installing vassel /vasl

Chris NL

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Hello, are there more people having trouble installing vassel/vasl, for some reason a bug is turning up while installing the vasl module.

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i am using vassel 3.2.17 and vasl 6.4.2. but older verions have the same problem

loaded another mudule axis & allied and it works fine

thx chris

error log

2018-03-25 20:56:37,593 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Starting
2018-03-25 20:56:37,596 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - OS Windows 10 10.0
2018-03-25 20:56:37,596 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Java version 1.8.0_161
2018-03-25 20:56:37,596 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - VASSAL version 3.2.17
2018-03-25 20:56:37,680 [0-AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager - Manager
2018-03-25 20:57:02,271 [0-SwingWorker-pool-1113775-thread-2] INFO VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction - Loading module file G:\ASL\vasl_rel_641\vasl-6.4.1.vmod
2018-03-25 20:57:03,063 [0-SwingWorker-pool-1113775-thread-2] INFO VASSAL.launch.TilingHandler - No images to tile.
2018-03-25 20:57:03,065 [0-SwingWorker-pool-1113775-thread-2] INFO VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction - Loading module VASL
2018-03-25 20:57:03,334 [0-AWT-EventQueue-0] ERROR VASSAL.tools.ErrorDialog -
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding.
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker.get(Unknown Source) ~[swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction$LaunchTask.done(AbstractLaunchAction.java:604) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.Player$LaunchAction$1.done(Player.java:188) [Vengine.jar:na]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker$5.run(Unknown Source) [swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.run(Unknown Source) [swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.AccumulativeRunnable.run(Unknown Source) [swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) [swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at javax.swing.Timer.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at javax.swing.Timer$DoPostEvent.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding.
at java.util.Properties.loadConvert(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at java.util.Properties.load0(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at java.util.Properties.load(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at VASSAL.preferences.ReadOnlyPrefs.<init>(ReadOnlyPrefs.java:53) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.preferences.ReadOnlyPrefs.<init>(ReadOnlyPrefs.java:46) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction$LaunchTask.doInBackground(AbstractLaunchAction.java:347) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction$LaunchTask.doInBackground(AbstractLaunchAction.java:244) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker$1.call(Unknown Source) ~[swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker.run(Unknown Source) ~[swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
 
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Someone posted this issue on the VASSAL forum and this is the response:

Your prefs/V_Global file is corrupted. (Look for the prefs directory in
the same directory as the errorLog.) Try renaming V_Global (rather than
deleting it, as there may be something in it you want to keep).

So it looks your VASL preferences have become corrupt somehow. My preference files are located here: C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\VASSAL\prefs
 

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Did the above, still problems:
2018-03-26 15:17:30,442 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Starting
2018-03-26 15:17:30,445 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - OS Windows 10 10.0
2018-03-26 15:17:30,446 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Java version 1.8.0_161
2018-03-26 15:17:30,446 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - VASSAL version 3.2.17
2018-03-26 15:17:30,538 [0-AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager - Manager
2018-03-26 15:17:50,546 [0-SwingWorker-pool-5296470-thread-2] INFO VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction - Loading module file G:\ASL\vasl_rel_642\vasl-6.4.2.vmod
2018-03-26 15:17:52,051 [0-SwingWorker-pool-5296470-thread-2] INFO VASSAL.tools.io.ProcessLauncher - launching C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_161\bin\java -classpath lib\Vengine.jar -Xmx184M -DVASSAL.id=2 -Duser.home=C:\Users\c-hofland -DVASSAL.port=56057 VASSAL.tools.image.tilecache.ZipFileImageTiler G:\ASL\vasl_rel_642\vasl-6.4.2.vmod C:\Users\c-hofland\AppData\Roaming\VASSAL\tiles\fb9f4007381a847207264a87185e613b1caee8e1 256 256
2018-03-26 15:17:52,724 [2-main] INFO VASSAL.tools.image.tilecache.ZipFileImageTiler - Starting
2018-03-26 15:17:52,817 [2-main] INFO VASSAL.tools.image.tilecache.FileArchiveImageTiler - Tiling images/ConcealTall1.gif

<break until>

2018-03-26 15:18:07,443 [2-main] INFO VASSAL.tools.image.tilecache.FileArchiveImageTiler - Tiling images/turn_track10Vert.gif
2018-03-26 15:18:07,449 [2-main] INFO VASSAL.tools.image.tilecache.FileArchiveImageTiler - Tiling images/turn_track15Vert.gif
2018-03-26 15:18:07,457 [2-main] INFO VASSAL.tools.image.tilecache.ZipFileImageTiler - Exiting
2018-03-26 15:18:07,492 [0-SwingWorker-pool-5296470-thread-2] INFO VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction - Loading module VASL
2018-03-26 15:18:07,745 [0-AWT-EventQueue-0] ERROR VASSAL.tools.ErrorDialog -
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding.
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker.get(Unknown Source) ~[swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction$LaunchTask.done(AbstractLaunchAction.java:604) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.Player$LaunchAction$1.done(Player.java:188) [Vengine.jar:na]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker$5.run(Unknown Source) [swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.run(Unknown Source) [swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.AccumulativeRunnable.run(Unknown Source) [swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) [swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at javax.swing.Timer.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at javax.swing.Timer$DoPostEvent.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) [na:1.8.0_161]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding.
at java.util.Properties.loadConvert(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at java.util.Properties.load0(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at java.util.Properties.load(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at VASSAL.preferences.ReadOnlyPrefs.<init>(ReadOnlyPrefs.java:53) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.preferences.ReadOnlyPrefs.<init>(ReadOnlyPrefs.java:46) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction$LaunchTask.doInBackground(AbstractLaunchAction.java:347) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction$LaunchTask.doInBackground(AbstractLaunchAction.java:244) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker$1.call(Unknown Source) ~[swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at org.jdesktop.swingworker.SwingWorker.run(Unknown Source) ~[swing-worker-1.2.jar:na]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_161]
 

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You have a bad character in one of your preferences files. Try moving the whole preferences directory.
 
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