GuideMe (TeaseMe v2.0) - Current Build 0.4.4

[Grazer1982]

Hi.
Which Java version is needed for GuideMe?
ATM im running Ubuntu and Openjava14, but it doesnt work

[lawman5297]

Easy right?

Good luck!

Thanks PlayfulGuy and for the detailed explanations. I'll let you know how I make out.

[lawman5297]

Thanks PlayfulGuy, Works perfectly. I thought ./ kept you in the same directory but I just couldn't get the rest ironed out.

[PlayfulGuy]

Hi.
Which Java version is needed for GuideMe?
ATM im running Ubuntu and Openjava14, but it doesnt work

What happens when you try?

See the releases page here: https://github.com/EroticDevelopment/GuideMe/releases

It doesn't seem to indicate what java version is required, but it does say the linux build should be considered an alpha.

I usually use windows, but I do have an ubuntu machine I can try it on. I'll try and do that in the next day or two and report back.

PG

[lawman5297]

PlayfulGuy riddle me this;
When I modified my start.bat to delete the .state file and to auto load my tease .gif files no longer play. They work fine with the unmodded start.bat. Mhh?

[PlayfulGuy]

PlayfulGuy riddle me this;
When I modified my start.bat to delete the .state file and to auto load my tease .gif files no longer play. They work fine with the unmodded start.bat. Mhh?

I'm pretty much drawing a blank on that one. Do the gifs display, but don't animate, or do they not display at all? Off the top of my head I can't think of why that might happen unless it's missing some library that isn't in the modified path.

Post the content of your both your modified and unmodified start.bat files and maybe I can spot something.

Beyond that you'd have to link me to a copy of the tease you're trying and I could try to reproduce the issue.

PG

[lawman5297]

PlayfulGuy riddle me this;
When I modified my start.bat to delete the .state file and to auto load my tease .gif files no longer play. They work fine with the unmodded start.bat. Mhh?

I'm pretty much drawing a blank on that one. Do the gifs display, but don't animate, or do they not display at all? Off the top of my head I can't think of why that might happen unless it's missing some library that isn't in the modified path.

Post the content of your both your modified and unmodified start.bat files and maybe I can spot something.

Beyond that you'd have to link me to a copy of the tease you're trying and I could try to reproduce the issue.

PG

PlayfulGuy, All I get is just a small image with a red X. It knows there is something there but not what to do with it. I can start from the original and it plays just fine. This tease is humongous. Perhaps I could send just a bit to cover this if you need it.

Original

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@echo off
PATH=./java/bin;./lib;%PATH%
start javaw -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -jar GuideMe.jar

New

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@echo off
PATH=./java/bin;./lib;%PATH%
del .\data\BrycisEstimExperienceRev.state
start javaw -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -jar GuideMe.jar .\Guides\ BrycisEstimExperienceRev.xml

[PlayfulGuy]

PlayfulGuy riddle me this;
When I modified my start.bat to delete the .state file and to auto load my tease .gif files no longer play. They work fine with the unmodded start.bat. Mhh?

I'm pretty much drawing a blank on that one. Do the gifs display, but don't animate, or do they not display at all? Off the top of my head I can't think of why that might happen unless it's missing some library that isn't in the modified path.

Post the content of your both your modified and unmodified start.bat files and maybe I can spot something.

Beyond that you'd have to link me to a copy of the tease you're trying and I could try to reproduce the issue.

PG

PlayfulGuy, All I get is just a small image with a red X. It knows there is something there but not what to do with it. I can start from the original and it plays just fine. This tease is humongous. Perhaps I could send just a bit to cover this if you need it.

Original

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@echo off
PATH=./java/bin;./lib;%PATH%
start javaw -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -jar GuideMe.jar

New

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@echo off
PATH=./java/bin;./lib;%PATH%
del .\data\BrycisEstimExperienceRev.state
start javaw -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -jar GuideMe.jar .\Guides\ BrycisEstimExperienceRev.xml

The small image with the red x usually means it can't find the file. Are you in exactly the same folder when you start it with both of those bat files? Nothing is jumping out at me there. If the one works the other should too. Is it only gifs? Jpgs etc work fine?

I would be checking the Guideme log for clues to see if it's having trouble finding files.

[PlayfulGuy]

Hi.
Which Java version is needed for GuideMe?
ATM im running Ubuntu and Openjava14, but it doesnt work

I got a chance to try this and unfortunately it doesn't work for me either.
Java crashes with some error that's mostly unintelligible for me.

Hopefully eroticdevelopment comes back some day and can continue development on this. Or maybe some linux guru can provide some assistance.

PG

[lawman5297]

I'm pretty much drawing a blank on that one. Do the gifs display, but don't animate, or do they not display at all? Off the top of my head I can't think of why that might happen unless it's missing some library that isn't in the modified path.

Post the content of your both your modified and unmodified start.bat files and maybe I can spot something.

Beyond that you'd have to link me to a copy of the tease you're trying and I could try to reproduce the issue.

PG

PlayfulGuy, All I get is just a small image with a red X. It knows there is something there but not what to do with it. I can start from the original and it plays just fine. This tease is humongous. Perhaps I could send just a bit to cover this if you need it.

Original

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@echo off
PATH=./java/bin;./lib;%PATH%
start javaw -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -jar GuideMe.jar

New

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@echo off
PATH=./java/bin;./lib;%PATH%
del .\data\BrycisEstimExperienceRev.state
start javaw -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -jar GuideMe.jar .\Guides\ BrycisEstimExperienceRev.xml

The small image with the red x usually means it can't find the file. Are you in exactly the same folder when you start it with both of those bat files? Nothing is jumping out at me there. If the one works the other should too. Is it only gifs? Jpgs etc work fine?

I would be checking the Guideme log for clues to see if it's having trouble finding files.

So here are the lines from the log using the original bat file to start it

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2021-03-25T19:55:05,203 DEBUG MainLogic - displayPage Delay Seconds 4 Style hidden Target intro14 Set  UnSet 
2021-03-25T19:55:05,203 DEBUG ComonFunctions - displayPage getMediaFullPath AAelevator\door.gif
2021-03-25T19:55:05,203 DEBUG ComonFunctions - displayPage Non Random Media C:\Users\Pops\Documents\DevelopmentFiles\GuideMe-v0.4.3-Windows.64-bit\Guides\Estim\AAelevator\door.gif
2021-03-25T19:55:05,329 TRACE MainShell - dblScreenRatio: 0.8787295476419634
2021-03-25T19:55:05,329 TRACE MainShell - Lable Height: 913
2021-03-25T19:55:05,329 TRACE MainShell - Lable Width: 1039
2021-03-25T19:55:05,329 TRACE MainShell - Image Height: 384
2021-03-25T19:55:05,329 TRACE MainShell - Image Width: 512
2021-03-25T19:55:05,329 TRACE MainShell - Scale Choice: 2.1
2021-03-25T19:55:05,329 TRACE MainShell - New GT Dimentions: H: 623 W: 831
2021-03-25T19:55:05,329 TRACE MainShell - Open: C:\Users\Pops\Documents\DevelopmentFiles\GuideMe-v0.4.3-Windows.64-bit\Guides\Estim\AAelevator\door.gif
2021-03-25T19:55:05,329 DEBUG ComonFunctions - displayPage getMediaFullPath 
2021-03-25T19:55:05,329 DEBUG ComonFunctions - displayPage Non Random Media C:\Users\Pops\Documents\DevelopmentFiles\GuideMe-v0.4.3-Windows.64-bit\Guides\Estim\

And the same lines when starting with the midified bat file

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2021-03-25T19:51:06,538 DEBUG MainLogic - displayPage Delay Seconds 4 Style hidden Target intro14 Set  UnSet 
2021-03-25T19:51:06,538 DEBUG ComonFunctions - displayPage getMediaFullPath AAelevator\door.gif
2021-03-25T19:51:06,538 DEBUG ComonFunctions - displayPage Non Random Media .\Guides\Estim\AAelevator\door.gif
2021-03-25T19:51:06,655 TRACE MainShell - dblScreenRatio: 0.8787295476419634
2021-03-25T19:51:06,655 TRACE MainShell - Lable Height: 913
2021-03-25T19:51:06,655 TRACE MainShell - Lable Width: 1039
2021-03-25T19:51:06,655 TRACE MainShell - Image Height: 384
2021-03-25T19:51:06,655 TRACE MainShell - Image Width: 512
2021-03-25T19:51:06,655 TRACE MainShell - Scale Choice: 2.1
2021-03-25T19:51:06,655 TRACE MainShell - New GT Dimentions: H: 623 W: 831
2021-03-25T19:51:06,655 TRACE MainShell - Open: .\Guides\Estim\AAelevator\door.gif
2021-03-25T19:51:06,655 DEBUG ComonFunctions - displayPage getMediaFullPath 
2021-03-25T19:51:06,655 DEBUG ComonFunctions - displayPage Non Random Media .\Guides\Estim\

I don't get it. Everything else seems to work just fine.

[PlayfulGuy]

Try changing your batch file to this

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@echo off
PATH=./java/bin;./lib;%PATH%
del .\data\BrycisEstimExperienceRev.state
start javaw -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -jar GuideMe.jar C:\Users\Pops\Documents\DevelopmentFiles\GuideMe-v0.4.3-Windows.64-bit\Guides\     BrycisEstimExperienceRev.xml

Basically change the relative path to a full path
If that works then I'd try dropping the drive letter (C:) and see what happens. It seems to be not liking the relative path, but it is odd that it's only gifs. It may be a different library that handles gifs and it's not coded to take relative paths properly, or some such thing.

PG

[lawman5297]

Try changing your batch file to this

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@echo off
PATH=./java/bin;./lib;%PATH%
del .\data\BrycisEstimExperienceRev.state
start javaw -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -jar GuideMe.jar C:\Users\Pops\Documents\DevelopmentFiles\GuideMe-v0.4.3-Windows.64-bit\Guides\     BrycisEstimExperienceRev.xml

Basically change the relative path to a full path
If that works then I'd try dropping the drive letter (C:) and see what happens. It seems to be not liking the relative path, but it is odd that it's only gifs. It may be a different library that handles gifs and it's not coded to take relative paths properly, or some such thing.

PG

I'll just use the full path. It's no big deal. Thanks for getting me in the right direction.

[lawman5297]

I hope @eroticdevelopment has not abandoned GuideMe. He was doing a fabulous job. If he is unable to maintain it perhaps there is someone else that can?

[PlayfulGuy]

I hope @eroticdevelopment has not abandoned GuideMe. He was doing a fabulous job. If he is unable to maintain it perhaps there is someone else that can?

It kind of seems like those of us that use Guideme are a small group and there's not too many programmers in the group willing to volunteer. I'm still too wrapped up in writing a new downloader with EOS support and just don't have the brainpower to learn the in's and out's of Guideme right now. But once the downloader is released (which should be soon'ish) I'm going to start digging in to it. Hopefully @eroticdevelopment returns though. Even if it's just to share some knowledge....

PG

[PlayfulGuy]

Has anyone ever used an image on a button in Guideme?

According to the docs it supports it, but I can't get it to work.

PG