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Using a .bat on mac

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devonjk

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Feb 13, 2010
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okay not sure if it's the right area to post, however, i need assistance running this game on my mac osx. Textedit says this when i try and run the .bat "@echo off
title QuarterX Client
start http://www.quarterx.org/
java -jar Updater.jar
pause"

um yeah not sure what else to post. waiting for help and will post more info as need be.
Thanks.
 
i have seen people talking about this sort of thing before. like changing something to make it work.
 
devonjk said:
i have seen people talking about this sort of thing before. like changing something to make it work.
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If the program was written for Windows it will need a big something changed ;)

but those two lines from the file look like valid terminal commands:
start http://www.quarterx.org/
java -jar Updater.jar

If you're lucky it will be a Java application which is cross-platform.
 
Click on the link and download the client. The next line is just a java update. You probably already have that. However, I'm pretty sure the client will be a Windows program. You could use Wine to maybe run it. Or you have to use Bootcamp or a virtual machine for Windows.
 
Just download the client. If it ends up being updater.jar, then the poster above is right and it will be a java program and you can just type that line in Terminal to run it. You won't need Wine.
 
"devon-kocevskis-macbook:~ devonkocevski$ java -jar Updater.jar
Unable to access jarfile Updater.jar"
Is what i got when i input the last line into terminal.
 
Was the client you downloaded called updater.jar? If so, you need to cd to the dowload directory in Terminal and run that line or you need to put the path to the file before updater.jar.
 
yeah updater.jar that's it. so "cd " then... click and drag the "files" location?
 
naw thats fine any of this is confusing to me, you are helping me a great deal i appreciate so much. so right now i have this : Last login: Sun Feb 14 02:57:32 on ttys000
devon-kocevskis-macbook:~ devonkocevski$ cd /Users/devonkocevski/Downloads/QuarterX\ 2.0\ Client/Files
devon-kocevskis-macbook:Files devonkocevski$ java -jar Updater.jar
Unable to access jarfile Updater.jar
devon-kocevskis-macbook:Files devonkocevski$

What am i doing wrong lol?
 
naw thats fine any of this is confusing to me, you are helping me a great deal i appreciate so much. so right now i have this : Last login: Sun Feb 14 02:57:32 on ttys000
devon-kocevskis-macbook:~ devonkocevski$ cd /Users/devonkocevski/Downloads/QuarterX\ 2.0\ Client/Files
devon-kocevskis-macbook:Files devonkocevski$ java -jar Updater.jar
Unable to access jarfile Updater.jar
devon-kocevskis-macbook:Files devonkocevski$

What am i doing wrong lol?
 
devon-kocevskis-macbook:QuarterX 2.0 Client devonkocevski$ java -jar Updater.jarException in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:676)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:317)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:280)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:375)

thats what i have now.
 
Type this in Terminal:

java -jar

Then drag updater.jar into Terminal and it will put the file with its path after -jar in the above line. Make sure there's a space between -jar and the file with its path. Understand?
 
Last login: Sun Feb 14 23:35:15 on ttys000
devon-kocevskis-macbook:~ devonkocevski$ java -jar /Users/devonkocevski/Downloads/QuarterX\ 2.0\ Client/Updater.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:676)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:317)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:280)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:375)
devon-kocevskis-macbook:~ devonkocevski$
Thats what im getting with that method. i'm sorry if im missing something. i appreciate all the help this is new to me.
 
Try copying the updater.jar file to the Downloads folder. Then drag it to the Terminal so that you get this:

devon-kocevskis-macbook:~ devonkocevski$ java -jar /Users/devonkocevski/Downloads/Updater.jar
 
Last login: Sun Feb 14 23:35:31 on ttys000
devon-kocevskis-macbook:~ devonkocevski$ java -jar /Users/devonkocevski/Downloads/Updater.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:676)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:317)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:280)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:375)
devon-kocevskis-macbook:~ devonkocevski$
 
Okay, I finally went back to square one. I had never downloaded the client, so I looked at it. It seems like you may need to cd to the directory where updated.jar is then run that line. So, cd to /Users/devonkocevski/Downloads/QuarterX 2.0 Client and then run that line again.

Those forward slashes (\) that you had before were not in the structure I downloaded, so that may have been another issue.
 
\ is called a backslash, and those are just escaping the spaces in the path. Mac OS X inserts them automatically when you drag a file into the Terminal window. It wouldn't affect the results.
 
Well this is what i tried and basically it says cannot execute the binary file i think.

devon-kocevskis-macbook:QuarterX 2.0 Client devonkocevski$ cd /users/devonkocevski/Downloads/QuarterX/2.0/Client
-bash: cd: /users/devonkocevski/Downloads/QuarterX/2.0/Client: No such file or directory
devon-kocevskis-macbook:QuarterX 2.0 Client devonkocevski$ java -jar
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
(to execute a class)
or java [-options] -jar jarfile [args...]
(to execute a jar file)

where options include:
-d32 use a 32-bit data model if available
-d64 use a 64-bit data model if available (implies -server, only for x86_64)
-client to select the "client" VM
-server to select the "server" VM
-jvm is a synonym for the "client" VM [deprecated]
-hotspot is a synonym for the "client" VM [deprecated]
The default VM is client.

-cp <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
-classpath <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
A : separated list of directories, JAR archives,
and ZIP archives to search for class files.
-D<name>=<value>
set a system property
-verbose[:class|gc|jni]
enable verbose output
-version print product version and exit
-version:<value>
require the specified version to run
-showversion print product version and continue
-jre-restrict-search | -jre-no-restrict-search
include/exclude user private JREs in the version search
-? -help print this help message
-X print help on non-standard options
-ea[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
-enableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
enable assertions
-da[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
-disableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
disable assertions
-esa | -enablesystemassertions
enable system assertions
-dsa | -disablesystemassertions
disable system assertions
-agentlib:<libname>[=<options>]
load native agent library <libname>, e.g. -agentlib:hprof
see also, -agentlib:jdwp=help and -agentlib:hprof=help
-agentpath:<pathname>[=<options>]
load native agent library by full pathname
-javaagent:<jarpath>[=<options>]
load Java programming language agent, see java.lang.instrument
devon-kocevskis-macbook:QuarterX 2.0 Client devonkocevski$ /Users/devonkocevski/Downloads/QuarterX\ 2.0\ Client/Updater.jar
-bash: /Users/devonkocevski/Downloads/QuarterX 2.0 Client/Updater.jar: cannot execute binary file
devon-kocevskis-macbook:QuarterX 2.0 Client devonkocevski$
 
BlueRevolution said:
\ is called a backslash, and those are just escaping the spaces in the path. Mac OS X inserts them automatically when you drag a file into the Terminal window. It wouldn't affect the results.
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I dragged that file into terminal and didn't get the backslashes.

And I know what backslashes are. :)

@ the OP:

sers/devonkocevski/Downloads/QuarterX/2.0/Client

Now you have forward slashes. Just type it like I did.

Edit: I just checked it again, and now it did put the backslashes in. Sorry.

I'm at a loss as to why you can't get this to work. I was pretty sure it had something to do with you not being in the right directory when you ran that file, but now IDK any more.
 
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