I'm new to Apterous and love it, but it appears to me from other comments that, for many or even most people, the Chat and Spectate features work at least some of the time. I'd really like to get them working here, but so far I have drawn a blank. I've tried different versions of Java, different web browsers, and running the web browser as an admin (something I normally avoid). I've also tried it on a different PC at a different location, just in case it was some firewall/network weirdness.
The only remaining common denominator that springs to mind is that both PCs are running Windows XP. Maybe the people for whom it works are running OSX or Linux? This seems like a long shot. But I would even go to those extremes to get Apterous to work fully
So I'm just wondering if anyone has been here before me and found some way round it. TIA for any suggestions.
Any tips on getting Chat and/or Spectate to work?
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- Phil Reynolds
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Re: Any tips on getting Chat and/or Spectate to work?
Aptochat works fine for me on XP. Soz.Paul Hammond wrote:The only remaining common denominator that springs to mind is that both PCs are running Windows XP. Maybe the people for whom it works are running OSX or Linux?
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Re: Any tips on getting Chat and/or Spectate to work?
I'm struggling to get chat working at the moment. I've never had any problems before and haven't changed anything on my PC. I'm not generally that bothered about chatting but I feel like I'm being rather rude when I play a game and can't make any comments to my opponent!
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Re: Any tips on getting Chat and/or Spectate to work?
I have the same problem. If it helps Charlie, the error message I get is
Thread-16 [Initialise chat pane]:java.lang.NullPointerException
Thread-16 [Initialise chat pane]:java.lang.NullPointerException
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Re: Any tips on getting Chat and/or Spectate to work?
When I load the main game screen I get an error message in the aptochat box, but simply clicking refresh then enables both chat and spectate. I'm not sure why this is but it works for me.
It took me a couple of days to realise this so apologies to anyone who played me early last week and got the impression I was not particularly friendly.
It took me a couple of days to realise this so apologies to anyone who played me early last week and got the impression I was not particularly friendly.