MARTI error. Test roll always comes back with error message (first game in a couple years)

game wont let me roll. dice error
i do have my java updated.
i have made sure my user name and password is right

I found a similar error in a post from early 2019, but that was resolved, but this was the information you asked for then…hope it helps you help me.

Thanks,
Snigg

Test
Contacting dice.tripleawarclub.org
An error has occured!
Possible reasons the error could have happened:
1: An invalid e-mail address
2: Firewall could be blocking TripleA from connecting to the Dice Server
3: The e-mail address does not exist
4: An unknown error, please see the error console and consult the forums for help
Visit https://forums.triplea-game.org/ for extra help
javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.createLayeredSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:396)
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:355)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.connect(DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.java:142)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.connect(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.java:373)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.establishRoute(MainClientExec.java:381)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.execute(MainClientExec.java:237)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.ProtocolExec.execute(ProtocolExec.java:185)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec.execute(RetryExec.java:89)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RedirectExec.execute(RedirectExec.java:111)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.doExecute(InternalHttpClient.java:185)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:118)
at games.strategy.engine.random.PropertiesDiceRoller.postRequest(PropertiesDiceRoller.java:147)
at games.strategy.engine.random.PbemDiceRoller$HttpDiceRollerDialog.rollInSeperateThread(PbemDiceRoller.java:222)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source)
… 22 more
Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.build(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(Unknown Source)
at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(Unknown Source)
… 28 more

SYSTEM PROPERTIES
awt.toolkit=sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
exe4j.consoleCodepage=cp0
exe4j.isInstall4j=true
exe4j.launchName=C:\Program Files\TripleA\TripleA.exe
exe4j.moduleName=C:\Program Files\TripleA\TripleA.exe
exe4j.semaphoreName=Local\c:_program_files_triplea_triplea.exe0
exe4j.tempDir=
exe4j.unextractedPosition=0
file.encoding=Cp1252
file.encoding.pkg=sun.io
file.separator=
install4j.appDir=C:\Program Files\TripleA
install4j.exeDir=C:\Program Files\TripleA
install4j.launcherId=33
install4j.swt=false
java.awt.graphicsenv=sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
java.awt.printerjob=sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob
java.class.path=C:\Program Files\TripleA.install4j\i4jruntime.jar;C:\Program Files\TripleA.\bin\triplea-game-headed-1.9.0.0.13066-all.jar
java.class.version=52.0
java.endorsed.dirs=c:\program files\common files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66\lib\endorsed
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java.home=c:\program files\common files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66
java.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\nappe\AppData\Local\Temp
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java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
java.vendor.url=http://java.oracle.com/
java.vendor.url.bug=http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/
java.version=1.8.0_66
java.vm.info=mixed mode
java.vm.name=Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM
java.vm.specification.name=Java Virtual Machine Specification
java.vm.specification.vendor=Oracle Corporation
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java.vm.vendor=Oracle Corporation
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os.arch=amd64
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path.separator=;
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sun.awt.enableExtraMouseButtons=true
sun.boot.class.path=c:\program files\common files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66\lib\resources.jar;c:\program files\common files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66\lib\rt.jar;c:\program files\common files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66\lib\sunrsasign.jar;c:\program files\common files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66\lib\jsse.jar;c:\program files\common files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66\lib\jce.jar;c:\program files\common files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66\lib\charsets.jar;c:\program files\common files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66\lib\jfr.jar;c:\program files\common files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66\classes
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sun.cpu.endian=little
sun.cpu.isalist=amd64
sun.desktop=windows
sun.io.unicode.encoding=UnicodeLittle
sun.java.command=C:\Program Files\TripleA\TripleA.exe
sun.jnu.encoding=Cp1252
sun.management.compiler=HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers
sun.os.patch.level=
user.country=US
user.dir=C:\Program Files\TripleA
user.home=C:\Users\nappe
user.language=en
user.name=nappe
user.script=
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Perfect, thanks Panther. Had to re-add that _66 directory to uninstall TripleA, but once it was removed and TripleA reinstalled it worked.

Thanks again,
Snigg