Java error? Maptool error? I don't know.
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Java error? Maptool error? I don't know.
Whenever I try to open MapToo via the .bat files in the rar, I get a "could not create java virtual machine" error. I've already tried un- then re-installing java. No idea on that.
However, weirder still, if I try to open MapTool (or any of the other tools) via the .jar files, I get this:
Seriously. The only one I can get to work is TokenTool via an unpacked .jar.
Ideas?
However, weirder still, if I try to open MapTool (or any of the other tools) via the .jar files, I get this:
Seriously. The only one I can get to work is TokenTool via an unpacked .jar.
Ideas?
They aren't rar files, they are zip files.
You have to extract/expand the zip files before trying to execute the batch files. You can't use the Explorer feature to browse inside a zip file and attempt to run it from there.
You have to extract/expand the zip files before trying to execute the batch files. You can't use the Explorer feature to browse inside a zip file and attempt to run it from there.
You're not supposed to unpack the jars in any case.The only one I can get to work is TokenTool via an unpacked .jar.
Alright, let me clarify since I messed up the file extensions.
I downloaded the zip file listed as "1.3b18" under the zip archive from the downloads page.
I unpack the zip (with winrar, if it makes any difference), and open the folder that is just created.
I double-click one of the bat files and I get a "could not create virtual machine" error. I double-click the jar file, and I get my weird error message.
The only Tool I can get to work is an unzipped download of TokenTool, which has a tokentool jar file.
I downloaded the zip file listed as "1.3b18" under the zip archive from the downloads page.
I unpack the zip (with winrar, if it makes any difference), and open the folder that is just created.
I double-click one of the bat files and I get a "could not create virtual machine" error. I double-click the jar file, and I get my weird error message.
The only Tool I can get to work is an unzipped download of TokenTool, which has a tokentool jar file.
@ Phergus: Yes, I have.
@ Trevor: Let's see...I'll take a screencap.
And the Wrapped Exception:
Also, the jar in the unzipped folder seems to work fine now, but it does run MapTool with minimum memory. Bats still don't work.
PCGen runs off Java, right? 'Cause that seems to work fine actually... I'm truly perplexed, despite my usual handiness with computers and Google.
@ Trevor: Let's see...I'll take a screencap.
And the Wrapped Exception:
Also, the jar in the unzipped folder seems to work fine now, but it does run MapTool with minimum memory. Bats still don't work.
PCGen runs off Java, right? 'Cause that seems to work fine actually... I'm truly perplexed, despite my usual handiness with computers and Google.
Well, I might have led us a slight goose-chase by not checking them, but the .bats that aren't the 1GB boot option seem to work fine.
[EDIT]: Checked the bats in notepad. Identical, except for what I assume is the memory allocation switch/variable.
[EDIT2]: Creating a new bat file with the same stuff and setting the memory allocation to 1024 does not work. Setting it to 512 does. More testing shall be done until I find the threshold for failure.
[EDIT3]: Failure threshold is at 930M of allocation; increasing it to 931 fails to create the java virtual machine. Is there some obscure java or windows setting that could limit the maximum allowed memory for java and/or Maptool? I feel a little bad for not knowing how to fix this...then I realize now I'll know how to fix it for someone else.
[EDIT]: Checked the bats in notepad. Identical, except for what I assume is the memory allocation switch/variable.
[EDIT2]: Creating a new bat file with the same stuff and setting the memory allocation to 1024 does not work. Setting it to 512 does. More testing shall be done until I find the threshold for failure.
[EDIT3]: Failure threshold is at 930M of allocation; increasing it to 931 fails to create the java virtual machine. Is there some obscure java or windows setting that could limit the maximum allowed memory for java and/or Maptool? I feel a little bad for not knowing how to fix this...then I realize now I'll know how to fix it for someone else.
That allocates 1/2 of your physical memory size but apparently there is something about your memory setup that doesn't allow Java to get 1GB of contiguous address space.
Curious.
Curious.
Last edited by Phergus on Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.