[VASL] NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "String.getBytes(java.nio.charset.Charset)" because "save" is null #3018

[derimmer]

transferred from vassalengine/modules#3018

[derimmer]

This error seems to have been caused by trying to load a non-VASL game in VASL. From the error log file:

2026-01-25 14:55:51,255 [194048-Thread-1] INFO VASSAL.build.module.GameState - This save was created with the module named '1863 - test1', but you are running module 'VASL'
2026-01-25 14:56:10,427 [194048-Thread-2] INFO VASSAL.build.module.GameState - Loading save game Q:\Q_share\vmod\saves_RV0001.vsav, created with module version 6.7.1
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I think a crash is actually the correct response to such behaviour so no fix required. Closing.