Vassal load error with Mac OSX 10.9 Developer update 6

Macbook Pro 13, mid 2009

  • 10.9
  • 2.2.6 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 8 GB
  • NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
  • 3.2.6 (also 3.2.8)
  • Java Version 1.7.0_21 from Oracle Corporation
  • N/A- I first found the issue with the High Frontier Module, but the same issue occurs when loading the base Vassal Engine without any modules.

-After updating the OSX Mavericks Developer Preview 6 Vassal stopped working partially. The app will load.
-then I would click on the Vassal menu (to load a module or quit the app) and it would turn blue, but no menu would appear.
ALSO- tapping Command Q has no effect. (I think it used to.)

I think this is a OSX error more than vassal. It was working last night. Right after loading the developer preview 6, today it is not working. But just incase, I wanted to give a heads up.

Thus spake samuelw3:

Macbook Pro 13, mid 2009

  • 10.9
  • 2.2.6 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 8 GB
  • NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
  • 3.2.6 (also 3.2.8)
  • Java Version 1.7.0_21 from Oracle Corporation
  • N/A- I first found the issue with the High Frontier Module, but the
    same issue occurs when loading the base Vassal Engine without any
    modules.

-After updating the OSX Mavericks Developer Preview 6 Vassal stopped
working partially. The app will load.
-then I would click on the Vassal menu (to load a module or quit the
app) and it would turn blue, but no menu would appear.

Would you post a screenshot of this?

I think this is a OSX error more than vassal. It was working last night.

This does sound like an OS X bug to me. We don’t have any direct control
over the rendering of GUI elements on screen.


J.

I’m likewise having this issue. Per previous request, i’ve attached a screenshot (truncated):

MacBook Pro 9,1
OS 10.9
2.7 GHz i7
8GB RAM
GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB (Running on external Thunderbolt display)
Vassal 3.2.8
Java 7 update 25

Thus spake Flishard:

I’m likewise having this issue. Per previous request, i’ve attached a
screenshot (truncated):

Thanks.

These appear to be the same problem:

code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=59273
youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-112511

The infrastructure for Java on Macs is rotting away beneath us. I’ll be
so happy to finally be shut of Java…

Were you running VASSAL with Java 7 before the update?


J.

Last time i ran Vassal, i think was Java 6, back in my 10.6 OS days. So, sorry… can’t be sure.

[edit]: If the above is the case, is there a manual way to install a .vmod file without using the menu? I’d rather not download an earlier JDK as it will mess up other applications i’m using.

.vmod files (i.e., modules) don’t get “installed” at all. Download and save them wherever you’d like to keep them, then just open them from within the VASSAL module manager–it doesn’t care where you store modules, but will remember where to find each module you open.

Thus spake JoelCFC25:

.vmod files (i.e., modules) don’t get “installed” at all. Download and
save them wherever you’d like to keep them, then just open them from
within the VASSAL module manager–it doesn’t care where you store
modules, but will remember where to find each module you open.

Joel, the problem he’s having is that he can’t see the menu in order to
open the modules. It’s not a problem with the path on disk.


J.

Does Command-O still work?

Is this fixed in Mavericks?