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| − | == LAUNCHING JWILDFIRE ==
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| − | '''LAUNCHING JWILDFIRE'''
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| − | Please use always the official launcher to start JWildfire. The launcher can be
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| − | executed by any Java runtime and can be started with any options.
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| − | The task of the launcher is to launch the main software with controlled options
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| − | and to reserve enough memory.
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| − | - under Windows use the start_windows.bat to start the launcher.
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| − | - under Mac OS use the start_mac.command to start the launcher.
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| − | - under Linux use the start_linux.sh to start the launcher.
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| − | If this doesnt work or if you have another operating system not listed here
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| − | just start/open the j-wildfire-launcher.jar directly.
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| − | PLEASE DO NOT START THE j-wildfire.jar DIRECTLY!
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| − | If you start the j-wildfire.jar directly then JWildfire is started with default
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| − | Java otions.
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| − | In the most cases you cannot render large images with those settings because not
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| − | enough memory is reserved at startup. So even if you have plenty of memory it can
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| − | not be used for rendering this way. Additionally, the wrong settings may cause
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| − | slower rendering.
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| − | '''HOW THE LAUNCHER WORKS'''
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| − | It analyzes certain system settings to locate java runtimes on your system and
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| − | automatically selects the most recent one. You can override the automatically
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| − | selected version by selecting another entry in the listbox.
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| − | If the scanner did not find a java runtime (probably on Macs as I have no way to
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| − | test this) you can manually add it. You must do this only once, of course.
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| − | The memory setting lets you specify the maximum amount of memory in megabytes to use.
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| − | This memory amount is only allocated if required. But there is no way to allocate
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| − | more memory than here specified if JWildfire is already running.
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| − | I. e., you must choose this value wisely.
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| − | Example: 6000 MB should work fine to render images in high-end quality for print.
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| − | '''TROUBLESHOOTING'''
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| − | The launcher works in two ways: regular and debug mode. In regular mode it just
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| − | start JWildfire and shuts down itself.
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| − | If you face any problems (i. E., JWildfire does not start) please activate the
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| − | "Debug" checkbox. This forces a traced launching where log messages are recorded
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| − | and displayed at the "Log messages" tab.
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| − | You can easily copy those messages into the clipboard by using the "To clipboard"
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| − | button and then report them for further assistence.
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