Need help testing Magarena app bundle for Mac OS

[melvin]

Thanks to the app bundle created by missalexis, we will be packaging Magarena in a form that should make it easier to install on Mac OS.

Unfortunately, non of the devs have access to a Mac for testing. So I'm requesting help from the Mac users in the community.

updated on 03/11/11 to fix broken link:
You can download the zipped app bundle for 1.19 from
http://magarena.googlecode.com/files/Ma ... 19.app.zip

You should be able to 1) install the bundle just by double clicking, 2) add it to the dock 2) remove it by dragging the app to the trash

If you are the adventurous sort, please help us test out the package and let us know if it works for you or if not what are the problems you encounter. Thanks in advance.

[missalexis]

For me it's working great, thank you.

[melvin]

Thanks for your help, managed to release 1.19 in the app bundle format. It is a lot easier than I thought.

[missalexis]

I saw that very cool, thanks for including it! p.s. there are a few minor build problems on the Mac when from a fresh check-out. I don't know if you would like me to PM you about them? I'm assuming it's not my total lack of modern java build practice knowledge.

[melvin]

I saw that very cool, thanks for including it! p.s. there are a few minor build problems on the Mac when from a fresh check-out. I don't know if you would like me to PM you about them? I'm assuming it's not my total lack of modern java build practice knowledge.

Yes, please let us know of any issues building on the Mac. You can PM me or better still create a new topic in this forum.

[Ferventdove]

I'm not fluent in Java, but I'm running your OS X release (much to my delight) and will fastidiously document any bugs. So far, so good. :]

[melvin]

Thanks, Ferventdove oh and welcome to the forum Just curious, is the OS X release your first time playing Magarena?

[Bog Wraith]

The link is dead as of now. Can you re-post it?

[melvin]

Sorry about that, I removed the testing packages after 1.19 was released. You can download release 1.19 in Mac application bundle form from http://code.google.com/p/magarena/downl ... p&can=2&q=

[Tyrael]

I am running a Mac and would like to code some cards. I managed to import the source from Google and compile it via eclipse, however, I had to adapt certain parts in the launch4j which seemed to use some deprecated/incompatible code (maybe this refers to the 'few minor problems' mentioned in this thread before). The problem is that still there is not .jar file created in release, and I cannot simply run the MagicMain.java out of eclipse, it throws the following error:

CRASH REPORT FOR MAGARENA THREAD Thread[main,5,main]
CREATED ON 2012/02/15 15:45:36
MAGARENA VERSION 1.22, JRE 1.6.0_29, OS Mac OS X_10.6.8 x86_64

Exception from controller.runGame: null
java.lang.NullPointerException
at magic.data.CardDefinitions.loadCardDefinitions(CardDefinitions.java:241)
at magic.MagicMain.initializeEngine(MagicMain.java:77)
at magic.MagicMain.initialize(MagicMain.java:96)
at magic.MagicMain.main(MagicMain.java:49)

I am no Java pro but I would know enough to code cards - could you point me to what I am doing wrong? Thanks in advance, I appreciate any help.

[Tyrael]

Ok replying to my own post since I oversaw the following, very informative link before in the Google project of Magarena:

http://code.google.com/p/magarena/wiki/ ... Repository

Got it to work with that, problem solved, on to card programming

[beholder]

Great to hear you eventually managed to compile the source. We recently made it much easier to navigate the wiki pages and I can only hope that helped in finding the info you needed.

If you have any questions feel free to start a new topic or pm me. If you made some new cards then posting a patch would be great I'm looking forward to see some new cards!

[melvin]

Welcome to Magarena development, Tyrael Glad you've managed to find what you need in the wiki pages, kudos to beholder for the reorg there.

Do join our developer mailing list at http://groups.google.com/group/magarena and post questions there. You can also browse the topics in the list to learn more about the current code base.

We'd also appreciate any feedback you might have regarding the difficulties you encounter so that we can make it easier for other developers to get started with the project.

[Tyrael]

Thanks melvin, I joined the group and will look through the topics there to get a better understanding of the code. I will post my feedback once I am making progress with that; actually I was already able to code some cards by just taking existing card code and adapting it. I think the basic game structure is programmed really "friendly", as I am definitely no Java pro but was able to do this nonetheless. Once I have a better understanding I might try adding some more difficult stuff, for now I am happy with my progress so far

[melvin]

Thanks for the compliments on the friendlyness of the code base, looks like all that refactoring work paid off.