On a different machine I was able to have TripleA download and run the map successfully, so I don't get the error anymore.  ...

Good to hear!

Just take out the units starting with the lowest defense value.

Right. In fact transports don't roll. They need other warships as protection. Only the other ships roll.

This should answer your questions:

http://www.wizards.com/AvalonHill/rules/AA_1942_FAQ.pdf

Will do when home from work this evening.

When installing a map directly from a "computer based" TripleA/Java the downloaded maps as well as the savegames are stored in a folder c:\Users\"User"\triplea\...

You can easily verify this and/or access this directory using the TripleA "Open User Maps and Savegames Folder" button that is accessible via the "Engine Preferences" button in the starting dialogue.

From the stick installation - as mentioned above - you will find the downloads and savegames here:
Stick/PortableApps/JavaPortableLauncher/Data/AppData/triplea/

You can easily verify this and/or access this directory using the TripleA "Open User Maps and Savegames Folder" button that is accessible via the "Engine Preferences" button in the starting dialogue, too.

Your problems sound like download errors. I would recommend to delete the maybe corrupt data from the above mentioned folders and try again.

You can of course download the map.zip directly from sourceforge and place them in any of the maps-folder:
As well in  Stick/PortableApps/JavaPortableLauncher/Data/AppData/triplea/maps/
or in         Stick/PortableApps/triplea_1_6_1_4/maps/

Sidenote: The *.properties file is used to compare the map version installed with the map version provided via the triplea_maps.xml when using the built-in map downloader.

TripleA will now start. Download the maps you want using the "Download Maps" feature and start playing. You will find the downloaded maps as well as the automatic savegames on your USB-Stick in the following directory: Stick/PortableApps/JavaPortableLauncher/Data/AppData/triplea/
and NOT in any user/home directory on your system. So you can have your games on any windows machine without leaving data on the system itself.

I got this far in the process before running into trouble.  After I put in the SourceForge link to find the maps and hit `list games`, nothing further happens.  I also can't close out the dialogue box with the cancel button or the `X` button.  I have to use Task Manager to close TripleA if I want to try again.

EDIT: I should note that if I skip trying to download a new map, I can launch and play a game successfully.

Hm, I just tested it again using my USB-stick - no problems.

Do you have a firewall/filter-rule that prevents javaw.exe from accessing the internet from your source?

Just to be sure about the download-link:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/tripleamaps/triplea_maps.xml

LoL - I wonder how the Central Powers are ever meant to win this game...
I don't get it.

 

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Great War, version: 3.2

Game History

    Round :2

        Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 37 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

        Combat Move - Germans
            5 submarines moved from SZ 3 Atlantic Ocean to SZ 6 Atlantic Ocean
                  Germans take SZ 6 Atlantic Ocean from British
            1 submarine moved from SZ 9 Atlantic Ocean to SZ 8 Atlantic Ocean
                  Germans take SZ 8 Atlantic Ocean from British
            1 submarine moved from SZ 8 Atlantic Ocean to SZ 7 Atlantic Ocean
                  Germans take SZ 7 Atlantic Ocean from French
            1 submarine moved from SZ 13 Atlantic Ocean to SZ 12 Atlantic Ocean
                  Germans take SZ 12 Atlantic Ocean from British
            1 submarine moved from SZ 12 Atlantic Ocean to SZ 11 Atlantic Ocean
                  Germans take SZ 11 Atlantic Ocean from French
            1 submarine moved from SZ 19 Atlantic Ocean to SZ 17 Atlantic Ocean
            1 submarine moved from SZ 17 Atlantic Ocean to SZ 16 Atlantic Ocean
            1 submarine moved from SZ 43 North Atlantic to SZ 40 North Atlantic
                  Germans take SZ 40 North Atlantic from British
            1 submarine moved from SZ 40 North Atlantic to SZ 24 North Atlantic
            1 submarine moved from SZ 49 Balearic Sea to SZ 52 Balearic Sea
                  Germans take SZ 52 Balearic Sea from Italians
            1 submarine moved from SZ 52 Balearic Sea to SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea
            1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 3 submarines moved from SZ 50 Gulf of Lyon to SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea
            1 submarine moved from SZ 55 Tyrrhenian Sea to SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea
            1 cruiser moved from SZ 70 Indian Ocean to SZ 69 Arabian Sea
            1 cruiser moved from SZ 77 South Atlantic to SZ 76 Mid Atlantic
                  Germans take SZ 76 Mid Atlantic from French
            1 cruiser moved from SZ 76 Mid Atlantic to SZ 77 South Atlantic
            1 infantry moved from Mombasa to British Somaliland
                  Germans take British Somaliland from British
            1 artillery moved from Nairobi to Lake Victoria
            1 artillery moved from Lake Victoria to Uganda
                  Germans take Uganda from British
            3 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Passchendaele to Ypres
                  Germans take Ypres from British
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Loos to Arras
                  Germans take Arras from British
            1 infantry moved from Somme - East to Somme - West
                  Germans take Somme - West from French
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Vimy to Arras
            1 infantry moved from Peronne to Champagne
                  Germans take Champagne from French
            1 infantry moved from St. Mihiel to Verdun
                  Germans take Verdun from French
            1 infantry moved from Meuse River to Argonne Forest
                  Germans take Argonne Forest from French

        Combat - Germans
            Battle in SZ 69 Arabian Sea
                Germans attack with 1 cruiser
                British defend with 1 battlecruiser
                    Germans roll dice for 1 cruiser in SZ 69 Arabian Sea, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 battlecruiser in SZ 69 Arabian Sea, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 cruiser in SZ 69 Arabian Sea, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 battlecruiser in SZ 69 Arabian Sea, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 cruiser owned by the Germans lost in SZ 69 Arabian Sea
                British win with 1 battlecruiser remaining. Battle score for attacker is -9
                Casualties for Germans: 1 cruiser
            Battle in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea
                Germans attack with 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 5 submarines
                Italians defend with 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers and 2 transports
                    Germans roll dice for 5 submarines in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea, round 1 :  3/5 hits
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Italians
                    2 transports owned by the Italians lost in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea
                    Germans roll dice for 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea, round 1 :  2/4 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 5 destroyers in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea, round 1 :  6/8 hits
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Germans
                    2 destroyers owned by the Italians , 1 destroyer owned by the Germans and 4 submarines owned by the Germans lost in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea
                    Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship and 1 cruiser in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 3 destroyers in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea, round 2 :  3/6 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Italians , 1 battlecruiser owned by the Germans , 1 cruiser owned by the Germans and 1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea
                    Germans roll dice for 1 battleship in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 2 destroyers in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea, round 3 :  1/5 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Italians and 1 battleship owned by the Germans lost in SZ 54 Tyrrhenian Sea
                Italians win with 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is -32
                Casualties for Germans: 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 5 submarines
                Casualties for Italians: 4 destroyers and 2 transports

        Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 infantry moved from Yaounde to Douala
            2 infantry moved from Rukwa to Weidmannshiel
            2 cavalrys moved from Nairobi to Weidmannshiel
            1 infantry moved from Mombasa to Nairobi
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Vimy to Arras
            1 fighter moved from Vimy to Ypres
            1 fighter moved from Vimy to Arras
            1 infantry moved from Somme - East to Noyon
            1 artillery moved from Somme - East to Noyon
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Peronne to Noyon
            3 infantry moved from Escaut River to Noyon
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Cambrai to Peronne
            1 artillery, 2 cavalrys and 2 infantry moved from Guise to Juvigny
            2 artilleries moved from Lorraine to St. Mihiel
            1 infantry moved from St. Mihiel to Lorraine
            3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 5 infantry moved from Meuse River to St. Mihiel
            1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Saar to St. Mihiel
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Namur to Meuse River
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Brussels to Namur
            1 artillery, 1 cavalry and 2 infantry moved from Alsace to Saar
            2 artilleries, 1 cavalry and 4 infantry moved from Cologne to Saar
            2 cavalrys moved from Saar to St. Mihiel
            2 artilleries, 1 cavalry and 4 infantry moved from Silesia to East Prussia
            3 infantry moved from Saxony to Silesia
            2 infantry moved from Bavaria to Bohemia
            5 infantry moved from Pomerania to East Prussia
            4 infantry moved from Hanover to Pomerania
            1 battlecruiser and 1 battleship moved from SZ 31 Gulf of Bothnia to SZ 33 Baltic Sea
            1 transport moved from SZ 32 Baltic Sea to SZ 33 Baltic Sea
            1 infantry moved from Silesia to East Prussia
            1 cavalry moved from Belgrade to Carpathia
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Belgrade to Bulgaria
            1 cruiser moved from SZ 88 Bering Sea to SZ 85 Marshall Islands
            1 battlecruiser moved from SZ 89 Sea of Japan to SZ 85 Marshall Islands
            1 battlecruiser and 2 cruisers moved from SZ 79 Samoa to SZ 85 Marshall Islands
            1 fighter moved from Ypres to Passchendaele
            1 fighter moved from Arras to Vimy
            1 fighter moved from Vimy to Noyon

        Place Units - Germans
            3 infantry placed in Vimy
            2 infantry placed in Cambrai
            2 infantry placed in Passchendaele
            3 infantry placed in Alsace
            3 infantry placed in Cologne
            6 infantry placed in East Prussia
            6 infantry placed in Hanover
            4 infantry placed in Belgrade
            4 infantry placed in Bulgaria
            4 infantry placed in Berlin

        Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 112 PUs; end with 113 PUs total
            1 unit repaired.


Territory Summary for Germans :

    SZ 6 Atlantic Ocean : 1 flag, 5 submarines
    SZ 7 Atlantic Ocean : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    SZ 8 Atlantic Ocean : 1 flag
    SZ 9 Atlantic Ocean : 1 flag
    SZ 11 Atlantic Ocean : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    SZ 12 Atlantic Ocean : 1 flag
    SZ 13 Atlantic Ocean : 1 flag
    SZ 14 Atlantic Ocean : 1 flag
    SZ 16 Atlantic Ocean : 3 submarines
    SZ 18 Atlantic Ocean : 1 flag
    SZ 19 Atlantic Ocean : 1 flag
    SZ 24 North Atlantic : 1 submarine
    SZ 31 Gulf of Bothnia : 1 flag
    SZ 33 Baltic Sea : 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 2 submarines and 1 transport
    SZ 40 North Atlantic : 1 flag
    SZ 48 West Mediterranean : 1 flag
    SZ 49 Balearic Sea : 1 flag
    SZ 52 Balearic Sea : 1 flag
    SZ 76 Mid Atlantic : 1 flag
    SZ 77 South Atlantic : 1 flag, 1 cruiser
    SZ 78 Easter Island : 1 flag
    SZ 85 Marshall Islands : 2 battlecruisers and 3 cruisers
    SZ 87 Gulf of Alaska : 1 flag
    Lake Victoria : 1 transport
    Lake Nyasa : 1 transport
    Lake Tanganyika : 1 transport
    Ypres : 1 flag, 3 artilleries and 5 infantry
    Passchendaele : 1 factory, 1 fighter and 2 infantry
    Cologne : 1 factory and 3 infantry
    Loos : 1 flag
    Arras : 1 flag, 3 artilleries and 6 infantry
    Vimy : 1 factory and 3 infantry
    Cambrai : 1 factory and 2 infantry
    Brussels : 1 factory
    Namur : 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Somme - West : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Noyon : 3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 6 infantry
    Peronne : 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Juvigny : 2 artilleries, 2 cavalrys and 6 infantry
    Meuse River : 1 artillery and 3 infantry
    Champagne : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Argonne Forest : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Verdun : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    St. Mihiel : 7 artilleries, 2 cavalrys, 2 fighters and 12 infantry
    Saar : 3 artilleries and 6 infantry
    Alsace : 1 factory and 3 infantry
    Lorraine : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Douala : 2 infantry
    Mora : 2 infantry
    Windhoek : 1 cavalry and 2 infantry
    Uganda : 1 flag, 1 artillery
    Nairobi : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Weidmannshiel : 2 cavalrys and 2 infantry
    Mombasa : 1 flag
    British Somaliland : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Silesia : 3 infantry
    Pomerania : 4 infantry
    Ruhr : 1 factory
    East Prussia : 3 artilleries, 1 cavalry, 1 factory, 2 fighters, 21 infantry and 3 zeppelins
    Hanover : 1 factory and 6 infantry
    Berlin : 1 aaGun, 1 factory and 4 infantry
    Bulgaria : 3 artilleries, 1 factory, 2 fighters and 5 infantry
    Bohemia : 2 infantry
    Carpathia : 1 cavalry
    Belgrade : 1 flag, 1 factory and 4 infantry


Production/PUs Summary :

    Germans : 112 / 113
    French : 44 / 53
    Russians : 45 / 59
    Austrians : 59 / 61
    Ottomans : 42 / 52
    British : 74 / 84
    Italians : 31 / 32
    Americans : 50 / 50

Handling Triple A: Close a windows
When a windows for example "End Move" is open it looks like i can close it per keyboard, with pressing  Ja (German=Yes) or Nein (German=no). But i can't close it with j or y.
This is maybe we have installed windows or java in german?

Try pressing "Z" instead. American/English keyboards have the "y" where we Germans have the "z" and vice versa.

Aww, I just realized that I could have taken Istanbul 

Consider that a gift. It won't happen again 

Ouch - you are right. Well it was my gift at first - not having noticed your opportunity to do that.
I'm still a little bit confused about the map layout.

It won't happen again, either 

No thanks. I hope the subs score some hits before they will be sunk.
 

In WW2v2 does a destroyer cancel the submarine's special abilities? As it does in WW2v3?
I am just curious.

For this battle just move on.
OOL is Submarine then Cruiser then Battlecruiser then Battleship.

Ok, I will have a look at it when I am home from work this evening.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Great War, version: 3.2

Game History

    Round :1

        Purchase Units - Ottomans
            Ottomans buy 6 artilleries, 2 cavalrys and 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

        Combat Move - Ottomans
            1 artillery, 1 cavalry and 2 infantry moved from Armenia to Caucasus
                  Ottomans take Caucasus from Russians
            3 cavalrys moved from Ankara to Caucasus

        Combat - Ottomans

        Non Combat Move - Ottomans
            1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Syria to Palestine
            2 infantry moved from Baghdad to Syria
            1 infantry moved from al-Hasa to Syria
            1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Smyrna to Syria
            2 cavalrys moved from Smyrna to Palestine
            1 infantry moved from Baghdad to Basra
            2 infantry moved from Mosul to Armenia
            2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Ankara to Armenia
            2 infantry moved from Anatolia to Bulgaria
            1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Istanbul to Anatolia
            1 fighter moved from Istanbul to Syria
            1 fighter moved from Istanbul to Armenia
            1 infantry moved from Palestine to Hejaz

        Place Units - Ottomans
            3 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in Ankara
            3 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in Syria
            Ottomans undo move 2.
            3 artilleries and 2 infantry placed in Syria
            2 cavalrys and 1 infantry placed in Istanbul

        Turn Complete - Ottomans
            Ottomans collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs total


Territory Summary for Ottomans :

    Bulgaria : 2 infantry
    Caucasus : 1 flag, 1 artillery, 4 cavalrys and 2 infantry
    Ankara : 3 artilleries, 1 factory and 3 infantry
    Armenia : 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 6 infantry
    Hejaz : 2 infantry
    Basra : 1 infantry
    al-Hasa : 1 infantry
    Istanbul : 1 aaGun, 2 cavalrys, 1 factory and 1 infantry
    Palestine : 1 artillery, 2 cavalrys and 6 infantry
    Syria : 4 artilleries, 1 factory, 1 fighter and 9 infantry
    Anatolia : 1 artillery and 4 infantry


Production/PUs Summary :

    Germans : 107 / 112
    French : 53 / 53
    Russians : 45 / 59
    Austrians : 61 / 61
    Ottomans : 52 / 52
    British : 67 / 75
    Italians : 29 / 35
    Americans : 50 / 50