Error connecting to dev server

[0ldSkull]

Using version 0.1807, I get the following exception when trying to connect to the dev server (play.star-made.org:4242):


The last message in the Connector dialog is "checking server block config". Log excerpt:

[2014-11-06 19:48:05] [CLIENT] Server is using default block properties
[2014-11-06 19:48:05] java.lang.RuntimeException: com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.io.MalformedByteSequenceException: Invalid byte 1 of 1-byte UTF-8 sequence.
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at obfuscated.B.onLogin(SourceFile:1363)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at org.schema.schine.network.client.ClientController.connect(SourceFile:116)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at obfuscated.B.a(SourceFile:758)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at obfuscated.tp.run(SourceFile:71)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05] Caused by: com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.io.MalformedByteSequenceException: Invalid byte 1 of 1-byte UTF-8 sequence.
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.io.UTF8Reader.invalidByte(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.io.UTF8Reader.read(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityScanner.load(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityScanner.arrangeCapacity(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityScanner.skipString(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLVersionDetector.determineDocVersion(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(Unknown Source)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at obfuscated.e.a(SourceFile:26)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at org.schema.game.common.data.player.faction.config.FactionConfig.load(SourceFile:64)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     at obfuscated.B.onLogin(SourceFile:1352)
[2014-11-06 19:48:05]     ... 4 more
[2014-11-06 19:48:05] [SYNCHRONIZE] Client(14) IS WAITING TO SYNCH WITH SERVER - SKIPPING INPUT

It is repeatable (every time). I believe I was last on the server around 20 hours ago. I have deleted everything in the client database (cache) but it made no difference. Is there something else I need to remove at my end, or is the server having a problem?

 

[0ldSkull]

A fresh download/install to a clean directory seems to have resolved the problem (bit painful to fully download from here is all).

 

[AndyP]

Checked server logs, could not find a serverside error.
So assuming it was a local problem.

Its still possible to manually download the whole zip file from:
http://files.star-made.org/build/
and extract it into the directory your starmade was installed. (Wipe contents and extract the zip in same place is exactly the same as the launcher does, however the file by file is a bit slower)

- Andy