Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) Hello, Whenever I try to launch Wurm now (Haven't played in a long time, so not sure since when exactly I have this issue), it comes up with this error message: xandaros@MELON Downloads> javaws wurmclient.jnlp netx: Read Error: Could not read or parse the JNLP file. (Invalid XML document syntax. (XML Parse Exception during parsing of the XML definition at line 1: Expected: '<' but got: ''))In the window that pops up, it shows the same when I click on java console. However, there is a space inside the quotes after "but got", which makes me think it is some control character that my terminal just doesn't display. I have looked at the jnlp file with a hex editor and removed any characters in front of the first '<', but to no avail. (There actually was a weird 0xEFBBBF there, it works neither with nor without that)I have also tried other copied of the wurmclient.jnlp I had lying around that definitely used to work - same issue. I even tried converting the line endings from dos to unix, but I had a feeling that wouldn't do anything I have tried downgrading icedtea-web. I was using 1.6.1, which is the newest version, but I have also tried 1.6 and 1.5.2, always the same issue. (Those are the version I had in my cache, I can try building an older one if someone is using it and it definitely works for them) So... I'm at a loss here. What do I do now? (I'm running out of upkeep, too! ) Edit: Oh yes, of course I checked the permissions, too. I even tried setting it to 666, so that shouldn't be an issue. Edited November 7, 2015 by Xandaros Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 7, 2015 I know far too little about technical things to judge whether that's the reason for your problem but here it is anyway: Wurm uses Java 8, and I think IcedTea isn't yet (?) Java 8 compliant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 7, 2015 Hmm, but surely it should be able to at least read the jnlp? Anyway, I managed to start the game by downloading all the resources linked in the jnlp file and starting the game manually.(Not sure what magic that commons-httpclient is, but I needed that, too, even though it was not mentioned in the jnlp. wut?) Not ideal, but I guess I can at least play now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 9, 2015 As Eobersig said, openjdk 8 still does not properly work with the jnlp web thing. Wurm require java 8, if you install the oracle java 8 it works fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 17, 2017 I remember once having problems with some bytes at the end of each line that makes it impossible to parse. Please check with a Hex-Editor or an editor of your trust if the line endings does not contain any additional bytes. PS: I'm running the stable client with openjdk-8 and it does have a better performance than it does with oracle java8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites