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Can't get Gamut to work

bruiser419@yahoo.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:23:17 +0000

Posted by Bruiser419

I installed Gamut 0.4.1 this evening on Windows XP Pro SP3 and every time I try to run it I get an error that says "This application has failed to start because MSVCR71.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem" and then "Failed to load Java VM library c:\program files\java\jre6\bin\client\jvm.dll(errno=126)". Any help is appreciated.

All Games Fail to Launch

mccanaves@yahoo.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:52:13 +0000

Posted by miamimike

I've been trying to use Werewolf for a while with friends, and we noticed Werewolf, Fluxx, and Treehouse all fail to launch. We ready up, then it stays on "The referee is setting up the game. Please wait..." and gives us an error saying "The bookkeeper could not authorize this game: internal referee error". Any ideas why? Or just fix it, either way works. Thanks

Gamut Game Finder Crash

onelyx@wm.edu — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:13:06 +0000

Posted by Oren Nathaniel Zahavi Ely

I'm experiencing a similar problem. But I'm using Linux (the OpenSuse 10.3 distribution.)

I run the JAR from a shell, and when I click on a game, a shattering glass noise is played and the shell displays the following:

ERROR: '' Detected exception: org.xhtmlrenderer.util.XRRuntimeException: Can't load the XML resource (using TRaX transformer). java.lang.NullPointerException

Occasionally I get the error message LethalWolf mentioned as well.

Gamut Game Finder Crash

Cokeaholicusa@yahoo.com — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:41:30 +0000

Posted by LethalWolf

It's always been crashing for me. The only way I can make tables is to go through the web browser to the site. Anything i can do to help in chasing this bug down, please let me know

Gamut Game Finder Crash

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:32:21 +0000

Posted by jmac

Has the game finder in Gamut worked for you before, or did this problem only recently start happening?

Other users have made similar complaints, and it's a very tricky bug that only seems to happen under specific circumstances... we're hoping to narrow in on it!

Gamut Game Finder Crash

Cokeaholicusa@yahoo.com — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:26:47 +0000

Posted by LethalWolf

Java Version 6.2 on Windows XP Home Edition 2002

Gamut Game Finder Crash

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:39:13 +0000

Posted by zarf

What OS are you running on, and what version of Java do you have?

Gamut Game Finder Crash

Cokeaholicusa@yahoo.com — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:44:45 +0000

Posted by LethalWolf

When you open Gamut, not using any web browser, and the Gamut Game finder opens, if you click on any of the games on the list to try to start a new table, you hear this sound like glass shattering. Then, either nothing happens, or you get an error message saying this:

The Game Finder service does not appear to be working correctly. We apologize for the problem.

Try reloading the Finder page

Please report problems using our bug report service (http://volity.net/bugs/beta_bugform.html)

I've tried reloading, nothing. Although, if you hit the Game List button (the up arrow), and there is a game currently running, you can join that table. Basically, I can't start any new tables unless i open a web browser and go to the site, and manually create a table that way. Any help would be great! Thanx.

Proxy support

rkarabut@mail.ru — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:13:12 +0000

Posted by farlin

OK, thank you.

Proxy support

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:54:24 +0000

Posted by zarf

No, not currently.

Proxy support

rkarabut@mail.ru — Mon, 07 May 2007 11:29:05 +0000

Posted by farlin

I wonder if Gamut got subj? Haven't found it.

French traduction ?

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:34:25 +0000

Posted by jmac

The latest nightly build of Gamut includes the French translation work that idoric put in. (Thanks!) Find it here. It will also be part of our next official release.

French traduction ?

idoric@free.fr — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:45:27 +0000

Posted by idoric

I find the way to make the test, and now I have my answer.

French traduction ?

idoric@free.fr — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:10:57 +0000

Posted by idoric

Ok, Gamut will be my new goal after Hearts :)

I have a question : the french word for "Window" is (in utf-8) "Fenêtre", Could I put (in utf-8) "Fenêtre" or "Fen\u00EAtre" in the file ResBundle.properties? (in that file, I read "take the Unicode value, not UTF-8 encoded, and write it as "\u" followed by four lower-case hexadecimal digits")

Gamut 0.4.1 released

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:46:52 +0000

Posted by zarf

Please note that if you're using an old version of Gamut, you really should upgrade -- at least to 0.4.0 if you can't run 0.4.1.

I believe that Gamut 0.3.8 will no longer be able to play games at all. (You will see authorization problems when you try to begin the game.)

0.4.1 re-released for Mac

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:30:59 +0000

Posted by jmac

Better solution, more or less: On the Fluxx and SVG UI files, I applied a semi-hack recommended by the Batik mailing list last year as a fix to this problem. Nothing too horrendous, just the addition of a certain XML attribute to elements that hold flowing text.

I'll post a more detailed description of the fix in the UI forum later. In the meantime, the existing games should look normal on Macs running Gamut 0.4.1.

0.4.1 re-released for Mac

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:24:08 +0000

Posted by jmac

Ugh. I looked for it, but I guess I didn't look hard enough. (I forgot what the exact nature of the problem was.)

I guess I'll have to release another version with a rolled-back Batik lib. Frowny. Will get on it tonight.

0.4.1 re-released for Mac

karlvonl@rcn.com — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:26:11 +0000

Posted by Karl von Laudermann

Unfortunately, it looks like Gamut 0.4.1 still suffers from the text-wrapping-upwards bug when running in 1.5, which prompted forcing the Mac version to run in 1.4.

0.4.1 re-released for Mac

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:40:45 +0000

Posted by zarf

It is possible to download Java 1.5 for all varieties of Mac OSX 10.4.

http://developer.apple.com/java/download/

(Find the lates "Java for Mac OS" or "J2SE 5.0" compatible with your OS version.)

0.4.1 re-released for Mac

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:44:54 +0000

Posted by jmac

The version of Gamut 0.4.1 that was up for the past 12 hours was broken; thanks to Brandond Davidson for the catch. I've replaced it with a nicer one.

It seems that the new SVG libraries we're using aren't too happy with the Java 1.4* that until recently was Apple's distributed version. It works fine on the Java 1.5 that now ships with the latest Mac OS X updates, so I hereby am putting a requirement of Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later for Gamut 0.4.1. Older gamuts will still work on older Mac OS X, and I put an appropriate link on the download page.

Gamut 0.4.1 released

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:28:45 +0000

Posted by jmac

This is mostly a bugfix release, but the biggest bug that's fixed is nasty enough that we recommend this update to all users. As usual, it's downloadable from the big button on volity.net's front page.

Major changes from 0.4.0:

Fixed a race condition that would sometimes erroneously tell players that they were not authorized to play.

Gamut now uses version 1.7b of the Batik SVG library, which lets it use SMIL animation.

French traduction ?

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:17:44 +0000

Posted by zarf

We currently have English, Spanish, and German.

See this web page: http://volity.org/wiki/index.cgi?Gamut_Localization

To do a translation, download the two resource bundle files, translate the appropriate part of each line, and then send them back to us. We'll integrate them into the client.

French traduction ?

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:45:10 +0000

Posted by jmac

Hi Steve,

Currently I believe that Gamut has built-in English and Spanish language support. We'd love to have it speak French too, but there are no Francophones on the project right now (that I know of)! If you know of someone who'd like to help us add in more language support, please let us know!

French traduction ?

stevefigueras@yahoo.fr — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:10:36 +0000

Posted by stevefigueras

Hello ! I search about a french traduction of gamut ! Do you know if it exist ?

Thanks

Gamut 0.4.0 released

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:26:12 +0000

Posted by jmac

I just posted version 0.4.0 of Gamut, the Volity project's official client. This is the first release since summer 2006 and I hope it to be a harbinger of some subtle changes in the project's direction, which I'll post more about later.

This version implements the Volity payment protocol, which curiously enough isn't actually used anywhere yet. It adds and repairs a lot of other little things as well, and we recommend that all Gamut users upgrade.

Full list of changes from 0.3.8:

Table window displays the payment status of the game, as described by the payment protocol.

The roster window now allows you to chat with an offline user. (The messages will be stored at the user's server until he logs on -- this is standard Jabber behavior.)

Added a "demo" authorization status.

Fetch game resource lists from the bookkeeper.

Added a "Stats" button to the table window.

If you're holding the scroll bar up in a message pane, new messages will not autoscroll you to the bottom.

Added a "Chat With User..." menu option to the main Chat menu. This lets you chat with a user by JID.

Timestamps on delayed invitations and private messages are now displayed correctly.

Gamut now correctly responds to game_verify requests from the bookkeeper.

Gamut now includes a "Volity-Identity: JID" HTTP header in all Game Finder requests. (If you're logged in.)

Added a VerificationManager class, which watches for the payment-protocol RPCs (notify_game_record, verify_game, game_player_reauthorized). Only the bookkeeper is allowed to send these, and it doesn't, so there is no visible change at this time.

Rearranged the org.volity.jabber RPC classes a little, so that they return an RPC fault to all unknown and illegal RPCs. (Previously, rejected RPCs could be dropped on the floor.)

Moved the "volity" token table to a property file (TokenVolity.properties in the properties directory) for easier localization.

Added the volity.message() RPC handler.

More localization: new-table/join-table dialogs, invitation dialogs, roster-add dialog, join-MUC dialogs, contextual menus, help pane.

Logging in with Unicode-based usernames works better. (This was largely due to changes we made in our fork of the Smack libraries.)