Hello Joel,
Is there a recommendation on what Java version to use? I am using Windows 1à, the 9335 build and Java 8 and would like to report some issues, but maybe I need 1st to upgrade Java?
In any case my issue is simple. Mapboard graphics look fine in the OCS Tunisia II module 1.06 (vassalengine.org/mediawiki/i … _1_06.vmod)
but there are some Charts and tables windows that display some images containing mostly charts and texts
These images do not seem to be rendered optimally.
As an issue I reported some months ago, this suboptimal rendering appears when I use a 125% DPI scaling ratio on the windows display options. When I scale back to 100% the rendering is ok.
I can send you some images if needed.
Also I started VASL and loaded 1 board. There, when I select a unit in a hex, a red selection box appears somewhere else on the map. Are VASL issues to be reported too?
One more thing that occurs when using a DPI scaling different from 100% is that when I scroll the mapboard up or down with my mouse or with the pgUp / pgDown, the refreshing of the map sometimes leaves some horizontal or vertical white lines (maybe 1 dot wide). As soon as I move the mouse pointer there seems to be some further refreshing of the screen and these lines disappear.
When I stop the application, set windows to 100% DPI scaling and start the game again, this does not occur.
Hello Joel,
Is there a recommendation on what Java version to use? I am using
Windows 1à, the 9335 build and Java 8 and would like to report some
issues, but maybe I need 1st to upgrade Java?
If you’re running a 3.3.0 test build on Windows, you will be using the
version of Java which is bundled with the test build, unless you’ve
specifically taken action to prevent that. Java 13 is what’s bundled
with the test builds.
The version of Java you have installed on your system (or not) won’t
matter from 3.3.0 onward—which was one of the motivtions for preparing
this release in the first place.
In any case my issue is simple. Mapboard graphics look fine in the OCS
Tunisia II module 1.06 (vassalengine.org/mediawiki/i …
_1_06.vmod[1])
but there are some Charts and tables windows that display some images
containing mostly charts and texts
These images do not seem to be rendered optimally.
As an issue I reported some months ago, this suboptimal rendering
appears when I use a 125% DPI scaling ratio on the windows display
options. When I scale back to 100% the rendering is ok.
I can send you some images if needed.
Thanks. I’ll have a look at those.
Also I started VASL and loaded 1 board. There, when I select a unit in a
hex, a red selection box appears somewhere else on the map. Are VASL
issues to be reported too?
VASL will have a set of problems specific to it because some of the
classes in VASL are derived from ones I’ve updated in VASSAL for 3.3.0,
but hasn’t been touched yet. There’s not much point in reporting issues
with VASL until someone has had time to update VASL, and I’m not going to
bother the VASL devs with this until we’re mostly sorted out on our end.
but there are some Charts and tables windows that display some images
containing mostly charts and texts
These images do not seem to be rendered optimally.
Try 3.3.0-svn9336 or later.
I updated OpIcon for HiDPI support in 9336, which is what is used by
Chart and HTMLChart for displaying images.
Hello Joel,
Thanks for the clarification abt embedded java version on Windows 10 and VASL being out of scope.
Concerning the 2 issues I reprorted yesterday:
The rendenring of the texts and charts at 150% and 175% DPI scaling in now ok on TunisiaII
However I still see occasional white lines on the mapboard when moving the map around. This time I reproduced the error with right clicks to recenter the map, it also occurs like that. Again, if after it occurs I slightlyreposition the map with the up/down keys, the issue disappears. This occurred at both 150% and 175%
Concerning the 2 issues I reprorted yesterday:
The rendenring of the texts and charts at 150% and 175% DPI scaling in
now ok on TunisiaII
Good. Thanks for confirming.
However I still see occasional white lines on the mapboard when moving
the map around. This time I reproduced the error with right clicks to
recenter the map, it also occurs like that. Again, if after it occurs I
slightlyreposition the map with the up/down keys, the issue disappears.
This occurred at both 150% and 175%
I wasn’t expecting this to change with the most recent build, as I didn’t
work on this problem. My guess is that it’s due to a rounding error in
the board painter. Would you check whether this happens at 200%? (If I’m
right that the cause is a rounding error, I suspect you won’t see the
problem at 200% because 2 is an integer, whereas 1.5 and 1.75 are not.)
Joel, not sure if anyone reported this.
I spotted another thing that occurs with DPI scaling.
The TunisiaII module has the MapWindow Property - “Mouse_over Stack Viewer” with option “Display Text” active and a Summary text above the piece.
When the scaling is not 100% the text is displayed in an incorrect location. I suspect that scaling is not applied because the farther south and east I go on the map the farther away to the north west the text is displayed.
Is there still time to add new features to the 3.3.0 release ?
Is there a plan to make an 3.3.1 ou 3.4 or you will stop here and work on 4.0 (i make to work the current source code and want to konw if there is a point to continu).
Is there still time to add new features to the 3.3.0 release ?
I am reluctant to add new features to the current codebase, as new
features require testing, documentation, and ongoing support. Any
new feature at this point would have to be quite compelling for me
to consider its addition.
Is there a plan to make an 3.3.1 ou 3.4 or you will stop here and work
on 4.0 (i make to work the current source code and want to konw if there
is a point to continu).
My plan has long been and continues to be to shift to V4 when the
current release is out. There might be further 3.3.x releases to fix
bugs introduced in 3.3.0, but I don’t forsee doing more V3 series
releases otherwise.
If you would like to help, why not troubleshoot one of the bugs noted
on this thread? That’s the help we need right now.
As this java version is obsolete and dead, i will not spend more time on
it.
But it is not obsolete and dead. I’m working on 3.3.0 right now.
There are things with which I could use help, if you’d like to help, such
as finding the causes of the bugs reported on this thread. It may not be
the work you were wanting to do, but it’s the work which needs doing if
we’re going to move forward.
Hello Joel, I tested the proposed repaint fix at both 125% and 175%. I could not reproduce the issue, only once did I see a white line for less that 1 second and that went away by some repaint action.
Issues still occurring:
Location indicator (I see you have a solution)
Absence of Movement Trails (in both Tunisia II and The Longest Day)