Error on startup

[nelyn]

I receive the following errors when trying to start the 9-18 Version of Forge

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Detailed error trace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.io.Reader.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
at NameChanger.readFile(NameChanger.java:108)
at NameChanger.<init>(NameChanger.java:17)
at AllZone.<clinit>(AllZone.java:9)
at Gui_NewGame.main(Gui_NewGame.java:98)



I also get an error in Windows XP that talks about not bveing able to find the class and then the program quits.

[Sloth]

I had the same problem, Nelyn.
I updated my version of JRE and it worked again. Good luck.

[nelyn]

I would love to do that, but I do not have the admin priviledges to do that at work (I normally play on my lunch break). Is there any way to make forge compatable with earlier versions of Java?

[nantuko84]

1. what jre version do you have?
just type

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java -version

in command line

2. the exception is thrown from NameChanger.java that seems can't find name-mutator.txt file. As far as I know, NameChanger isn't used any more. so I believe developers can just disable it

[mtgrares]

Yes the file "name-mutator.txt" is still required but it isn't used. MTG Forge won't run if the file can't be found.

[nelyn]

Sorry to take so long to get back.

My version is 1.5.0_06-b05

[Chris H.]

You might want to consider upgrading Java to Java 6.

[DennisBergkamp]

Yes, this has to be the problem. The compiler I'm using for the project is 1.6 (I'm not sure when I switched over to 1.6, but I guess I must have been using 1.5 for the 0528 version).

[Chris H.]

Yes, this has to be the problem. The compiler I'm using for the project is 1.6 (I'm not sure when I switched over to 1.6, but I guess I must have been using 1.5 for the 0528 version).

When I upgraded my Mac to Snow Leopard a few weeks ago I noticed that Eclipse was no longer set up to use a JRE (JVM 1.5.0). It took me awhile to figure out how to use the Configure JRE... options in the New Java Project window.

Or I may have accessed this from the Preferences - Installed JREs window. I finally got it set up for 1.5.0 again.

I suspect that the non-intel Power PC based Mac computers can not upgrade to Java 6. This may only be an option for Windows and *nix.

[nelyn]

I don't really have th option of upgrading the java on my work PCs. I work overnight from 12am to 8am Sat - Wed as a shift supervisor for a passenger ferry service in VIrginia, and I like playing a round or two to pass the time during the "dead" hours.

Maybe making Forge as a stand alone java program like was mentioned in another thread might work.

Also, could I not just download the full install and then copy over the forge executable that I have that does work to the new folder (I have done the for the current version)? I would not get the nice things like scalable sections and stuff, but it still should run, right?

[DennisBergkamp]

The real executable would be the run-forge.jar file (run-forge.exe just points to this jar file).
If you would copy an older version (I assume you're using 0528) of run-forge.jar into the latest full install, stuff wouldn't work well at all: the newer cards defined in cards.txt will not work since they're only implemented in that later version. And you're right, along with a lot of bugfixes, and a bunch of features like the scalable sections will not work either.

So basically, you'd be better off just using the 0528 version that works, the latest version would contain a lot of dead cards that do nothing.

But I'll see what I can do, maybe I could compile the latest version using 1.5.

[silly freak]

the compiler version was also the problem with the @Override when merging my code some time ago. I tried to compile my version 1.5 compatible, and up to that version, @Override is not allowed for implementing methods. another mystery uncovered!

there should be no problem in changing the compiler settings back for new releases.

[DennisBergkamp]

Ah, yes indeed. The only errors I'm getting when I switch back to 1.5 is each "@Override" statement.

Nelyn, try replacing your forge with the jar contained within the attached RAR. It's a recompiled version of the August 28 release (1.5 instead of 1.6 this time).

[nelyn]

Thanks. I will test it on the work PC when I go back to work this Sat.

[DennisBergkamp]

No problems
Let me know if it works... the next version I will compile with 1.5 as well.