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I presume if you have gotten here you know what MTG Forge is, but if you don't I'll explain it. In short MTG Forge lets you play Magic the Gathering will all of the rules again the computer. It has 849 cards and includes planesalkers, Lightning Bolt, Bitterblossom, Kokusho the Evening Star, Ancestral Recall and many others new and old cards. You can also play sealed or draft games for more variety.

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I'm not sure where or how to start here. I had been playing the 8/28 version, doing ok except having many losses rack up when the computer played a card like Kodama's Reach and everything that had been visible on my screen just slid to the right and out of sight. I never figured out how to get it back. Now I just downloaded the brand new version (beta) and that wont work at all for me. I get a list of error messages which I saved, but dont know how to append it here. It is in text format and not accepted. I had previously run into things like "computer is thinking"...forever it was. Need help somehow.

I think this might be because I forgot to compile the latest version with java 1.5...
One way to fix this would be to upgrade your java to 1.6. The next version will be 1.5 (which should be out in a week or so probably).

Then again, it might be a different issue. When starting up MTGForge and the error appears, just save the error as a text file somewhere.
Assuming you have windows, just open that .txt file in notepad, and select everything (CTRL-a), then copy (CTRL-c) then just paste (CTRL-v) it into a post here on the forums.

By the way, the "stretching" bug you just described is fixed in the latest version now, but in 08/28 you can fix it by moving the pane right as you're starting a game. Once it has been moved once, it should never move automatically (from Kodama's Reach or whatever spell that has a long stack description) again.

An error has occured. You can copy/paste this message or save it to a file.
Please report this, plus what you tried to do, to:
viewforum.php?f=26
If you don't want to register an account, you can mail it directly to
mtgrares@yahoo.com

Error loading Quest Data

Detailed error trace:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: res\quest\questData (The system cannot find the file specified)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at QuestData.loadData(QuestData.java:211)
at Gui_QuestOptions.newQuestButton_actionPerformed(Gui_QuestOptions.java:189)
at Gui_QuestOptions$3.actionPerformed(Gui_QuestOptions.java:134)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

This is the list of errors I got when I tried to start the latest Forge version. (10/11) or whatever. I'm not a programmer, merely hoped it would run more smoothly than the 8/28. The September Beta wouldnt work for me at all. I'm an older guy who enjoys playing Magic, but at my age there are no playgroups (I'm closing on 66 years old.) I do play a bit of FNM, and go to local pre-releases and release tournaments. One other thing has bothered me, LOL. All the cards I had access too, none of them were Llanowar Elves which have been in almost every set ever. I'd love to have some of those issued to me when I win cards. I likely need a lot of help, since I haver no idea how to find the card pictures or how to get them into the file. Sorry if I'm asking too much or bothering you hard working programmers. I just likie to play. Thank you for the prompt reply.
deepwater

deepwater wrote:An error has occured. You can copy/paste this message or save it to a file.

java.io.FileNotFoundException: res\quest\questData (The system cannot find the file specified)

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MTG Forge Beta version 10-07-2009 is missing the "questData" file. To solve this problem, you should download this archive:

QuestFiles 10-07-2009.zip

which is located at message:

Re: Helper Files - tokens, cards pictures, set editor

Then take the four files inside of this archive and place them in the:

/MTGForge1007/res/quest/ folder.

This archive contains the most recent up-to-date version of the quest files. These files are properly named and are in sync with one another. Good luck, and enjoy your quest.

I likely need a lot of help, since I haver no idea how to find the card pictures or how to get them into the file.

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Make sure that your computer is connected to the internet and then start Forge. The first window displayed by the forge game is the "New Game" window.

This window has a pull down menu named "Menu" which has an option named "Download Card Pictures".

Thank you Chris for your reply. That got things up and running for me. I have one last (hopefully) remaining issue - I had quite a larger card pool when I was using the 8/28 game version. What do I have to do to get that pool back? The 209 cards this started with wouldnt have been able to build much of a deck, but fortunately I can access those decks with the 10/07 version at least. Is it the quest data file from the 8/28 version I'd have to import here? If not, let me know which one is correct. Thanks for all the help.
deepwater

deepwater wrote:Thank you Chris for your reply. That got things up and running for me. I have one last (hopefully) remaining issue - I had quite a larger card pool when I was using the 8/28 game version. What do I have to do to get that pool back? The 209 cards this started with wouldnt have been able to build much of a deck, but fortunately I can access those decks with the 10/07 version at least. Is it the quest data file from the 8/28 version I'd have to import here? If not, let me know which one is correct. Thanks for all the help.
deepwater

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OK, I see.

Place a copy of the files found in the quest folder from the 8/28 game version into the quest folder of the newest 10/07 version. This will allow you to continue the quest that you had started with the previous version.

The four quest files are named:

questData
easy.txt
medium.txt
hard.txt

Once you have finished the quest you can then copy over the most recent version of the quest files into the quest folder and start your next quest.