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RE: Help with Tracker - 3/4/2012 1:55:16 PM

floydg

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ORIGINAL: MAARTENR

How does this goes?

I did install both 2005 redistributable libs (x86 and x64) and did a manual update. But the problem remain. There are two cases (both starting from an empty db)

See my sig, but take from the game folder if you updated to the latest.

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Delete the trackerdb.* files.
Copy the pwsdll.dll file from the game folder to the WitPTracker folder.
Try running the WitPTracker.bat again.

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RE: Help with Tracker - 3/4/2012 2:04:40 PM

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floydg mate your sigs works!!!!

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Uaer Defineable Thresholds - 3/5/2012 12:38:48 AM

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You guys provide Alerts from a bunch of things .... ever consider a "user defineable threshold" ?
Could be for a variety of things ....... I deal with alot of "live" data and find this feature valuable for changing situations ....

Just an idea ....

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RE: Uaer Defineable Thresholds - 3/5/2012 3:42:18 AM

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You guys provide Alerts from a bunch of things .... ever consider a "user defineable threshold" ?
Could be for a variety of things ....... I deal with alot of "live" data and find this feature valuable for changing situations ....

Just an idea ....

Interesting idea, but I'm thinking that the programming overhead to add that in would be extensive. We may be able to add specific ones, but a generic feature could be prohibitive.

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Install Issue - 3/7/2012 5:43:13 PM

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I am an idiot. What have I done wrong?

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Help with Tracker - 3/7/2012 5:54:05 PM

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Here is a 2nd screenshot with my Properties Info:

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RE: Help with Tracker - 3/7/2012 6:29:13 PM

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Are you running 32 or 64 bit? What's your bat file look like?

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RE: Install Issue - 3/8/2012 3:40:56 AM

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ORIGINAL: John 3rd

I am an idiot. What have I done wrong?

Looks like you've either uninstalled Java or you've moved Tracker into another folder & Java is not presently configured to be seen by your system.

quote:

Java Not Found
This will show up as an error message:

Java is not recognized as an internal or external command

Java 32 bit is either not installed, or there is a pathing problem.

Solution 1. Check you have Java JRE 32bit installed.
Solution 2. Move the WitPTracker folder to the Desktop or C:\
Solution 3. Copy java.exe from your C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin to the WitPTracker folder (remember copy not move)
Solution 4. Change your witptracker.bat file to point to the 32 bit Java executable (you need the quotes because of the space) - this varies on different machines so you'll need to check the path:

32bitOS users
C:\"Program Files"\Java\jre6\bin\java -Xms384m -Xmx512m -jar "WitPTracker.jar"
pause
64bitOS users
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" -Xms384m -Xmx512m -jar "WitPTracker.jar"
pause

Solution 5. (The best, but most difficult)
1. Right-Click My Computer and select Properties
2. Then Click the Advanced Tab
3. Then Click Environment Variables
4. Select Path In The Bottom Box and Click Edit
5. Find where you installed Java (e.g "C:\Program Files\Java\bin).
Its different on each computer so check where it's installed
6. Make sure to add a semicolon after the word bin in the path to separate it from the other important paths
7. If this doesn't work then you may have to reinstall Java and try again

I'd go with Option 4

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RE: Install Issue - 3/8/2012 4:54:30 AM

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Will work on this in the morning and see what the issue is. Thanks guys.

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RE: Install Issue - 3/10/2012 10:35:59 AM

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Hi there Damian.

Well John how did you go working your problem out. I have hit the same problem when installing tracker. Followed all the suggestions as best I could but still coming up blank.

Steve

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RE: Install Issue - 3/11/2012 10:09:26 PM

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Hello guys!

Well, after having a break from AE ( I know, I know....)

I decided to restart my first campaign from the beginning and updated AE to the newest release. I still use the same machine with the same software (Java being regularly updated) and once had Tracker 1.8 installed and running perfectly. For the new campaign I deleted it to get a proper and clean reinstall. Now I don't understand what's going wrong here:

Thanks very much for any hint, please forgive my dumbness......

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RE: Install Issue - 3/11/2012 10:44:08 PM

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See my sig

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Delete the trackerdb.* files.
Copy the pwsdll.dll file from the game folder to the WitPTracker folder.
Try running the WitPTracker.bat again.

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RE: Install Issue - 3/13/2012 9:05:05 PM

Saburo Kurusu

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That's been the solution! Thanks very much!!!

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RE: Install Issue - 3/18/2012 10:56:21 PM

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Guys,

Moving to a new PC, 64-bit versus the older one 32-bit and Windows 7 versus Windows XP. Got Tracker working OK now. Loaded Java from Google's Chrome, which is only 32-bit so I guess that got around the 64-bit Java issue.

What I wanted to mention is that I did run into the pathing issue, which seems strange as on the old XP system - I checked - the Java installation folder was NOT part of the path. And yet Java always runs fine there. On the new (Windows 7) system it wouldn't run until I put it in the path (had to spell it correctly, too

).

Just thought I would mention that because it is strange - no path entry on XP and Java works fine. No path entry on Windows 7 and Java didn't run.

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RE: Install Issue - 3/19/2012 12:00:10 PM

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I can't get tracker to work, and I need it to work, as I am lost without it.

I get these errors if I load the batch exe -

and I get this if I load the Application exe -

ERROR: Save game file "C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition - Pbem\SAVE\wpae006pws" could not be opened.
ERROR: Problem with save game file. Exiting.

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RE: Install Issue - 3/19/2012 12:29:39 PM

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Hi Divepac,

The message is because you are trying to run a 64 bit version of java. You need to edit the WitPTracker.bat script into something like...

C:\"Program Files (x86)"\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe -Xms384m -Xmx512m -jar "WitPTracker.jar"

telling tracker to use the 32 bit Java installed on your machine (and not the defaut 64).

Francois

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RE: Install Issue - 3/19/2012 8:09:35 PM

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Thanks fcharton, is this the line I change (QTJAVA) here please?

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RE: Install Issue - 3/19/2012 8:26:57 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: DivePac88
Thanks fcharton, is this the line I change (QTJAVA) here please?

Only if you want Quicktime not to work again...

In my opinion, the surest way is to just open WitpTracker.Bat (in the tracker directory, rightclick and select "modify"), and then replace the word "java" at the beginning of the command by

C:\"Program Files (x86)"\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe
(mind the quotes around Program Files (x86) )

Judging by the screenshot you posted, it should work

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RE: Install Issue - 3/19/2012 9:32:33 PM

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Ok thanks fcharton getting some of it, but sorry I'm very fuzzy on this sort of stuff.

So in the line below, what would I change it to read, and do I leave the quote marks in please?

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RE: Install Issue - 3/20/2012 12:56:36 AM

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Type this...

C:\"Program Files (x86)"\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe -Xms384m -Xmx512m -jar "WitPTracker.jar"
pause

The quotes around "Program Files (x86)" are mandatory (because there are blanks in the name of the directory, else Windows gets terribly confused), those around WitpTracker.jar much less so (I just tried without, and it seems to work ok).

Hope this helps
Francois

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RE: Install Issue - 3/20/2012 2:53:05 AM

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Thanks again fcharton, but it is still not working. I am giving up now, as I have been going on it for 6 hours and getting nowhere, it is getting me down now.

error message now -

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RE: Install Issue - 3/20/2012 2:53:50 AM

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and this is my line now -

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RE: Install Issue - 3/20/2012 3:07:24 AM

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It couldn't find the save game. You will need to look at the first line of the witptracker.properties file and make sure that the correct path to the game folder is there.

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RE: Install Issue - 3/20/2012 3:30:37 AM

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Also make sure you have the correct .dll file in the Tracker folder. If you are running a Beta version of AE then copy the .dll file from the Beta folder into the Tracker folder.

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RE: Install Issue - 3/20/2012 1:05:17 PM

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ORIGINAL: DivePac88

Thanks again fcharton, but it is still not working. I am giving up now, as I have been going on it for 6 hours and getting nowhere, it is getting me down now.

error message now -

The file name actually looks wrong - should be wpae005.pws
Check the entry in the properties file. Should look something like
SaveFile=[wpae005.pws]
to load save wpae005.pws

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RE: Install Issue - 3/20/2012 5:15:31 PM

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If you have the java.exe directory in your environment variables, you shouldn't need to put the full path of java.exe in your .bat file... Just saying. So it seems java is not in your environment variables - it should be if you plan to use it for anything and don't want to have to type out C:\"Program Files....\java.exe" every time. You can just type "java" instead.

Also yes, that looks like a problem in the properties file. Java is now working fine.

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RE: Install Issue - 3/20/2012 7:19:08 PM

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
If you have the java.exe directory in your environment variables, you shouldn't need to put the full path of java.exe in your .bat file...

The problem, on recent machines, is that you tend to have several "java.exe" installed. On 64 bit windows, the default path for Java point to the 64 bit java, whereas Tracker wants the 32 bit version. On recent machines, you usually will have jre7 installed by default, whereas Tracker wants jre6.

Unless you know very well what you are doing, I don't think changing an environment variable like the java path is a good idea. Chances are you'll break something elsewhere.

Francois

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RE: Install Issue - 3/20/2012 9:12:11 PM

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I have a beautiful sight this morning, thank you to all you Guys that helped me here. You have made a Big Bird very happy. Yes it was the missing 'full-stop' that did it, and thanks again, I now have workable Tracker -

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RE: Install Issue - 3/21/2012 3:57:48 PM

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ORIGINAL: DivePac88

I have a beautiful sight this morning, thank you to all you Guys that helped me here. You have made a Big Bird very happy. Yes it was the missing 'full-stop' that did it, and thanks again, I now have workable Tracker -

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RE: WitPTracker AE Release 1.8 Available! - 3/25/2012 11:02:31 PM

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Suddenly got a problem with tracker, it won't open. See pic for problem.