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Mossdog

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Mac Download
« on: August 03, 2012, 04:00:05 PM »

I think the Mac Download may be corrupt.  Only 27.1 megs instead of the 60 something for linux and windows.  Also... my mac says it is after three re downloads.
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Alex

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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2012, 05:03:58 PM »

Hi Mossdog,

First off, sorry about the trouble - you're the 2nd person to have an issue like this, so let's see if we can get it sorted out. The Mac download is indeed smaller because it doesn't need to include certain things that the Windows and Linux ones do, and the app bundle isn't corrupt - so these aren't the problem, but something clearly is.

Would you mind downloading these two builds and telling me if either of them works for you?

Build one

Build two

I'd really appreciate it if you would try both and let me know.
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Mossdog

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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2012, 08:28:04 PM »

Build one gives me the same error about it being a corrupt file.
Build two gives me some security issues that I have to work around.  (I have Mountain Lion which apparently ruins everything)  When I work around the security issues and open it, the app makes like it is opening, but nothing happens.
OSX 10.8
2.26Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
8GB 1067 MHz DDR3
13" Macbook Pro (Mid-2009 Edition)
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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2012, 08:37:07 PM »

Thanks for trying these. Can you try this with the 2nd version?

(Assuming Starfarer is in the Applications folder, if not, adjust path accordingly).

Open up Terminal and run these two commands:
cd /Applications/Starfarer.app/Contents/MacOS
./JavaApplicationStub


Normally, that would run the game - but since it'll fail, I'm interested in what the output of that is.


Also (and this may actually be more fruitful): take a look here - you might not actually have Java installed, as apparently Mountain Lion uninstalls it as part of the upgrade. If this is the case, could you try installing Java (per instructions in that link) and running all three of the builds to see what they do?

Sorry to ask you to do all these things, and thank you for helping/being willing to try stuff. I really appreciate it.

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Mossdog

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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2012, 10:19:06 PM »

Followed the link instructions, I have Java 1.6 Installed.  (Needed it for an earlier program that Mountain Lion messed up.)

Here is the response to the other commands:
[JavaAppLauncher Warning] Java application launched from bad stub. Relaunching in 32-bit, and tagging sub-processes to prefer 32-bit with $JAVA_ARCH=i386.
[JavaAppLauncher Error] This process is [i386] and was re-exec'd from [i386], but for some reason we are trying re-exec to [].
[JavaAppLauncher Error] unable to find a version of Java to launch
Nicholas-Barabachs-MacBook-Pro:MacOS masakari161$
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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2012, 02:29:55 AM »

I'm having the same problem, and tried the terminal commands with the second build yielding exactly the same output. I also have Java 1.6 installed.
Unfortunately I deleted my old versions of Starfarer, and had not played it since I installed Mountain Lion, so I'm not sure if its just a problem with this build or related to the 10.8 upgrade.
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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2012, 08:31:13 AM »

Thanks for giving it a shot, guys.

Some information that would be really handy to have, if you don't mind (type these three commands in terminal, one at a time, and let me know what the output is):

java -d64 -version
java -version
uname -a



To further try to fix it:

cp /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Resources/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub /Applications/Starfarer.app/Contents/MacOS


And then, like before:

cd /Applications/Starfarer.app/Contents/MacOS
./JavaApplicationStub


(Again, changing the path to starfarer however appropriate).

If that doesn't work:

Build three
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Mossdog

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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2012, 04:02:12 PM »

First Command:
java version "1.6.0_33"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_33-b03-424-11M3720)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.8-b03-424, mixed mode)
Second Command:
java version "1.6.0_33"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_33-b03-424-11M3720)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.8-b03-424, mixed mode)
Third Command:
Darwin (*My Name*)-MacBook-Pro.local 12.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.0.0: Sun Jun 24 23:00:16 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.7.9~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2012, 04:05:57 PM »

I did not have to go to build three, the lines of text (that mean little to me) seemed to work.  Awesome, thanks Alex.
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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2012, 10:00:33 PM »

Cool - glad you got it working, and thanks for posting the output there!

Now, if I can impose on you once again: could you email me the file found at /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Resources/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub on your system? My email is fractalsoftworks [at] gmail [dot] com.
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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2012, 12:57:55 AM »

I decided to skip right to the third build and that works as well. Thanks for the help! I'll email that file to you momentarily.
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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2012, 08:02:39 AM »

Thanks for sending that - not to sound ungrateful, but would you mind trying the manual steps with build two? As it stands, I don't actually know that the file you've sent me would work on your system, since it hasn't been tried.
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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2012, 10:26:46 PM »

Oh, sorry about that! I should have read those terminal commands more carefully.

First Command:
java version "1.6.0_33"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_33-b03-424-11M3720)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.8-b03-424, mixed mode)

Second Command:
java version "1.6.0_33"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_33-b03-424-11M3720)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.8-b03-424, mixed mode)

Third Command:
Darwin Nathans-MacBook-Pro.local 12.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.0.0: Sun Jun 24 23:00:16 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.7.9~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

Then I put in the other commands and Starfarer opened successfully.
Do you need me to send the file again now?
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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2012, 08:06:53 AM »

Thank you for doing that - no, you don't need to resend the file.

Just to confirm: did you run this command, too?
cp /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Resources/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub /Applications/Starfarer.app/Contents/MacOS

And if you did, is Starfarer in your Applications folder?
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Re: Mac Download
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2012, 08:12:45 AM »

Running 10.7 here still, just wanted to let you know .53 is working fine from here. The download also behaved normally (from Chrome).
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