Hello, I am having the following fatal error, which I have not been able to fix. I am using Vassal 3.2.16, Battle for Normandy module 3_16, running Windows 7 on a Dell PC. This problem started suddenly a couple of months ago, and the same computer and versions of all the same programs all worked normally before. I have reloaded both Java and Vassal several times, reverted to an older version of Java, changed many memory settings in many places for both Java and the game module, all to no avail. To be specific, here is what happens:
Vassal starts and opens normally, no error message.
Then I try to open the Battle for Normandy module, and this error message always appears:
“Maximum Heap Size Too Large: The maximum heap size stored in your Preferences for this module is too large. In particular, the maximum heap size must be less than the amount of physical RAM in your machine. The failsafe initial heap size of 128MB will be used instead. Please decrease the maximum heap size in your Preferences, and restart VASSAL.”
Note that this error message is NOT true. My computer has 8 GB of memory. It is a PC, running Windows 7. I have also adjusted (increased) all of the default memory settings within both Java and Windows.
When I click on OK within the error message box, the module then loads and seems to run normally. But when I try to end a log file or quit, another error message says “Out of Memory: VASSAL has run out of memory. This module requires more memory than the maximum heap size you have set for it. Please increase the maximum heap size in your Preferences, and restart VASSAL.” And then I have to use the Task Manager to force the module to quit. It won’t quit on its own, and no log file or saved game file is ever saved.
Also note that these two error messages are incompatible, and contradict each other.
This is clearly a problem between Java and the Battle for Normandy module, and not anything having to do with a log file, since the first error message appears right after selecting the module, long before any saved game file or log file is selected or loaded.
I have performed clean installations of both Java and the Battle for Normandy module, wich has not made any difference. I have tried many different combinations of memory settings in the preferences for the module, and the default memory settings within Java. Nothing makes any difference. The same error messages always come up.
This did not used to happen, and it does not happen on my opponent’s PC, or on my Mac.
I have done everything I can think of that is practical for me - I am not a programmer, and do not have a code editor or compiler on my machine. I can adjust memory settings and change things within existing dialog boxes, but can’t write scripts or code.
Any ideas or suggestions you can make will be most welcome.
Ed Rains