Ubuntu and Hack Wars

Submitted by DraconisRavenix on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 01:08

A couple days ago, someone approached me about a problem with Hack Wars on the latest Ubuntu (Linux OS). At first I was stumped! Just hours beforehand I was testing Hack Wars on my own Ubuntu and it was fine!

So, I wiped out my entire Ubuntu HDD and did a fresh install. I've done nothing but updates and of course, Java. I was surprised once again when I logged into Hack Wars and found the same shitty, barely loading effects that were described to me before.

I think I have found a solution, at the time of this posting I am uninstalling all Java packages to attempt something a bit different. I will post here again once I figure this out but, the direction I'm headed in is knowing that something about Java's Runtime Environment keeps it from the mainstream Ubuntu package repositories.

Check here in a bit for an update.

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Submitted by DraconisRavenix on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 02:06.

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Java Console Output

Submitted by DraconisRavenix on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 02:02.

Check here for the Java output:

Java Console Output AFTER Login - http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhn6krd8_11gfzxwxd8

I'm not too familiar with Java or Linux/Ubuntu but, from what it looks like, Java's not able to get the images properly which, is probably over half of Hack Wars GUI.

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I'm stumped.

Submitted by DraconisRavenix on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 03:17.

I'm not sure how in the hell I was able to run Hack Wars on my Ubuntu but, when I think about the timing, this makes more sense - The current oddball problems with old code "sneaking" into the current build has rendered quite a few things out of whack. This includes Hack Wars running on Ubuntu.

Just a theory but, I'll need someone who's familiar with Java (and preferably the Hack Wars code) to take a look at the error output. Any help would be greatly appreciated by me as well as the few players who can't play on Ubuntu at this time.

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i have the same issue drac

Submitted by wertyuiop408 on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 03:31.

i have the same issue drac =(, anyway it just says it cant find the url to grab the images (i think), and that it cant find anything in the cache (tmp folder) that it needs. So its showing half the stuff without images.

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Thank you Johnny_Heart!

Submitted by DraconisRavenix on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 05:43.

He's saved the day once again! Once he was made aware of the details for these errors (I just got a screeny until I tested myself), he fixed this issue very quickly!!

So, thanks Johnny_Heart (a.k.a. Ben)

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I was using Ubuntu and had a

Submitted by Drizzt_DoUrden on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 08:06.

I was using Ubuntu and had a problem with the stats panel on the right. It was really getting on my nerves, couple days ago the update manager came up. One of the updates was Java. I think is was JRE, not sure. I updated it and restart my computer and logined into Hackwars fine and everything look perfect. And there's a another update for it and I'm afraid to do it.

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