Harlequins Dance
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Hi there, I'm HQD. I'm a player from 2009-2012 who's jumping back in and is excited to learn and relearn the game. I'm hoping to get Mafia up and running but am having trouble. Read on for chaos and confusion.
I followed various sources to https://github.com/kolmafia/kolmafia/releases and downloaded KoLmafia-r26310.jar and KoLmafia-r26310-22.03.26310.exe, and have not had success with either of them.
If I double-click the desktop shortcut that has appeared, I get a window titled "KoLmafia-r26310.exe" which says "Failed to launch JVM." If I press OK, a new window pops up with the same title but saying "Child process exited with code 1." This also occurs if I go to Program Files, KoLmafia-r26310, and double-click the .exe file from there.
If I go to program files, KoLmafia-r26310, app, and open the jar from there, I get a different problem. If I double-click, a window flashes into existence and disappears in an instant and nothing further happens. It's too fast for me to read it. If I right-click on the jar file and go to Open With, I have four options:
Java(TM) Platform SE Binary
Java(TM) Web Start Launcher
OpenJDK Platform Binary
Choose another app
If I choose option 1, Platform SE Binary, I get a Java Virtual Machine Launcher popup that says "Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again". I press OK and it disappears.
If I choose Web Start Launcher, I get an Application Error popup that says "Unable to launch the application." If I click on the details button, I get a wall of text headed by "Error: Could not load file/URL specified: C:\Program Files\KoLmafia-r26310\app\KoLmafia-26310.jar," underneath which I'm able to pick out "Caused by: java.io.IOException: File too large" and a bunch of other stuff.
If I choose OpenJDK Platform Binary, nothing happens. Nothing.
If I choose Choose another app, it gives me the same options again or lets me search my PC or the Microsoft store for an app. If I search my computer, go to the Java folder, then jre1.8.0_321, I get three more folders, bin, legal, and lib.
legal and lib have a bunch of empty folders.
bin has some empty folders and a slew of applications, some of which look like the ones listed above. I'm not gonna list them all cause this has already gone on way too long, but I don't see an obvious "Java.exe" or anything like that. Some say Java, but when I mouse over them they say the same as the four options above (SE binary, OpenJDK Platform Binary, etc.).
I've uninstalled and reinstalled both Java and KoLmafia-26310 twice. Not sure what my next step is. If I go to command prompt and type in java -version, I get the following:
java version "1.8.0_321"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_321-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.321-b07, mixed mode)
Many thanks for reading and for any help. I'm sure this is a problem with my PC or something I did wrong, I'm just much too technically illiterate to know what or where. Happy to provide more information as needed and requested.
-HQD
I followed various sources to https://github.com/kolmafia/kolmafia/releases and downloaded KoLmafia-r26310.jar and KoLmafia-r26310-22.03.26310.exe, and have not had success with either of them.
If I double-click the desktop shortcut that has appeared, I get a window titled "KoLmafia-r26310.exe" which says "Failed to launch JVM." If I press OK, a new window pops up with the same title but saying "Child process exited with code 1." This also occurs if I go to Program Files, KoLmafia-r26310, and double-click the .exe file from there.
If I go to program files, KoLmafia-r26310, app, and open the jar from there, I get a different problem. If I double-click, a window flashes into existence and disappears in an instant and nothing further happens. It's too fast for me to read it. If I right-click on the jar file and go to Open With, I have four options:
Java(TM) Platform SE Binary
Java(TM) Web Start Launcher
OpenJDK Platform Binary
Choose another app
If I choose option 1, Platform SE Binary, I get a Java Virtual Machine Launcher popup that says "Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again". I press OK and it disappears.
If I choose Web Start Launcher, I get an Application Error popup that says "Unable to launch the application." If I click on the details button, I get a wall of text headed by "Error: Could not load file/URL specified: C:\Program Files\KoLmafia-r26310\app\KoLmafia-26310.jar," underneath which I'm able to pick out "Caused by: java.io.IOException: File too large" and a bunch of other stuff.
If I choose OpenJDK Platform Binary, nothing happens. Nothing.
If I choose Choose another app, it gives me the same options again or lets me search my PC or the Microsoft store for an app. If I search my computer, go to the Java folder, then jre1.8.0_321, I get three more folders, bin, legal, and lib.
legal and lib have a bunch of empty folders.
bin has some empty folders and a slew of applications, some of which look like the ones listed above. I'm not gonna list them all cause this has already gone on way too long, but I don't see an obvious "Java.exe" or anything like that. Some say Java, but when I mouse over them they say the same as the four options above (SE binary, OpenJDK Platform Binary, etc.).
I've uninstalled and reinstalled both Java and KoLmafia-26310 twice. Not sure what my next step is. If I go to command prompt and type in java -version, I get the following:
java version "1.8.0_321"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_321-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.321-b07, mixed mode)
Many thanks for reading and for any help. I'm sure this is a problem with my PC or something I did wrong, I'm just much too technically illiterate to know what or where. Happy to provide more information as needed and requested.
-HQD
