New patch

[MossyStone48]

anything you did specific. like the steps you took that got it working

 

[aceface]

i think i'll remove the thread because starmade has simply always worked for me, i not done anything specific

 

[MossyStone48]

weeeell nuts, go ahead.

 

[blurb357]

I have a question, what version of java do i need to run starmade

 

[MossyStone48]

1.7.6 is a good idea but anything 1.6 or higher should be fine. Some folk have rolled back to an earlier Java and gotten the game working that way.

 

[blurb357]

I have java 8 and I also have the newest version of starmade but it is still not working, any ideas why?

 

[MossyStone48]

no idea

 

[WolfChild]

I'm experiencing the same problem as this. Launcher loads but upon pressing 'Start Game' the launcher closes as it should, but the settings window doesn't open. According to task manager nothing is opening either. I have Java 7 64bit and the latest version of StarMade. Sounds like their is no obvious fix right now, but help would be appreciated.

 

[blurb357]

I'm experiencing the same problem as this. Launcher loads but upon pressing 'Start Game' the launcher closes as it should, but the settings window doesn't open. According to task manager nothing is opening either. I have Java 7 64bit and the latest version of StarMade. Sounds like their is no obvious fix right now, but help would be appreciated.

yeah, it is a pain, and i need to finish my station this happened to be a year or so back but they fixed it, don't know what is happening, what is your operating system?

 

[WolfChild]

Windows 8. Only started happening after I tried to download the new patch, and the download originally failed for it. Had to install it manually. Something about not having permission to modify files, but it did because previous downloads worked and I ran it in administrator mode. Not necessarily related though.

 

[WolfChild]

blurb357 Try installing in a new location. If you don't want to restart your universe/lose all of your blueprints, you can carry them over into the fresh build. It worked for me

Good Luck.

 

[blurb357]

how do I do that, I have a mac and whenever I download, it immediately puts it into my download folder

 

[blurb357]

how do I do that, I have a mac and whenever I download, it immediately puts it into my download folder, so how do I download it in a new location, also is it me or does it now, not download as a .zip file?

 

[WolfChild]

how do I do that, I have a mac and whenever I download, it immediately puts it into my download folder, so how do I download it in a new location, also is it me or does it now, not download as a .zip file?

Move StarMade starter to a new location and press the "update" button once launched.

 

[der_scheme]

I still don't have any idea what is not working. Could you describe step by step what you are doing and what you see?

 

[blurb357]

Step one: I open starmadelauncher.jar
Step two (if needed): i update starmade
Step three: I press on the start game button
Step four: game closes
Step five: I go mental and start screaming

Hope that helped

 

[der_scheme]

Okay, so the settings windows doesn't come up? Then please do what @rocketman221 suggested, run the game from a terminal.

cd /path/to/StarMade
java -jar StarMade.jar -force

It probably will give you an error message, please copy that and show it to us. (Best use the [code][/code] environment.)

 

[blurb357]

Okay, so the settings windows doesn't come up? Then please do what @rocketman221 suggested, run the game from a terminal.

cd /path/to/StarMade
java -jar StarMade.jar -force

It probably will give you an error message, please copy that and show it to us. (Best use the [code][/code] environment.)

how do I open a terminal on mac and what is a CD? I presume he doesn't mean the disc

 

[der_scheme]

The Terminal should be somewhere in that applications thing (in a folder, iirc).
cd is the command that changes the current working directory. The terminal will probably start in your home directory, so you have to use cd to switch to the one where the StarMade.jar is located.

 

[blurb357]

The Terminal should be somewhere in that applications thing (in a folder, iirc).
cd is the command that changes the current working directory. The terminal will probably start in your home directory, so you have to use cd to switch to the one where the StarMade.jar is located.

so for the / CD command this was the error message
No such file or directory
and for the: java -jar StarMade.jar -force command this was the error message:
Unable to access jarfile StarMade.jar
hope this helps