Forge Beta: 08-16-2013 ver 1.4.6

[Marek14]

Opponent cast Esper Charm through my Possibility Storm, and I got the choice of mode.

Bump in the Night seems to have wrong description (talks about damage).

Xathrid Necromancer still produces untapped tokens.

[dasro20]

Ok, so I'm very new to Ubuntu. I honestly have no idea how to execute the program and play Forge. If someone would explain to me how to play on an Ubuntu computer that would be awesome. Thanks! Also, I tried the .sh file but no luck.

[demonnic]

It is likely due to the version of java in use. iirc Ubuntu ships with java6 as the default, and Forge requires java7. A quick google search will turn up an articale on ubuntugeek which will help with this (I had the link, but it makes my post seem too spammy since I'm a new user).


My own issue is that while it does run for me, I'm having major drawing issues on all screens. Things will go blank, or simply not redraw until I move or resize the app. Trying to narrow it down a bit more.

[dasro20]

Demonic,
Thanks for the reply. I'll look into now.

EDIT: So I looked into changing it to Java 7, and I did that. I just don't understand how to actually run the shell script (.sh). Is it something in the Terminal?

[Zirbert]

Demonic,
Thanks for the reply. I'll look into now.

EDIT: So I looked into changing it to Java 7, and I did that. I just don't understand how to actually run the shell script (.sh). Is it something in the Terminal?

Woohoo! Another Ubuntu user!

Your Forge folder, containing forge.sh, needs to be somewhere that you have full rights to (your home folder works fine). Make sure it's executable (right-click, Properties), double-click the .sh file, and choose Run in Terminal.

I was doing it the hard way, via the command line, until recently: "cd //media/sda3/Forge; java -jar forge-1.4.6-jar-with-dependencies.jar". That works, but isn't necessary. I got a friend to try both Ubuntu and Forge, and when I e-mailed him that command line, with an explanation that he'd have to replace my path with his, he asked why I don't just click on the .sh file.....

[friarsol]

I was doing it the hard way, via the command line, until recently: "cd //media/sda3/Forge; java -jar forge-1.4.6-jar-with-dependencies.jar". That works, but isn't necessary. I got a friend to try both Ubuntu and Forge, and when I e-mailed him that command line, with an explanation that he'd have to replace my path with his, he asked why I don't just click on the .sh file.....

chmod +x forge*.jar should do the trick too.

[dasro20]

Zirbert wrote: I was doing it the hard way, via the command line, until recently: "cd //media/sda3/Forge; java -jar forge-1.4.6-jar-with-dependencies.jar". That works, but isn't necessary. I got a friend to try both Ubuntu and Forge, and when I e-mailed him that command line, with an explanation that he'd have to replace my path with his, he asked why I don't just click on the .sh file.....




So every time I try doing the "cd //media/sda3/Forge; java -jar forge-1.4.6-jar-with-dependencies.jar". in the Terminal, it always says that it unable to access the file. Am I doing something wrong? Sorry but I'm a total noob to Ubuntu.

[friarsol]

So every time I try doing the "cd //media/sda3/Forge; java -jar forge-1.4.6-jar-with-dependencies.jar". in the Terminal, it always says that it unable to access the file. Am I doing something wrong? Sorry but I'm a total noob to Ubuntu.

You can't do that command exactly. Zirbert was just using that as an example of where Forge is located on his computer //media/sda3 represents where one particular hard drive is mounted on his system. And the Forge folder inside.

[Zirbert]

So every time I try doing the "cd //media/sda3/Forge; java -jar forge-1.4.6-jar-with-dependencies.jar". in the Terminal, it always says that it unable to access the file. Am I doing something wrong? Sorry but I'm a total noob to Ubuntu.

You can't do that command exactly. Zirbert was just using that as an example of where Forge is located on his computer //media/sda3 represents where one particular hard drive is mounted on his system. And the Forge folder inside.

Sol's got it exactly. You'd need to replace "//media/sda3/Forge" with the path to where you extracted the Forge folder. //media/sda3/Forge just happens to be the place I used to use. Now I use my Home folder.

It's a whole lot easier to extract Forge to a folder you have full permission to, like your Home folder, or adjust the permissions after extracting, like suggested earlier (although I could never get that to work - I'm far from a Linnux guru), and run it by double-clicking forge.sh.

I mentioned making the .sh file executable earlier; in case it helps, here's exactly how you do that: right-click on the .sh file, click Properties (at the bottom of the popup menu), click the Permissions tab, and make sure the box labelled "Allow executing file as program" is checked. You might also need to select the program to open it with (Properties - Open With tab). Gedit works fine.

[dasro20]

I'm sorry but I have no idea what I'm doing. Every time I try it says there's an error or it can't find forge.sh

[Zirbert]

I'm sorry but I have no idea what I'm doing. Every time I try it says there's an error or it can't find forge.sh

Have you successfully extracted the .tar.gz file to a folder? The current version of the folder is called forge-1.4.6. Once you have that, you should be able to just open that folder in Nautilus (Ubuntu's file manager, the equivalent of Windows Explorer) to find forge.sh. Finding it shoudn't be an issue. You really don't need to go to the command line at all.

I'm going offline for the night, but don't worry, we'll get you there!

[timmermac]

Tl;dr - If you are on a Mac and have issues with it seeing Java 7 as the default installed version, go install the full JDK (Java Development Kit) instead of just the JRE (Java Runtime Environment), it makes all the correct file and path associations.

I would just like to confirm that. You need to install JDK not JRE. This probably needs to be stickied, bolded, highlighted and surrounded by fireworks! I found this a very frustrating experience as you can probably tell.

Cheers,
Steve

There's a new sticky...

[Pux]

The second ability from Predator Ooze isn't displayed correctly when you have to choose between two effects happening at the same time.

[dasro20]

Thanks Zirbert! I got it to work!

[Marek14]

It looks like you can't use Heritage Druid when it has summoning sickness. Since it doesn't have the symbol, that should be possible.