the issue is that when I go to download the latest version, it automatically goes into an installation mode on my work computer. This is clearly not what I want (well, if they would pay me to play, sure), rather the previous versions downloaded a simple zip file you could then just unzip where ever you wanted to place the software.
Maybe I didn't wait long enough, but when it started to download java software that started changing my systray and doing who knows what else I had to stop. For now I am stuck on version 1.2.3, and since I'm not online it doesn't matter much anyway.
My big concern is it appears to automatically change things on the computer (like put in their background stuff on the systray that goes and looks for updates, etc.) that I will never know what happened, and when I have a problem with something else will never be able to correct. It is the standard these days - and just plain sucks. No piece of software should install that way. It should allow you to opt out of certain things you do not want that are not impaortant to you operating, rather they are important for the SW vendor to keep getting you to come back.
What are the latest versions of VASSAL and VASL?
Alan