Forge Beta: 11-04-2011 ver 1.1.7 rev 11767

[Night Shadow]

Forge crashes resolving "When Twilight Shepherd enters the battlefield, return to your hand all cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn." ability from Twilight Shepherd.

[Agetian]

Great job on the release, guys! Is it just me or is cardforge.org down? I've been trying to download the latest beta for a while but I couldn't. Is there a mirror of the releases anywhere on the web, too?

- Agetian

[Sloth]

Quick question, tho': why does the Card Shop keeps getting less and less available goods the more matches you win? Is that intended?

I think the number of cards available will become less at first and after some number of wins it will raise again.

[friarsol]

Quick question, tho': why does the Card Shop keeps getting less and less available goods the more matches you win? Is that intended?

Oh and the recent (which might not be so recent, since I haven't been around much) changes to Quest Mode are awesome!

This is the intended effect to increase the challenge of the Quest. Early on when you are first starting there are more cards available to help you fill in some obvious gaps in your deck. You start with 4 available boosters, and 4 packs worth of cards. As you gain more victories the number of available boosters is reduced, until it reaches an absolute minimum of 2 boosters/2 packs of cards. After you reach this minimum and you continue to win, more packs will be available as you gain more victories to a maximum of 6 boosters/6 packs of cards.

This change was instituted because before you used to have only 1 pack available at the start of the game when you needed a wider selection the most. The way this is structured actually gives more card availability overall during your first 20 wins then previously, even though it's temporarily going to the bottom of the bell curve.

[Zirbert]

There's some really great stuff in this release, as always! I'm amazed to see Tombstone Stairwell. Maybe Ice Cauldron isn't so far off....

On to a bug: when I used Animate Dead to pull a Cackling Fiend back out of my graveyard, this happened. The AI had no cards in its hand (making the Fiend a suboptimal play anyway, but that's beside the point):

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Version:
Forge version 1.1.7-r11770

OS: Linux Version: 2.6.31-11-rt Architecture: amd64

Java Version: 1.6.0_20 Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.

Detailed error trace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
   at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:912)
   at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:758)
   at forge.MagicStack.unfreezeStack(MagicStack.java:186)
   at forge.MagicStack.finishResolving(MagicStack.java:982)
   at forge.MagicStack.resolveStack(MagicStack.java:868)
   at forge.Phase.passPriority(Phase.java:809)
   at forge.ComputerAIGeneral.stackResponse(ComputerAIGeneral.java:520)
   at forge.ComputerAIGeneral.stackNotEmpty(ComputerAIGeneral.java:460)
   at forge.gui.input.InputControl.updateInput(InputControl.java:240)
   at forge.GuiInput.update(GuiInput.java:34)
   at java.util.Observable.notifyObservers(Observable.java:159)
   at java.util.Observable.notifyObservers(Observable.java:115)
   at forge.MyObservable.updateObservers(MyObservable.java:21)
   at forge.gui.input.InputControl.resetInput(InputControl.java:127)
   at forge.Phase.passPriority(Phase.java:798)
   at forge.gui.input.InputPassPriority.selectButtonOK(InputPassPriority.java:54)
   at forge.GuiInput.selectButtonOK(GuiInput.java:68)
   at forge.GuiDisplay.okButtonActionPerformed(GuiDisplay.java:1419)
   at forge.GuiDisplay.access$2500(GuiDisplay.java:109)
   at forge.GuiDisplay$33.actionPerformed(GuiDisplay.java:1139)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2012)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2335)
   at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:404)
   at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
   at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:253)
   at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6203)
   at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3267)
   at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5968)
   at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2105)
   at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4564)
   at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2163)
   at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4390)
   at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4461)
   at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4125)
   at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4055)
   at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2149)
   at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2478)
   at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4390)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:649)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(EventQueue.java:96)
   at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:608)
   at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:606)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
   at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:105)
   at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:116)
   at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:622)
   at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:620)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
   at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:105)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:619)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:275)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:200)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:190)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:185)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:177)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:138)

[Vecc]

Quick question, tho': why does the Card Shop keeps getting less and less available goods the more matches you win? Is that intended?

Oh and the recent (which might not be so recent, since I haven't been around much) changes to Quest Mode are awesome!

This is the intended effect to increase the challenge of the Quest. Early on when you are first starting there are more cards available to help you fill in some obvious gaps in your deck. You start with 4 available boosters, and 4 packs worth of cards. As you gain more victories the number of available boosters is reduced, until it reaches an absolute minimum of 2 boosters/2 packs of cards. After you reach this minimum and you continue to win, more packs will be available as you gain more victories to a maximum of 6 boosters/6 packs of cards.

This change was instituted because before you used to have only 1 pack available at the start of the game when you needed a wider selection the most. The way this is structured actually gives more card availability overall during your first 20 wins then previously, even though it's temporarily going to the bottom of the bell curve.

That actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Thanks for the clarification, Sol.

And again guys, Forge continues to amaze with every new version. You are all a very talented bunch, and I'm sure I don't speak only for myself when I thank you for such dedication in this project.

[Twainer]

Great work on all the new cards, especially the DFCs! The DFC distribution seems a bit wonky in draft though, I seem to see 4 Garruk Relentless in every draft

[Hellfish]

That's a limitation of the draft AI. Rob has been working hard on that, though.

Please check the "Upload Draft Picks" checkbox in the main window so that your draft pick data will be integrated into the upcoming draft AI improvement.

[Sloth]

That's a limitation of the draft AI. Rob has been working hard on that, though.

Please check the "Upload Draft Picks" checkbox in the main window so that your draft pick data will be integrated into the upcoming draft AI improvement.

Are you sure the distribution of double faced cards in boosters is correct Hellfish? There's always one double faced card, but the chance to get Garruk should be much less than a common.

[Hellfish]

You're right, that was way off, Garruk had the same chance as Villagers of Estwald. Fixed on the SVN.

[Roujin]

Hi there,

Updated to the new version today and continued with my quest (copied questData.dat over). I played the challenge "The Pied Piper", won the first round, and when I was applying deadly damage in the second round, I got a null pointer exception:

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java.lang.NullPointerException
   at forge.quest.data.QuestData.addCompletedChallenge(QuestData.java:316)
   at forge.quest.gui.QuestWinLoseHandler.awardChallengeWin(QuestWinLoseHandler.java:453)
   at forge.quest.gui.QuestWinLoseHandler.populateCustomPanel(QuestWinLoseHandler.java:142)
   at forge.view.swing.WinLoseFrame.<init>(WinLoseFrame.java:188)
   at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:800)
   at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:758)
   at forge.Phase.handleBeginPhase(Phase.java:363)
   at forge.gui.input.InputControl.updateInput(InputControl.java:183)
   at forge.GuiInput.update(GuiInput.java:34)
   at java.util.Observable.notifyObservers(Unknown Source)
   at java.util.Observable.notifyObservers(Unknown Source)
   at forge.MyObservable.updateObservers(MyObservable.java:21)
   at forge.Phase.nextPhase(Phase.java:508)
   at forge.GuiDisplay$33.actionPerformed(GuiDisplay.java:1144)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton$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)


Is this because I copied questData.dat over from the previous version? Or could it be a "valid" bug?

edit: I have tried this challenge again with another deck, and same thing happened on win:

crash report | Open

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Version:
Forge version 1.1.7-r11770

OS: Windows 7 Version: 6.1 Architecture: amd64

Java Version: 1.6.0_22 Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.

Detailed error trace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at forge.quest.data.QuestData.addCompletedChallenge(QuestData.java:316)
at forge.quest.gui.QuestWinLoseHandler.awardChallengeWin(QuestWinLoseHandler.java:453)
at forge.quest.gui.QuestWinLoseHandler.populateCustomPanel(QuestWinLoseHandler.java:142)
at forge.view.swing.WinLoseFrame.<init>(WinLoseFrame.java:188)
at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:800)
at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:758)
at forge.Phase.handleBeginPhase(Phase.java:363)
at forge.gui.input.InputControl.updateInput(InputControl.java:183)
at forge.GuiInput.update(GuiInput.java:34)
at java.util.Observable.notifyObservers(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Observable.notifyObservers(Unknown Source)
at forge.MyObservable.updateObservers(MyObservable.java:21)
at forge.Phase.nextPhase(Phase.java:508)
at forge.Phase.nextPhase(Phase.java:511)
at forge.GuiDisplay$33.actionPerformed(GuiDisplay.java:1144)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$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)

[Roujin]

I found the cause for the bug in my last post: there was no quests.txt in the quest folder. Seems it was forgotten in the package? I checked the archive and there's no quests.txt in there (in contrast to the previous version).
Anyway, copying over the one from my previous install fixed the problem for me.


Now I've encountered another bug, which is probably the same as Zirbert reported above. The computer (Ned Flanders on very hard) was playing Animate Dead when I got this crash:

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Version:
Forge version 1.1.7-r11770

OS: Windows 7 Version: 6.1 Architecture: amd64

Java Version: 1.6.0_22 Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.

Detailed error trace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
   at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:912)
   at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:758)
   at forge.MagicStack.unfreezeStack(MagicStack.java:186)
   at forge.MagicStack.finishResolving(MagicStack.java:982)
   at forge.MagicStack.resolveStack(MagicStack.java:868)
   at forge.Phase.passPriority(Phase.java:809)
   at forge.gui.input.InputPassPriority.selectButtonOK(InputPassPriority.java:54)
   at forge.GuiInput.selectButtonOK(GuiInput.java:68)
   at forge.GuiDisplay.okButtonActionPerformed(GuiDisplay.java:1419)
   at forge.GuiDisplay.access$2500(GuiDisplay.java:109)
   at forge.GuiDisplay$33.actionPerformed(GuiDisplay.java:1139)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton$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)


[Zirbert]

I've encountered another bug, which is probably the same as Zirbert reported above. The computer (Ned Flanders on very hard) was playing Animate Dead when I got this crash:

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Version:
Forge version 1.1.7-r11770

OS: Windows 7 Version: 6.1 Architecture: amd64

Java Version: 1.6.0_22 Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.

Detailed error trace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
   at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:912)
   at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:758)
   at forge.MagicStack.unfreezeStack(MagicStack.java:186)
   at forge.MagicStack.finishResolving(MagicStack.java:982)
   at forge.MagicStack.resolveStack(MagicStack.java:868)
   at forge.Phase.passPriority(Phase.java:809)
   at forge.gui.input.InputPassPriority.selectButtonOK(InputPassPriority.java:54)
   at forge.GuiInput.selectButtonOK(GuiInput.java:68)
   at forge.GuiDisplay.okButtonActionPerformed(GuiDisplay.java:1419)
   at forge.GuiDisplay.access$2500(GuiDisplay.java:109)
   at forge.GuiDisplay$33.actionPerformed(GuiDisplay.java:1139)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton$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 seems to happen whenever either player plays Animate Dead targeting anything. I've replicated it repeatedly.

[Roujin]

I just had to concede a game where I had Tezzeret the Seeker, the opponent had Hanna's Custody (it was the reactor meltdown challenge) and I activated the first ability of Tezzeret. There were of course no valid targets for me to click, but I also had no way of aborting the ability. So I was stuck in "select target artifact" mode and had to concede.

[Sloth]

I just had to concede a game where I had Tezzeret the Seeker, the opponent had Hanna's Custody (it was the reactor meltdown challenge) and I activated the first ability of Tezzeret. There were of course no valid targets for me to click, but I also had no way of aborting the ability. So I was stuck in "select target artifact" mode and had to concede.

Tezzeret the Seeker underwent a complete conversion since the last beta. This problem will no longer happen in the next beta.