edit: ninja'd by vatas
First off, what file are you using to launch Haven with? It should be called "autohaven.jar," not "autohaven.jnlp." Click the "Play" button on the website to get the latest version of the launcher. If you use a modded client, there may be some compatibility issues, and you should check out The Wizards' Tower for information and currently working clients.
If Java flat out isn't working, try doing a clean-up of unnecessary files and utilities. A Windows computer, by default, is generally Java friendly. Oracle has a tool (
https://www.java.com/en/download/uninstalltool.jsp) for removing out of date Java resources. There are other tools available for cleaning up all out of date and unattached utilities, libraries, and other 'hanging files' and Registry entries. I don't have a recommendation at this time as what used to be my favorite came to have a few security issues at some point and fell out of favor. Some popular security software comes with such utilities in the paid versions. There are other stand-alone utilities--free, paid, and open source.
LTclark wrote:Okay so it doesnt seem like java is working at all.
Can you verify this? Do you have other Java based games or utilities that you could run? Minecraft is the most popular. Runescape is another (and is free). Oracle used to have a utility on java.com for this, but since they got rid of Java Web Start, it is no longer available.
Running as admin won't resolve the problem if the crash is something else (like a video driver incompatibility). Search your computer for a file called "hs_err_pid.log." It usually gets dumped to the Java folder,* so search there first. (*unless another utility or app changed the default behavior.) Running as admin won't resolve an issue of a video driver problem.
LTclark wrote:Yeah, java is enabled in IE... Do you know how or where I could look to see if something is bothering with java? or is there something i have to turn off?
If you're running IE, the issue could be a compatibility with x86 and x64 versions of Java and video drivers. You mention using a newer AMD processor. While I haven't seen an issue with AMD processors, I can't outright say this isn't the issue. If your version of Java doesn't say "64-bit", uninstall Java yet again and get the proper version for your operating system by going to
https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp. You'll more than likely want the "Windows Offline (64-bit)" file.
Lastly, there has been a few issues with the graphics API Haven uses that are currently unresolved. That I know of, these issues have been with MacOS. There may also be open source versions of Java that will work when the commercial Oracle version does not.
Side note: dump Internet Explorer if you don't need it on your computer. It's a security hazard. With Win 10, it can be 100% removed. Get the 64-bit version of Firefox or Chrome for web browsing. Even using Edge would be preferable to using IE.
vatas wrote:Also one possible issue is that if you have 32-bit system, you need to get 32-bit Java instead of 64-bit.
If this is actually the case, unless there is a strong reason to run 32-bit Windows with the processor mentioned above (which would be similar to the same reasons you'd run IE in Windows 10), I'd also recommend reinstalling Windows with the 64-bit version.
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