Unable To Launch (Wurm Folder Permanently Read-Only)

[DKSprocket 412]

Starting today it's impossible to launch the game. Whenever I try to patch it gets stuck after patching graphics.jar and sound.jar and getting to META-INF/MANIFEST.MF.

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Toggling the optional packs does nothing. I looked into the packs folder and it seems the problem is that Windows 7 insists on making the files read-only, so whenever the launcher tries to write to graphics.jar it gets stuck. I tried to delete the packs and I get the same error once it has re- downladed the packs. I have rebooted. I have reinstalled the game. I have tried in different folders on different harddisks. I have tried with a different Windows user.I even reinstalled Windows (due to other bugs, but I figured this was a good time to do it). The problem still persists.

Going into to the parent folder in Windows and de-selecting "read only" makes Win 7 remove the "read only" on all files and subfolders, but as soon as any file is written to the folder everything is read-only again. Normally I would have suspected it was a problem with my Windows, but with a clean reinstalled Win 7 I am at a loss. I still suspect it's still somehow related to a local problem, but this is really strange. And I didn't have the problem until today.

Edit: I tried copying over the packs directory from my laptop (which runs the game without problems). It still gets stuck at exactly the same point. User access control is disabled.

Edited April 23, 2013 by DKSprocket

[RockyBalboa 565]

same problem

i have last graphic.jar but sistem cant check it...

edit: same on unstable or stable

Edited April 23, 2013 by RockyBalboa

[LorenaMontana 3,008]

Exactly the same prob here.

[RockyBalboa 565]

http://www.wurmpedia...date_has_failed

try manual download and put it in wurm .... can fix problem... i still testing that

Edited April 23, 2013 by RockyBalboa

[Crack 408]

Same

[LorenaMontana 3,008]

Did what RockyBalboa sayed and it works for me now!

[rosedragon 2,282]

that thing doesnt work for me though

[DKSprocket 412]

Did you also get the problem with the update today?

Edited April 23, 2013 by DKSprocket

[Shalaris 0]

_{Same for me :/}

[DKSprocket 412]

Downloading the packs directly actually worked for me. Yippie!

The links for the packs can be found here: http://www.wurmpedia.com/index.php/Common_Solutions_to_wurm_bugs_%28Beta%29#The_pack_update_has_failed

After downloading them place them in the Wurm\packs folder.

[Komimatsu 9]

Okay, I got it to work. This is what I did:

1. Find your Wurm install directory.

2. Delete everything in the packs folder.

3. Download the graphics and sound files from here: http://www.wurmpedia...date_has_failed

4. Open Wurm client and it should work fine.

[Neb 42]

Sigh, thats a 4hr Download for me...

Hope the wurm dev's consider adding a Tester to their team soon.

Edited April 23, 2013 by Neb

[Shalaris 0]

Manual download of graphics/sound worked, thanks!

[Arndell 22]

Have you tried downloading all of these and placing them into your Packs folder?

http://www.wurmonlin...ks/graphics.jar

http://www.wurmonlin...xperimental.jar

http://www.wurmonlin...packs/sound.jar

I also have the pmk.jar file, but I don't know if everyone else does:

http://www.wurmonlin...m/packs/pmk.jar

Hopefully it helps.

This worked for me after all the other suggested methods failed, those 4 files copy and pasted into an empty packs folder.

[rosedragon 2,282]

it still not working for me haaaaalppp!

[Kegan 3,926]

Well it worked for me for awhile today now it is bugged again. I am downloading the .jar again to see if that helps if i get online again i am not logging out, lol