New updater and deployment
 

I am looking for some guinea pi.... users to test a new version of the updater and its method of deployment. Using Java webstart technology the installer and wrapper files will become redundant and many problems with the JNI interface will be fixed. Further it will be way more chatty about things going wrong.

If you like to help ironing out left bugs, please send me a pm including what OS you are using (if Linux please include the desktop environment as well). Especially users still experiencing the 'can't connect' bug are very welcome to join.

The updater will replace the old one, so no need to run two different versions. May take a few days though til you get an answer or links to it.

There is a linux client?!?

Updater? Since there is no OS dependent part required to run, it should work fine within linux.

EQ2? Use Wine.

ProfitUI updater works fine on Linux (already the current one, see install instructions), and I have guildies running EQ2 on WINE with no issues.

As there seems to be no issues with it, I am releasing the new updater to the public. I'll give it a few days of 'beta testing' before forcing the old ones to update.

Please visit

http://updater.pala.de

and try to break it (not the webserver! :P )

Installation should be quite intuitive.

I am deploying an update to the old updater so it will show up a message telling you to update to the new version right now.
Please make sure you start using the WebStart version since the old updater will stop working in the near future...

got an error when initiating but after the error it did show up the normal files up to date screen

here is the error i got .

Exception thrown while getting message

java.net.UnknownHostException: message.updater.pala.de
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$6.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...eption(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...Stream(Unknown Source)
at de.pala.updater.IO.Remote.getMessage(Remote.java:91)
at de.pala.updater.Arrange.IO.getMessage(IO.java:1068)
at de.pala.updater.Arrange.GUI.getMessage(GUI.java:287)
at de.pala.updater.GUI.Main.<init>(Main.java:129)
at de.pala.updater.GUI.Main$18.run(Main.java:714)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: message.updater.pala.de
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...Client(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...onnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...onnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...Stream(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...rField(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLConnection.getContentEncoding(Unknown Source)
at de.pala.updater.IO.Remote.getMessage(Remote.java:84)
... 12 more

Error msg
 

Getting this error msg after the auto updater did an update

Exception thrown while checking file hash

java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II\UI\ProfitUI\images\commonelements.dds (Access is denied)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.twmacinta.util.MD5.getHash(MD5.java:763)
at de.pala.updater.IO.Filesystem.checkFile(Filesystem.java:122)
at de.pala.updater.Arrange.IO.checkFile(IO.java:168)
at de.pala.updater.Files.checkFiles(Files.java:75)
at de.pala.updater.GUI.Main$UpdateThread.run(Main.java:737)

Kaldran, looks like you broke it. :D

I just updated my patcher and now I am getting a msg to download it manually.. Is this related or some other issue?

Says to visit http://updater.pala.de

Thanks! Btw, any vivox mods/ui enhancements to speak of? :)

:eek:

Again an error with dns resolving. Nothing I can fix though....
If you previously modded your hosts file to make it work, maybe try to revert that change.

If it isn't allowed to read that file, thats for sure nothing I can fix :P
Please make sure EQ2 isn't running while you update, maybe that file is locked for whatever reason...

If you use Vista or an OS with restricted user rights, run it as administrator. Would be wierd though, since the updater checks write access to EQ2 base directory first.

do it! :P

Hello,
the updater is very nice but i use first the map updater from eq2map and then from ProfitUI. After the last Update i dont can use it and an errormassage come....

Hallo,
das automatische Updatetool ist echt nett. Ich verwende aber erst den Updater von EQ2MAP und habe dann auf den des Profit UI verwiesen. Nachdem der neuste Patch aufgespielt wurde funktioniert das aber nicht mehr. Ich habe auch schon all das gemacht was man manuell machen kann aber trotzdem kommt die Fehlermeldung bzw. ich kann nicht auf das Programm zugreifen.

WebStart exception for me:

com.sun.deploy.net.FailedDownloadException: Ressource konnte nicht geladen werden: http://updater.pala.de/launch.jnlp
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.actionDownload(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResource(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResource(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.getUpdatedLaunchDesc(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.downloadJNLPFile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareLaunchFile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

and

java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://updater.pala.de/launch.jnlp
at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor2.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$6.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...eption(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...Stream(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doRequest(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doRequest(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doGetRequest(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.actionDownload(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResource(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResource(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.getUpdatedLaunchDesc(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.downloadJNLPFile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareLaunchFile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://updater.pala.de/launch.jnlp
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...Stream(Unknown Source)
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(Unknown Source)
... 18 more

Seems that the web server at pala.de doesn't give access to the files ...

greetz

g4nd4lf

You can either switch the order, i.e. use the ProfitUI updater to start the EQ2MAP updater, then have EQ2MAP start EQ2, or do as described here.

Administrative Rights(July 5, 2008)
 

Just went to http://updater.pala.de like the message box told me, did the steps, etc. Java starts up the updater, and finds two files that need updating. When I click Update Files it says I don't have administrative rights....well, I do. I've never had this problem before, I am the only user on my computer, with full rights, etc(obviously).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

(oh and I did the steps both in FireFox and IE)

EDIT: Using windows XP 32, Home Edition. :P I just noticed you moved my thread into this one...

~cries~
 

I have been using profit for awhile...and love it!! Had to reformat my computer yesterday and went to re-install.....i get an error message saying i must have admin rights...which I do...onlu user of my computer...made sure to even set run as admin in properties...i can download or overwrite anything else....but this..please help...raid tonight and i need my click-to-cure!!

Karyssa

I am getting the same Error as tallcooltrish, it is saying I don't have write permissions for the folder, even though I specifically went in and modified the folder to have write permission, and then tried running as administrator as well.

Well I hope Kaldran knows the answer/fix to this one.

Karyssa, in the meantime there is always the manual install version of the UI if you need the files.

I'm also getting the error saying I don't have write permissions, even though I am administrator. I also don't get the "Run as Administrator" option when I right click it like I do when I start everything else. Not sure if that is related or not.

I'm also getting the error about not having write permissions (running Windows Vista). I launched the shortcut using the 'Run as administrator' option, that didn't help. I also opened permissions on the UI folder to allow all accounts to write to that folder, that didn't help either.

I had issues with saying Application Could Not Load or such.
So, I went to http://www.java.com and downloaded latest Java. After updating Java the ProfitUI Updater installed.

So...

I download this new thing, yesterday, that Mr. Keldran says to download and install.. today, I get up to start eq2map that then starts Profit and profit takes me straight to eq2. Never had a problem. But today, I start the eq2map that runs thru fine. But once it starts Profit updater it tells me i need to do the damned install all over again. Now, I am visiting the BF and using his pc and I'm going to hate hearing his mouth if something got messed up, lol. Funny thing is, I can load up Profit by its icon, no problem. It just won't do it from eq2 map anymore. Whats the deal? I've already installed your update once, already. Any idea why I can't do it the way I prefer and normally do? Why is it still telling me I have to install an update I already installed?

(I know I can switch the order of how I run my updaters, like gm9 said, and I did. But I was hoping there was answer so that I don't have to. )

How necessary was this update cause I was reluctant to do it initially. Now I will be sad if his game gets messed up cause I updated something.

EQ2MAP is still configured to load the old updater which is still on your disk, the new updater goes to a new location.

Update: Yes there is, see Narzoo's post.

It was not necessary, I think Kaldran was just bored not having to do any support work anymore. :D

I get the same issue, when i run the .jnlp file to update ProfiUT updater, it shows new files that need updated, but gives the permissions error. When I run the updater directly from the exe file it says my updater is still out of date to download the update. It's a never ending cycle. Is there a way to manually update the updater/launcher instead of the Launch ProfitUI Reborn Updater.jnlp way?

Unable to install new updater
 

I'm getting an error in trying to install the new updater. I updated java, that didn't work. I uninstalled java and installed again and that didn't work either.

Exception thrown while opening HSQLDB connection

java.sql.SQLException: error in script file line: 4 S1000 General error java.lang.NullPointerException in statement [SET TABLE CONFIG INDEX'352 0']
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.Util.sqlException(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.jdbcConnection.<init>(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at de.pala.updater.IO.HSQLDB.openConnection(HSQLDB.java:40)
at de.pala.updater.IO.HSQLDB.<init>(HSQLDB.java:31)
at de.pala.updater.Arrange.IO.<init>(IO.java:41)
at de.pala.updater.Management.<init>(Management.java:28)
at de.pala.updater.GUI.Main.<init>(Main.java:111)
at de.pala.updater.GUI.Main$18.run(Main.java:714)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)



UPDATE... I had it reset all my settings and restarted the updater and it works perfect. Thanks!

Telling me i am missing write permission...even though I am the only admin on my pc. cant right click and run as admin because i am on xp...any fix for this?

Downloaded new profit updater and worked fine til today.
went to update and got the following in details of being unable to load.

CouldNotLoadArgumentException[ Could not load file/URL specified: C:\Documents and Settings\Claire\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\26\59901d5a-4728a2eb]
at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Under wraped exceptions:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Documents and Settings\Claire\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\26\59901d5a-4728a2eb (The system cannot find the file specified)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.jnl.LaunchDescFactory.buildDescriptor(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)


Not sure what to do. Do I uninstall and reinstall? I will try that, but hopefully there will be more info soon. I love this UI.

Ok did a complete uninstall and then reinstalled and now it is working. :D

Right click the shortcut and go to properties and check the box that says Run as Administrator.

Also, you get the can't write error if EverQuest2.exe is locked for whatever reason (IE you're in game), even if you enable run as administrator on the shortcut (I do this in the shortcut Properties idk how everyone else does it)

In Vista, even if you are an administrator, You really aren't because of the annoyance known as UAC

Just do yourself a favor and make sure you are not running EQ2 while trying to run the updater, set your shortcut to Run as administrator, and once again, don't run the updater while you're playing EQ2

The new updater link is set to open C:\WINDOWS\System32\javaws.exe "C:\Users\Theif\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\26\59901d5a-1c10917b"

I can make the shortcut run as administrator but i can't touch the exe without freaking out java itself. I am on vista with UAC turned off. I even opend the permissions on the eq2 folders for all users just incase it was an issue there. Any ideas?

I made sure I was not running EQ2, I am admin using Vista with UAC turned off, and I still can't get this working. I tried to check the box to run as admin, but it's greyed out and not letting me do it. =(

I have the latest Java, I've done at least 5 fresh installs, and I'm not really sure what else to do. Anyone have any other fixes that might work? I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!

YAY GO ME! I have no idea what any of this means, BUT...

JNLPException
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareLaunchFile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

EDIT: I installed java and it worked :P (thought it was up to date but whatever)

Hi !

I've got the same error box that a lot of people (apparently).

I launch the .jnlp without problem, it shows me 2 files to update but when I click on the Update button.... "Missing write permissions !! [...]"

More infos :
* I'm Administrator !!
* I'm on Windows XP !!
* There's no "Execute As..." on a .jnlp file. But if I use "javaws.exe" with "Execute As administrator" enabled, i've got the same error !
* I've the latest jdk/jre installed !
* All users have "Total Control" on the EQ2 folder
* My EQ2 is not running at all !

Any answers ??

I will try the manual update since the updater was Fixed (i hope soon !!)

Have a good day !

It may not be. I had installed the new updater while the old one was installed and when I woke up this morning and ran the updater, I got the unknown host error also and I don't have an active host file. I do however use OpenDNS, but don't have an account there, so I thought it probably isn't a dns issue there. So, I went to uninstall the updater and it said it couldn't, so I removed it from the uninstall list. I then opened the short cut and copy/pasted the path to the install, went up the Java cache and deleted all the Java cache, just to be sure I got anything left hanging over. This worked.. the updater runs fine now.

For all of you that are getting Errors...Update your Java. It doesn't matter if you think it is up to date, update it anyway. Don't post here saying it doesn't work unless you have downloaded and installed Java in the last 5 minutes. Even if it is the same version, a redownloaded and install makes most things work.

For those wanting to have the map updater run profit, here you go......

In the EQ2Map updater, you can do it like this to run the Profit updater

Path to EQ2 C:\Windows\System32\javaws.exe
Parameters for EQ2 "C:\games\eq2\ui\ProfitUI\ProfitUpdator\ProfitUIRebornUpdater.jnlp"

or whereever you put the jnlp file. You can put the POIfinder updater in the launch program bit.

Then you can get Profit Updater to load EQ2...woot

I've just updated my jdk/jre (there's about one hour) so it's absolutly not the solution for the "Write permission" bug :D !!

Working like a charm, redl Java and it was working first time, thanks a lot Narzoo

Good point Narzoo, no idea why I didn't think of that, lol!

same here, redownloaded java, java tells me its already up to date, reinstalled anyway, still write permission error. I can't make it more of an admin then it is.

I am currently trying to reproduce that bug or find anything else that could trigger that message. The updater actually tries to rename your EverQuest2.exe (in EverQuest2.exe ;) ). This is the only valid way I can think of to check if you are allowed to write to a directory with Vistas virtualization enabled. Maybe just try to rename that file and see if it works at all. Or maybe there is not even an everquest2.exe. Don't know actually if a test server installation has it.

Java needs to be at least Version 6 update 5 to run this because of some bugs in earlier versions. Webstart automatically checks if your version is good to run the updater. This does not work with Vista, giving you some cryptic error messages. Sun is aware of that though.

I am not sure if you should do that, have to think about it for a moment. Also you shouldn't run it directly from its cache directory as this can change with any update.
Best solution would be running the eq2map updater after the profitui updater. Theres an option for that somewhere :P

BTW
Watching the webserver its actually a small number of people having problems at all, so its not quite easy to track down....