Java upgrade - Bad news for gamers?

Possibly Apple making changes to the java installer or codecs for Intel optimization? Did you download the update from software updates? I have a PB G4 1.67, but don't have any games for PowerPC lying around.. if you could send me the link, I can try it on my end and see if it plays ok.

But, yeah.. that doesn't look normal.. I suspect either a faulty download or something to do with the codecs or code in the java update.. As you know Apple is moving away from Java.. which sucks.

 

Thats odd since I havent had any Java issues migrating back and forth from Tiger to Leopard on my Dual 867 G4.... (Not sure about the java version numbers, but they are both the latest Apple Java avaliable for the OSes) - you have installed all the "Java Updates" for 10.5 havent you (It could be that the latest 10.4 Java is newer than the Java 10.5 shipped with) - if you have, then it looks like Apple has messed with some function calls Runescape relies on (I havent had any issues moving my Java Applications from 10.2 -> 10.6 (via 10.3,10.4 and 10.5).. so it just seems odd that its misbehaving.

Also, there are no "codecs" in Java - its a programming language, not a video converter. Its more likely Runescape is trying to use deprecated functions that Apple added to Java and has since removed/renamed. And Apple moving away from Java is a good thing, as it means were likely to see better implemented more up-to-date builds from either Oracle or the Community, over the Apple build thats usually several updates behind the Windows and Linux versions.