I've made a terrible mistake, called "Yosemite".

[Stride]

i can run Java 8, or i can run Apple's house build of Java 6. i can't instal Java 7 at all as far as i can tell.

my game group is using MT-1.3.91 in Java 7.
for best compatibility should i use Java 6, or 8?

thanks in advance for your time.

[aliasmask]

Java 8 works best. There is a stylesheet bug in java 8 when using MT, but most frameworks don't use that. I think there was something else minor, but I can't recall what that was.

[Stride]

There is a stylesheet bug in java 8 when using MT, but most frameworks don't use that. I think there was something else minor, but I can't recall what that was.

we're using the Pathfinder framework. i don't know what version, if any, other than newest... ? maybe?

[aliasmask]

Well, the character sheet will not work for java 8, nor will the spell reference library. I know lindsay went ahead and made an update so it would be compatible with java 8 (removing the stylesheet requirement) but I'm not sure if that is his latest build or the one that's soon to come out. Personally I don't use the character sheet but I think many people do.

[Stride]

uhmmm...
why is MT requesting Java 6 then?

[aliasmask]

Hopefully someone with a Mac knowledge can help you. I'm out of my element with that.

[wolph42]

Couple of friends of me use java 8 on Mac, so save the style issue, you can use it

[aliasmask]

Couple of friends of me use java 8 on Mac, so save the style issue, you can use it

Are you using b91 or one of the pre-releases?

[lmarkus001]

My latest released Pathfinder framework is mostly fine with Java 8.

The remembered issues are:
Aliasmask's spell database - you will not be able to get the spell description frame more than once as it has too many stylesheets. So if someone casts Magic Missile and you click on the Magic Missile link, you will get errors that you can cancel out of.
Skill info link frame - If you run a skill check and click on the skill name link, you will only get that info frame once as it has too many style sheets

[aliasmask]

My latest released Pathfinder framework is mostly fine with Java 8.

The remembered issues are:
Aliasmask's spell database - you will not be able to get the spell description frame more than once as it has too many stylesheets. So if someone casts Magic Missile and you click on the Magic Missile link, you will get errors that you can cancel out of.
Skill info link frame - If you run a skill check and click on the skill name link, you will only get that info frame once as it has too many style sheets

I have 2 weeks off. I'll see what I can do about the spell reference library. At the very least, I can get rid of the style sheet and the most dig up my old code for a newer version that allows new entries. No promises though on that last part.

[wolph42]

Couple of friends of me use java 8 on Mac, so save the style issue, you can use it

Are you using b91 or one of the pre-releases?

91

[Stride]

you will get errors that you can cancel out of.

that's better than i'd thought. as long as it's something i can avoid and it won't corrupt anything anywhere else i'm fine with it.

[Stride]

i just reinstalled j8 and the mac MT launcher is still requesting legacy java 6 from apple.

[PhillyG]

I run maptools versions .b87, .b89, and .b91 on my Mac Mini

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Mini:~ $ java -version
java version "1.6.0_65"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-466.1-11M4716)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.65-b04-466.1, mixed mode)
Mini:~ $ sw_vers
ProductName:	Mac OS X
ProductVersion:	10.10.4
BuildVersion:	14E46
Mini:~ $ 

[Stride]

I run maptools versions .87, .89, and .91 on my Mac Mini

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Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-466.1-11M4716)
ProductVersion:	10.10.4

right, and see that part about

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Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-466.1-11M4716)

...that isn't just java 6. it's apple's house blend of Sanka.
they haven't changed it since about 2009. they just added a security patch around 2011 and have since declared it ''use at your own risk''.

i updated from SnowLeopard to get away from j6 and into real Oracle Java. i know people are doing it somehow. but when i open maptools it requests Runtime Java 6.