Combat Simulator Released!

[Zooko]

When I run this on Macintosh I get:

MAIN draco:~/Desktop/Combat_Simulator$ java Fight
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Fight (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java :539)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Secure ClassLoader.java:123)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader .java:251)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader. java:55)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 194)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:187)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 89)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launche r.java:274)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 35)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoade r.java:302)
MAIN draco:~/Desktop/Combat_Simulator$ java -version
java version "1.4.2_05"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_05-141.4)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-38, mixed mode)
MAIN draco:~/Desktop/Combat_Simulator$ uname -a
Darwin draco.local 7.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.8.0: Wed Dec 22 14:26:17 PST 2004; root:xnu/xnu-517.11.1.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc

So much for that whole "Write Once, Run Anywhere" idea. :-/

[Saber Cherry]

Zooko said:So much for that whole "Write Once, Run Anywhere" idea. :-/

This isn't the first time I had trouble with Macs. Before, I found out that Macs use a different director separator than Windows (Windows uses "\").

However, your problem is not OS-related, I think, but rather the fact that I compiled it in Java 5.0 and you are running it in Java 4.2. 5.0 makes some major changes.

Hopefully, if you go here:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

And click on this link: "Download JRE for Other Platforms"

And install it, it will run.

Edit. P.S. Thanks for posting the complete error message and version information!

[Zooko]

Just checked, and there is no JRE 5.0 for Mac listed there.

[Zooko]

Why don't you make the source code freely available under the GNU Public License and I'll compile it for the current version of Java on Mac for you.

[Zooko]

http://developer.apple.com/java/faq/#anchor2

^-- this says Java 1.5.0 will never be ported to Mac OS 10.3. It will only work on Mac OS 10.4, which isn't yet available, and which I would have to pay at least USD 100.00 to buy if I wanted it, which I don't.

Why don't you try rewriting your simulator in Python? Python is the easiest language to learn. I'll bet in a mere three hours you will be happy with the new simulator you've written.

Also, the result will be more portable. <wink>

[Saber Cherry]

Zooko said:Why don't you try rewriting your simulator in Python? Python is the easiest language to learn. I'll bet in a mere three hours you will be happy with the new simulator you've written.

Hahaha... =)

2 reasons. First, Java is probably much faster, and it already took several days to do that large simulation. Second... it's taken me at least 200 hours to write, test, and debug the simulator so far... I doubt I could port it in 3

Anyway, I recompiled it for Java 1.4.2 (which will, therefore, run under 1.4.2 or higher). Hopefully it will work for you... you can download it here:

http://www.geocities.com/saber_marionette_cherry/

or more specifically, here:

http://www.geocities.com/saber_mario...ulator_142.zip

...although sometimes geocities does not like straight links to files.

[Zooko]

It works! Thanks!

[Saber Cherry]

Ahh... sorry, I didn't realize that. There is a way to compile for compatibility with previous versions, so as soon as I figure that out (it should be somewhere in the sun forums) I'll recompile it for 4.2.