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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.

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

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?

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

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.

Sorry to take so long to get back.

My version is 1.5.0_06-b05

You might want to consider upgrading Java to Java 6.

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).

DennisBergkamp wrote: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.

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?

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.

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.

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).

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

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