Since, over the time, a lot of ppl. in my RPG Community (www.drachenzwinge.de) had different problems with the different launching methods of Maptool (in the past the packed .bat files did not work, the Maptoollauncher.exe did not use the config any more, for using the onlinelauncher you needed to be online and some security settings may have prevented the launch of the onlinelauncher, currently the launch methods do not ship some minor features and improvements which I included over the years into my Launchfile and which the version of my launcher in the maptool legacy folder lack, and after reading some rather current posts in this forum I notice that there still seem to be some issues with the launch methods), I took the liberty of writing a working Launchfile for Windows Clients.
The file I wrote works just fine even for the most untrained of Users.
Usage and Download
Just unpack the Maptool Launch File (by Clyde).zip into the Folder in wich your maptool-x.x.xxx.jar is (this is the folder into wich you installed Maptool) and doubleclick the "Maptool Launch File (by Clyde).bat".
Features
- Maptool launches with all Javaversions, without configuration, without additionally necessary bugfixes and without any problems.
- You are able to load bigger pictures than with the standard configuration.
- Special characters are also working in character-sheet-windows (thanks to Nin).
- Solves IPv6 Problems.
- Fixes graphic glitches, if you experience some, WHEN you uncomment line 128 (removing the REM at the beginning of the line).
See "Configuration" below, to learn how to do that.
You can easily configure the behaviour of the Launchfile by rightclicking the file and then clicking edit. In the File you will find a section that is headlined with "CONFIGURING THE LAUNCHER". It contains the configuration options and some explanations regarding them.
Maptool version
All Maptool versions.
Operatingsystem
All Windows versions.
Java version
All Java versions.
May my code be redistributed and/or modified?
I have detailed the conditions, under which my code may be redistributed and/or modified, at the beginning of the same.
With best regards,
Clyde.