How to get started?

[Ivalen]

I didn't do anything with Maven. When I read the wiki page it indicated Maven was used to publish Forge for public release.. I don't want to do that, just build my own local copy.

Anyway I'll install the rest, and follow up.

[Braids]

I didn't do anything with Maven. When I read the wiki page it indicated Maven was used to publish Forge for public release.. I don't want to do that, just build my own local copy.

Anyway I'll install the rest, and follow up.

i added instructions to the wiki; please let me know if this section helps:

http://www.slightlymagic.net/wiki/Forge:How_to_Get_Started_Developing_Forge#Updating_Maven_Dependencies

[Ivalen]

After installing Maven and m2e, all worked well, just some warnings about unused modules etc. Thanks for the help.

[Chris H.]

I didn't do anything with Maven. When I read the wiki page it indicated Maven was used to publish Forge for public release.. I don't want to do that, just build my own local copy.

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There is a section in the wiki that gives you a Maven command that will create an archive containing all of the files that you need to run the forge app on your local machine.

So you can do a local publish to your machine.

[Rob Cashwalker]

The maven context menu items aren't very clear about their real intended purpose. The good news is that without knowing the password, you can't accidentally upload anything.

[Chris H.]

The maven context menu items aren't very clear about their real intended purpose. The good news is that without knowing the password, you can't accidentally upload anything.

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The Team -> Maven Build... command will let you enter in a Maven goal.

The goal -U -B clean -P windows-linux install will build a snapshot package build of the Windows/Linux package only. This goal does not upload the forge archive to a site for distribution.

[jeffwadsworth]

I am getting the error attached when attempting to import the project. I followed the guide and everything "seems" to be installed correctly.

[Chris H.]

I am getting the error attached when attempting to import the project. I followed the guide and everything "seems" to be installed correctly.

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I'm a Mac OS X guy and your problem is with Windows. Click on the link that is included. It may tell you that you need to download and install a version of Subversion. Are you running in 64 bit?

[jeffwadsworth]

I am getting the error attached when attempting to import the project. I followed the guide and everything "seems" to be installed correctly.

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I'm a Mac OS X guy and your problem is with Windows. Click on the link that is included. It may tell you that you need to download and install a version of Subversion. Are you running in 64 bit?

No, 32 bit Win 7. I use another system with the same error that is 64 bit Win 7. I reinstalled Subversion many times in an attempt to fix this issue already.

[Chris H.]

I am getting the error attached when attempting to import the project. I followed the guide and everything "seems" to be installed correctly.

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I'm a Mac OS X guy and your problem is with Windows. Click on the link that is included. It may tell you that you need to download and install a version of Subversion. Are you running in 64 bit?

No, 32 bit Win 7. I use another system with the same error that is 64 bit Win 7. I reinstalled Subversion many times in an attempt to fix this issue already.

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Hmm, not sure then what is causing your problem, sorry.

It looks like from what you are saying you have installed both Subclipse and Subversion.

[jeffwadsworth]

Yes. I will install everything from scratch on another system and see what happens. Thanks.

[Doublestrike]

It looks like from what you are saying you have installed both Subclipse and Subversion.

Was reading this and did a double take - shouldn't Subversion be installed anyway? Maybe you meant Subversive? :confusing:

[Chris H.]

It looks like from what you are saying you have installed both Subclipse and Subversion.

Was reading this and did a double take - shouldn't Subversion be installed anyway? Maybe you meant Subversive? :confusing:

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Yeah, I too am confused. I only have Experience with the Mac OS and do not have experience with the Windows OS.

The picture provided by Jeff states that "Subversion Native Library Not Available". So it looks like he has Subclipse installed but it is not accessing the Subversion/JavaHL.

At http://subclipse.tigris.org/wiki/JavaHL it states that Subclipse includes JavaHL for Winsows 32 bit so I guess that he does not need to download and install Subversion. On the other hand, Winsows 64 bit does require a Subversion package to be installed.

I am not sure what Jeff needs to do to get up and running again. He had a working dev system setup with the old SVN. The only thing different this time around is the need to have Maven installed for the dependancies.

[RumbleBBU]

Gave up to temptation and decided to give this a go, i.e. set up an Eclipse environment and dl the source so I can try some 'improvements' I had in mind.

I tried to follow the instructions on http://www.slightlymagic.net/wiki/Forge ... ping_Forge to the dot (Windows, portable except for the actual JDK). However, there was one point where I could not follow the instructions exactly:

m2e Plugin
m2e is a required plugin that integrates your computer's Maven client into the Eclipse user interface. It is responsible for downloading the latest third-party jars for ordinary Java compilation of Forge.


m2e Plugin Connectors
The m2e plugin must have a connector installed to work with various SCM repositories. Connectors can be found as follows.

SVN Connector
1.Navigate to File -> Import...
2.Expand the Maven folder
3.Select Check Out Maven Projects from SCM and click Next.
4.In the dialog window that opens, click Find more SCM connectors in the m2e Marketplace
?It's on the lower right side of the window.
5.Search for m2e-svn and select. Click Finish.

Now the problem was that there was nothing with string "svn" in it. There was a m2e-sublicpse connector and a m2e-subversive connector, though. I installed them both.

Then I went on to check out the source code...

Failed. I've tried this multiple times, but everytime it fails with this error message:

"SVN Checkout has encountered a problem. cannot checkout"

The 'Details' button gives the supremely helpful details: "cannot checkout".

The Eclipse window, though, contains some more information:

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    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/AllZoneUtil.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/CardListUtil.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/StaticEffect.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/HandSizeOp.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/GameActionUtil.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/GameEntity.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/CardUtil.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/NameChanger.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/CardColor.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/error
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/error/package-info.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/error/BugzReporter.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/error/ErrorViewer.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/error/ExceptionHandler.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/GameLog.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/CardType.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/model
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/model/FMatchState.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/model/MultipleForgeJarsFoundError.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/model/package-info.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/model/FModel.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/model/BuildInfo.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/CardCharacteristicName.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/package-info.java
    A   U:/Dev/Workspace/ForgeLocal/src/main/java/forge/Singletons.java
    RA layer request failed
svn: REPORT of '/forge/!svn/vcc/default': Could not read response body: connection was closed by server (http://svn.slightlymagic.net)



I've tried multiple times; always the same result. Any hints?

[friarsol]

I know a few of use use external SVN Tools (such as Tortoise SVN) instead of the integrated Eclipse SVN. If noone else has any ideas, I'd recommend giving that a shot.