Thus spake "benw_h": > OK - thanks for the clarification. I realised the manual install jar > file would not fire (first reaction was to look for a bat or exe, > hence inability to actually run the manual install), so I stripped > off both Java and Vassal and started again. I'm re-installing as we > speak, so I'll see if that works... > > Original reason for believing it was a leak is that we can play for > several minutes, and then it grinds to a halt. During that time we > have actually been removing counters rather than adding any.
It *is* a memory leak in one sense: The image cache never purges images once loaded. Even if you delete all of the tokens which use any particular image, that image will reside in memory until you close VASSAL. This is exactly the thing I'm presently engaged in fixing. -- J.
