on the map to areas of interest that I find in tracker?  I don't know if this would help anyone else but I would find it useful.

Greg

[davidjruss]

Damian and Herwin,

Many thanks for your advice , I have now got Tracker working on my WIn 7 64 bit system.

Davidr

[floydg]

ORIGINAL: Lifer

Playing wide screen and full screen.  Can Tracker be made to stay on top to allow scrolling around on the map to areas of interest that I find in tracker?  I don't know if this would help anyone else but I would find it useful.

Greg

It's possible. Let me see if I can wrangle that in.

EDIT: it's possible. I added a menu item to toggle the "keep on top" state. Appears to work fine.

Floyd

[Lifer]

Excellent.  Next release?
 
Thanks

[LoBaron]

Hey guys I hope you can help me on this.

I tried to use tracker for a new game vs. the AI (2day turns, so it should be order entry phase of turn 5 now) and ran into a strange problem:
Even after I deleted the complete folder and unzipped tracker to get a plain new version I get the error message:
"turn 5 is already loaded"

Turn 5 of the new game is the first one I am trying to load. Save slot is the same as my old game was before.

When I check the current turns in tracker it shows the first turn I loaded of my old game. Is there some data file not located in the
tracker folder that I need to delete?

Thanks!

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ORIGINAL: LoBaron

Hey guys I hope you can help me on this.

I tried to use tracker for a new game vs. the AI (2day turns, so it should be order entry phase of turn 5 now) and ran into a strange problem:
Even after I deleted the complete folder and unzipped tracker to get a plain new version I get the error message:
"turn 5 is already loaded"

Turn 5 of the new game is the first one I am trying to load. Save slot is the same as my old game was before.

When I check the current turns in tracker it shows the first turn I loaded of my old game. Is there some data file not located in the
tracker folder that I need to delete?

Thanks!

I think you'd better double check what you're doing, are you using a shortcut to the batch file? I'd try again ... BTW the DB can be deleted by deleting all the trackerdb*. files.

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ORIGINAL: Lifer

Excellent.  Next release?

Thanks

Yeah we've been a while since last release, but Floyd and I are doing bits and pieces. So when we get close I'm sure we'll let you know.

[LoBaron]

Thanks Damian, will do after work.

I have my doubts though, because as I said I deleted the whole witp tracker folder and extracted the recent version to
have a clean one. I´m using a shortcut for the savegame folder but tracker is located directly on the desktop.

Deleting the tracker.db files was my first try. Did not work either. I wonder if there is still some other file hidden somewhere...

[davidjruss]

Damian,

When opening up Task Forces in Tracker which then shows details of each vessel in the TF , I notice that the speed column in every case shows 0 (zero) as the speed of the ship. Is this a limitation of Tracker ? If the speed of the ships is always going to be shown as 0 then is the speed column superfluous to requirements ?

DavidR

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ORIGINAL: DavidR

Damian,

When opening up Task Forces in Tracker which then shows details of each vessel in the TF , I notice that the speed column in every case shows 0 (zero) as the speed of the ship. Is this a limitation of Tracker ? If the speed of the ships is always going to be shown as 0 then is the speed column superfluous to requirements ?

DavidR

David,
we've had problems with that in the past, due to the speed no being written correctly to the save file. I'll have another look, there is a way to get around it but low priority right now.
Thanks for the feedback/bug report

[BigBadWolf]

What is a typical memory usage for tracker? I started having some weird problems memory wise...

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ORIGINAL: BigBadWolf

What is a typical memory usage for tracker? I started having some weird problems memory wise...

What are your settings at present?
I'm using:-

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java -Xms640m -Xmx640m -jar "WitPTracker.jar" 
 pause

and got about 200 turns loaded.

Floyd and I are working on some solutions... testing etc. And disabling the map will make life a bit better too.

[BigBadWolf]

It says Xms384m Xmx512m. Since I'm rather illiterate regarding Java, how can I fix that?