18 replies to this topic

[Dr Lazy Bean]

i recently have encountered an error when i compile my game in eclispe and it started happening this afternoon
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at javagame.Game.initStatesList(Game.java:25)
at org.newdawn.slick.state.StateBasedGame.init(StateBasedGame.java:164)
at org.newdawn.slick.AppGameContainer.setup(AppGameContainer.java:390)
at org.newdawn.slick.AppGameContainer.start(AppGameContainer.java:314)
at javagame.Game.main(Game.java:34)

[Ashaman73]

Can you post the code from Game.java at line 25 (+ context, not just this line) ?

[Radikalizm]

Without any code or even any hint about what you're doing exactly we can't help you

When you encounter an error please post the code in which your error is occuring, mark the line of code where the code crashed, and give a description of what you're trying to do exactly.

[Dr Lazy Bean]

package javagame;
import org.newdawn.slick.*;
import org.newdawn.slick.state.*;
public class Game extends StateBasedGame{
public static final String gamename = "Bucky's World!";
public static final int menu = 0;
public static final int play = 1;
public static final int play2 = 2;

public Game(String gamename){
super(gamename);
this.addState(new Menu(menu));
this.addState(new Play(play));


}

public void initStatesList(GameContainer gc) throws SlickException{

this.getState(menu).init(gc, this);
this.getState(play).init(gc, this);
this.getState(play2).init(gc, this);
this.enterState(menu);
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
AppGameContainer appgc;
try{
appgc = new AppGameContainer(new Game(gamename));
appgc.setDisplayMode(640, 360, false);
appgc.start();

}catch(SlickException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

[Dr Lazy Bean]

when i open the classes it says "Source not found"

Edited by rip-off, 25 July 2012 - 05:58 AM.
Please do not remove useful content from threads without good reason

[rip-off]

You've added two states to the list in the constructor, but in the initStatesList function you seem to be trying to initialise 3 states.

[Dr Lazy Bean]

thanks, i forgot about that line when i remove my state

[Dr Lazy Bean]

How do i turn my project into a .exe?

[BitMaster]

Is your intention to get rid of the JVM completely? In this case you would have to compile the Java sources to native code. I believe gcc can do that within certain limitations.
If you just want to hide the bytecode from the end user, there are several wrappers like http://launch4j.sourceforge.net/ which just fell out of Google.

[Dr Lazy Bean]

I want to get rid of the JVM completely

[BitMaster]

As I said, gcc can probably do it. I would ask why though. A decent, modern JVM can do some pretty neat optimizations at runtime which a static compiler just cannot do.

[Dr Lazy Bean]

Well im going to try both to see what the difference is
btw im really noob

[Dr Lazy Bean]

i wrapped it in launchj4 but nothing happened when it opened :s

[Dr Lazy Bean]

i even tried exporting as a runnable and it didnt launch
what do i do?

[Bluefirehawk]

You have to compile your code into a .jar file.

Here is a tutorial: http://www.horstmann.com/bigj/help/compiler/tutorial.html

Btw: Google is the programmers main tool.
You find many good tutorials, Q&A sections and documentations for java related stuff, try finding them with google, they will help you with many problems and questions you encounter in your programming life.

[DrMadolite]

Google is the programmers main tool.

Not to mention Youtube, in a limited sense.

Edited by DrMadolite, 25 July 2012 - 06:37 PM.

[Dr Lazy Bean]

thanks for the help guys

[thok]

I want to get rid of the JVM completely

Why?

btw im really noob

Okay, so in that case you don't to get rid of the JVM. Just launch4j if you want to create an exe. Otherwise, you can still just execute .jar files (hell, I think Minecraft still works this way doesn't it?).

[Dr Lazy Bean]

i dont know i wanted to sound smart