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The MegamanRL/Java mystery
« on: September 30, 2013, 07:38:43 PM »
I hoped I wouldn't have to resort to this but after weeks of trying, here I am. How in the hell do I run MegamanRL, MetroidRL and ZeldaRL? I've trawled Google for advice and I still can't make the things actually open. It's driving me up the wall. And yes, I have the latest Java Platform SE installed and fully updated. Any ideas? I'm not a techie type of person at all. (I should note that other, non-Slash executable jar files seem to work, such as Golden Age: Endless Dungeon.)
« Last Edit: September 30, 2013, 09:07:09 PM by Samildanach »

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Re: The MegamanRL/Java mystery
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2013, 12:26:39 AM »
Hi there!

Are you in windows?

Are you running the .bat files?

Try opening the shell (cmd.exe in windowzer) then change directory to where the .jar is, and then either type in the .bat name or...

java -jar megaman.jar

Hope it helps!

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Re: The MegamanRL/Java mystery
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2013, 11:03:38 PM »
'Java is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file'. Argh, tech stuff!

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Re: The MegamanRL/Java mystery
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2013, 09:25:36 PM »
Seems like you need to install java ;)

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Re: The MegamanRL/Java mystery
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2013, 02:22:39 AM »
Or Right Click -> Run With -> Java.

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Re: The MegamanRL/Java mystery
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2013, 10:54:29 PM »
Seems like you need to install java ;)

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Re: The MegamanRL/Java mystery
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2013, 11:22:18 AM »
From my experience, it sounds like you didn't add java to your PATH variable. There are instructions to do that all over the web, just look it up.

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Re: The MegamanRL/Java mystery
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2013, 03:12:56 PM »
Fixed! Thanks for the suggestions, all. It took a lot of fiddling but it worked out eventually.

If anyone else has the same problem: MegamanRL and MetroidRL will only work with the 32-bit version of Java, not the 64-bit version.
« Last Edit: October 18, 2013, 04:37:20 PM by Samildanach »