To edit it, not such an easy thing since it probably defaults to launching with java; go and open Notepad and look for the file from the File:Open... dialog. Then you can edit as Gary suggests.
On 2/10/07, Gary Krockover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Whit, > > Ignore that part about the .bat file, follow these instructions: > > ------------------ > The map sometime flashes onscreen & then disappears. Other times it never > appears at all. > > This is a symptom of Java running out of 'heap' memory on your system. > > Here's how to change the amount of memory allocated on XP when using Java > Webstart to start VASSAL: > > 1. Right click on the VASSAL shortcut you have on your desktop and select > "propteries". The target line should look something like: > C:\WINNT\system32\javaws.exe -offline "C:\Documents and > Settings\Administrator\Application > Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javaws\http\Dwww.vassalengine.org\P80\DMws\AMvassal.jnlp" > > 2. Now go and find the AMvassal.jnlp file it is pointing to and edit it > (notepad is fine). It will contain a bucnh of XML, part of which will look > like: > <j2se version="1.4+" max-heap-size="256m"/> > > Change the "256m" to "512m" (or more), save the file and try again > ---------------- > > G. > > At 01:37 AM 2/10/2007, you wrote: > >Gary, thanks a million for your answer to my distress call... > > > >I linked to your proposed solution and, unfortunately, don't > >understand it. Specifically, it directs that if one is using the > >stand-alone version of Vassal (I am), one must create a file named > >"vassal.bat" containing certain lines and then create a shortcut to > >this file and run it. > > > >This makes next to no sense to me. I understand that, perhaps, it is > >directing that I create, in Notepad (or something) such a batch file, > >but where is this file placed? How does it run and when? > > > >I understand that this is all crystal clear to a knowledgeable user, > >but I don't fit that bill. > > > >Finally, given that I own and run a small restaurant (takeout), I > >don't know how many times I would have given that up just to play a > >couple of games of NFL Strategy. One never knows how good one has it > >until it's gone... > > > >Thanks again, > > > > > >Whit. > > > > > > > > > >--- In [email protected], Gary Krockover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > >> > >> Sounds like a lack of resources to redraw the map. > >> > >> See "The map sometime flashes onscreen & then disappears. Other > >times it never appears at all." under the documentation here: > >> > >> http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/doku.php?id=faq_general > >> > >> For how to correct that. > >> > >> GJK > >> > >> At 11:37 PM 2/8/2007, you wrote: > >> >Hi, Everyone... > >> > > >> >I have been the worst playing partner--ever--and tried to rejoin my > >> >patient Vassal buds after, finally, upgrading to W2000 (installed on > >> >sep. partition), seven years late. I got around to reinstalling > >> >Vassal, which went w/o a hitch... > >> > > >> >Until I tried to load a module (PB\PL). Everything looks great until > >> >I try scrolling the map; at that point the graphics smear and I can go > >> >no further w/ things. > >> > > >> >Does anyone have an idea what may be causing this? > >> > > >> >Thanks so much for your time, > >> > > >> > > >> >W. > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
