On Jun 19, 2007, at 3:49 PM, Brent Easton wrote: > >> We really need to get an entry about this into the FAQ, though. > > There has been an entry in the FAQ on this subject for approx. 18 > months :)
I did find that entry, but thought it was a bit more tilted toward the diagnosis of the problem rather than the solution. I guess it needs some work. It might also be a good idea to have a direct entry on "how to increase the memory allocation" Here's what I found: ================== Title: The map sometime flashes onscreen & then disappears. Other times it never appears at all. This is a symptom of too little memory being allocated to the VASSAL program. When using Web Start to launch VASSAL, it is allocated 256MB. When running the manual installer, you can select the amount of memory to allocate to VASSAL during installation. ================== So, is it correct that if you use Web Start, you can't change things? Or does editing the jnlp file still work? Either way, it would be nice to be explicit about whether you have any ability to modify the web start version. As for the manual installer, it seems that changing this requires a new installation. Again, it would be good to be explicit about this, since this is one of the most common of the FAQs. A note about the Mac version would also be good. I can volunteer to write that one. The second issue, which may actually be a non-issue, is that the link from the FAQ to the manual installer is different than the vassalengine.org front page links to the installers. Does the link need updating? -Tom. P.S. I did add a link to the Yahoo page's links section pointing to the FAQ.
