Java Exception

[B-Love]

I normally use a Mac, but just acquired a ThinkPad running Windows 11. I installed Java, and downloaded the Mafia jar. I can run the jar and get the login, but when I enter my username and password, Mafia displays "Could not acquire file lock for gogsmack: java.io.FileNotFoundException" --gogsmack is my username. How can I get mafia to run successfully?

 

[xKiv]

You are *probably* trying to run it from some protected location (like "\Program Files" or "\Windows" - I don't know the full list). Try making a new folder somewhere aways from system locations, copying the jar there, and running it from there?

 

[fronobulax]

See https://kolmafia.us/threads/login-problem-could-not-acquire-file-lock.29544/

Basically the installation process is not just download KoLmafia but download it to a writeable directory in the context of the user running KoLmafia. Eventually the install instructions will be updated and followed or the attempts to detect this will make it into the code base.