WitPTracker AE News

[witpqs]

Guys,

FYI:

Java SE 6 End of Public Updates
After February 2013, Oracle will no longer post updates of Java SE 6 to its public download sites. Existing Java SE 6 downloads already posted as of February 2013 will remain accessible in the Java Archive on Oracle Technology Network. Developers and end-users are encouraged to update to more recent Java SE versions that remain available for public download.

http://java.com/en/download/faq/java_6.xml

[n01487477]

Thought about doing some Java programming today to see about the Java7 issue ... Is there one now ?

I installed everything on my VmWare XP build (I run it in conjunction with Win7) for testing... no issue. I guess I'd like someone to do a Java 7.7 install & let me know if there are any problems. I know there were issues in earlier Java 7 builds but I guess they have ironed them out.

[witpqs]

Downloaded Java v7.7. Ran the install, but did NOT uninstall v6.35.

Hopefully not uninstalling v6.35 is not making this a false test... how can I verify which version of Java is being used?

Started Tracker:

[witpqs]

OK, uninstalled v6.35, uninstalled v7.7, then installed v7.7.

Found that the folder for v6.35 was still present (and pointed to by PATH). Deleted the v6.35 folder in Program Files (x86) then fixed PATH to point to version 7.

Tracker seems to work fine. I have not tested every function, but what I look at worked.

FYI, I installed the 32-bit version of v7.7. No idea about the 64-bit version.

[MarcA]

Sorry if this has been asked lots of time before, the forum search doesn't work very well for me and this thread has 133 pages.

Are there any plans to upgrade tracker to Java 7.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: mantill

Sorry if this has been asked lots of time before, the forum search doesn't work very well for me and this thread has 133 pages.

Are there any plans to upgrade tracker to Java 7.

[:D]

Dude,

Read the 4 posts in a row before yours!

[MarcA]

Doh! [8|]

[MarcA]

I have just received a new machine.

I have a clean install of WitP:AE, Tracker and Java 7.7.

When I try to run Tracker I get the attached message. I did copy the java.exe file into the tracker directory but it made no difference. I also tried running tracker from the desktop, again with the same problem.

I have not installed Java 6 .

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: mantill

I have just received a new machine.

I have a clean install of WitP:AE, Tracker and Java 7.7.

When I try to run Tracker I get the attached message. I did copy the java.exe file into the tracker directory but it made no difference. I also tried running tracker from the desktop, again with the same problem.

I have not installed Java 6 .

I guess you have a patched version of AE? Or are you using the beta? [edit]Change to Java 6 Have you installed the C++ redistributables & done a windows update ?

Standard Questions before troubleshooting... A reinstall of Java might help too.

[witpqs]

I'm getting the same thing when I try to read in the turn (or start with a new database). I did not have a new turn when I ran the tests this morning.

the only thing different from when it worked on Java v6.35 is that now it's Java v7.7.

[:(]

[witpqs]

A little update. Java 7 is a bust for reasons beyond me. I went and installed Java 6 in addition to Java 7. I verified that my browser is running Java 7 (good). I modified my Tracker .bat file to this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java" -Xms512m -Xmx768m -jar "WitPTracker.jar" nomap
pause

Now Tracker is working again, (presumably) using Java 6.

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

A little update. Java 7 is a bust for reasons beyond me. I went and installed Java 6 in addition to Java 7. I verified that my browser is running Java 7 (good). I modified my Tracker .bat file to this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java" -Xms512m -Xmx768m -jar "WitPTracker.jar" nomap
pause

Now Tracker is working again, (presumably) using Java 6.

Yes early adopters get burnt [;)]

Still - I just loaded 3 turns with my Java7 build and no probs... Let me investigate further. I'll uninstall Java 6 from my Win7 build and install 7 - Then check what is going on.

Thanks for helping witpqs

[edit] Okay looks like the problem is Win7 compared to XP. On my XP build Java 7 seems to work on Win7 it doesn't

I will continue to investigate and as witpqs has stated - having both installed is an option or just keep with Java 6_35 until they get it right or we do ... [8|]

[edit2]Okay looks like our code is okay, but how we load & read the pwsdll.dll (hence savefile) is silently erroring. (Eclipse doesn't throw an error.) So I'll have to talk with Floyd and MichaelM about this ... Java 6 guys.

Java 6 download
http://java.com/en/download/manual_v6.jsp

[1EyedJacks]

Hey - I just wanted to thank everyone for the support you are providing and your willingness to try and get this to work with Win7 plus Java 7x.

TTFN,

Mike

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: n01487477

ORIGINAL: witpqs

A little update. Java 7 is a bust for reasons beyond me. I went and installed Java 6 in addition to Java 7. I verified that my browser is running Java 7 (good). I modified my Tracker .bat file to this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java" -Xms512m -Xmx768m -jar "WitPTracker.jar" nomap
pause

Now Tracker is working again, (presumably) using Java 6.

Yes early adopters get burnt [;)]

Still - I just loaded 3 turns with my Java7 build and no probs... Let me investigate further. I'll uninstall Java 6 from my Win7 build and install 7 - Then check what is going on.

Thanks for helping witpqs

[edit] Okay looks like the problem is Win7 compared to XP. On my XP build Java 7 seems to work on Win7 it doesn't

I will continue to investigate and as witpqs has stated - having both installed is an option or just keep with Java 6_35 until they get it right or we do ... [8|]

[edit2]Okay looks like our code is okay, but how we load & read the pwsdll.dll (hence savefile) is silently erroring. (Eclipse doesn't throw an error.) So I'll have to talk with Floyd and MichaelM about this ... Java 6 guys.

Java 6 download
http://java.com/en/download/manual_v6.jsp

What is "Eclipse"?

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: witpqs
What is "Eclipse"?

Eclipse is an integrated development environment (IDE) for Java. Like netbeans (another IDE), it allows programmers to code in Java or C/C++ and compile their code. [Edit] Actually forgot to say that with the Pydev plug-in it can be used for Python programming too.

Actually, my message was more for Floyd & maybe I shouldn't have posted, but I thought clarification was good for all. Do you use an IDE for your Python inspired Intel Monkey? I've had a quick look at it - very nice effort mate!

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: n01487477

ORIGINAL: witpqs
What is "Eclipse"?

Eclipse is an integrated development environment (IDE) for Java. Like netbeans (another IDE), it allows programmers to code in Java or C/C++ and compile their code. [Edit] Actually forgot to say that with the Pydev plug-in it can be used for Python programming too.

Actually, my message was more for Floyd & maybe I shouldn't have posted, but I thought clarification was good for all. Do you use an IDE for your Python inspired Intel Monkey? I've had a quick look at it - very nice effort mate!

At the moment I'm simply using IDLE, the editor, et al that comes with Python. I use emacs for various text stuff, but I found it slightly annoying for Python and IDLE's color coding was more convenient than emacs'. I am sure that I'll switch to a better environment further along and certainly when I pull in other languages. I should mention that I have an affinity for free (& preferably open source) tools. [:D]

[:)]

Thanks for the compliment! I've been both dusting off my brain and learning new things as I go along, which is the ulterior motive. I'll be fleshing out phase 1 shortly and then making it nicer with a DB to allow faster per turn loads (no more reading everything every time) and advanced querying, which is the big goal. In that vein I'm continually cleaning up the code as I go along. And, of course, continually going through the Python docs as the laying of new foundation is allowing me to pick up new stuff on second and third passes. They've really done quite a good job with Python. BTW I loaded Python 3.3 this past weekend.

[MarcA]

ORIGINAL: n01487477

ORIGINAL: witpqs

A little update. Java 7 is a bust for reasons beyond me. I went and installed Java 6 in addition to Java 7. I verified that my browser is running Java 7 (good). I modified my Tracker .bat file to this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java" -Xms512m -Xmx768m -jar "WitPTracker.jar" nomap
pause

Now Tracker is working again, (presumably) using Java 6.

Yes early adopters get burnt [;)]

Still - I just loaded 3 turns with my Java7 build and no probs... Let me investigate further. I'll uninstall Java 6 from my Win7 build and install 7 - Then check what is going on.

Thanks for helping witpqs

[edit] Okay looks like the problem is Win7 compared to XP. On my XP build Java 7 seems to work on Win7 it doesn't

I will continue to investigate and as witpqs has stated - having both installed is an option or just keep with Java 6_35 until they get it right or we do ... [8|]

[edit2]Okay looks like our code is okay, but how we load & read the pwsdll.dll (hence savefile) is silently erroring. (Eclipse doesn't throw an error.) So I'll have to talk with Floyd and MichaelM about this ... Java 6 guys.

Java 6 download
http://java.com/en/download/manual_v6.jsp

Hi folks, it looks like my problem is running Java 7.7 under windows 7. I might download 6.35

Thanks for the help

[gottagofish]

Help needed. I had my computer lose power when the electricity went off while I had Tracker open. Now, it takes 25 minutes to open the program when it used to take 10 minutes. Was this caused by the crash? Is there any hope to fix this short of starting over from the oldest save I have and re-loading?

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: Marauder Jack

Help needed. I had my computer lose power when the electricity went off while I had Tracker open. Now, it takes 25 minutes to open the program when it used to take 10 minutes. Was this caused by the crash? Is there any hope to fix this short of starting over from the oldest save I have and re-loading?

Probably not - how is the rest of the computer os running ? Did it fry any components ?
Specifically, what memory settings are you using for Tracker?
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" -Xms512m -Xmx640m -jar "WitPTracker.jar"
pause

[Yaab]

Two things.

I have a question concerning the "Industry" screen, when "Supply&Fuel" tab is selected. There is the "Supply Req." column. Is this daily/weekly/biweekly or monthly requirement? For example, at start, Allied China has around 115,000 supplies stockpiled, produces around 4500 supply daily and has supply requirement of 35,000.

Second, is there a way to make Tracker's tooltips display for a longer time? Or better, to make them stay until I move my mouse?