Help for a minimal Linux support

Greetings!
I'm trying to run PoxNora naively on Linux. To do so I just installed the client using WINE, then I copied the installation in my home directory. I need to replace the OpenJDK7 with the Oracle JDK because JavaFX is needed and it won't be available in the OpenJDK until version 8 (AFAIK).
However if I try to run the launcher.jar the Launcher will stuck on "Checking for updates". I imagine that the executable initializes some kind of things for the launcher itself, but is it possible to make it work directly from the jar?
This is not properly an "easy" installation for Linux, but it could be a beginning, isn't it?

Thanks for your support!
EnkiSand

 

Salute!
I did what you said about Oracle JDK and got the JavaFX. Then I tryed to make some terminal tests, but there is a need of something more to do, like put a address for authentication or something. check what I did, and if anyone can help me to finish the .sh :

Got and error that said that cant download the updates.

terminal command = ~/Games/poxnora/java -Xmx512M -jar launcher.jar
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Site : http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com/client/content/
Remote: http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com/client/remote/
App : App Name
host : poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com
port : 22322
web : http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com/
cltsvc: http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com:8080/
sessio: http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com/
ef:/home/apu/Games/Pox%20Nora/launcher.jar
ef:/home/apu/Games/Pox%20Nora/launcher.jar
LOadig: /home/apu/Games/Pox Nora/launcher/index.html
Loading: ./launcher.index
Fetching: http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com/client/content/launcher.index
Update Failed: poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com
REquest action!Exit
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Then I decide to try wine, I did it , download the updates. But the fonts looks bad and after push play, the screen go black and the game never load up. wine just did not work for me.


So I try again java native, but there still something more needed, maybe because I bypassing jars when using native, not sure, erros is bellow:
Terminal-command: $~/Games/poxnora/poxnora/java -Xmx512M -jar poxnora.jar
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libEGL warning: DRI2: failed to authenticate
FPSAnimator P1:Thread[GL Display Thread-FPSAWTAnimator-Timer0,6,main]: Task[thread Thread[GL Display Thread-FPSAWTAnimator-Timer0,6,main], stopped false, paused false shouldRun true, shouldStop false -- started true, animating true, paused false, drawable 1, drawablesEmpty false]
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: UNDEFINED REALM
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.poxnora.client.webinterface.WebInterface.getPost(Unknown Source)
at com.poxnora.client.webinterface.WebInterface.access$100(Unknown Source)
at com.poxnora.client.webinterface.WebInterface$WebHit.run(Unknown Source)
JSON OBJECT: {"username":"Nemuz","password":"***"}
SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
VALIDATING REQUEST: POST http://localhost:8080/client-service/login/auth HTTP/1.1
HTTPUtil execute ERROR on : http://localhost:8080/client-service/login/auth METHOD: POST
org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connection to http://localhost:8080 refused
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:190)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.ManagedClientConnectionImpl.open(ManagedClientConnectionImpl.java:294)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryConnect(DefaultRequestDirector.java:640)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:479)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:906)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:1066)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:1044)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:1035)
at com.sony.soe.poxnora.shared.http.HTTPUtil.execute(HTTPUtil.java:177)
at com.poxnora.client.util.LoginUtil.userLogin(Unknown Source)
at com.poxnora.client.login.LoginForm.getPostGUID(Unknown Source)
at com.poxnora.client.login.LoginForm.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.http.conn.scheme.PlainSocketFactory.connectSocket(PlainSocketFactory.java:127)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:180)
... 12 more
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.poxnora.client.login.LoginForm.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.poxnora.client.login.LoginForm.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
X11Util.Display: Shutdown (JVM shutdown: true, open (no close attempt): 1/1, reusable (open, marked uncloseable): 1, pending (open in creation order): 2)
X11Util: Open X11 Display Connections: 1
X11Util: Open[0]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7fac2459fa00, refCount 1, unCloseable true]
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Someone can help?

 

Ok, but without the source, navigating in .jars and .class is a huge labyrinth and a mess. So far all I could do, is to make it to update. Took me 5 hours to find how the launcher.jar calls the update, I found that the addresses on it where not updated. Meaning that is the poxnora.exe who give them.

The solution was not the option I wanted, but I had to hexedit Main.class in Launcher.jar, the code was :

...
(args = new String[8])[0] = "http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com/client/content/";
args[1] = "http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com/client/remote/";
args[2] = "App Name";
args[3] = "poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com";
args[4] = "22322";
args[5] = "http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com/";
args[6] = "http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com:8080/";
args[7] = "http://poxnora.devel-int.desertowlgames.com/";
...
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I changed it for :

...
(args = new String[8])[0] = "http://content.poxnora.desertowlgames.com/client/content/";
args[1] = "http://content.poxnora.desertowlgames.com/client/remote/";
args[2] = "Pox Nora";
args[3] = "game.poxnora.desertowlgames.com";
args[4] = "22322";
args[5] = "http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/";
args[6] = "http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com:8080/";
args[7] = "http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/";
...
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And that was just luck, find a "output.log" in logs with the new addresses, but that just make the Launcher do the update, nothing more.



There is not easy solution, it have to be done by editing the .jars. I make it download the update, but without knowing the addresses for the news, promotion, knowing if the launcher.jar throw the address for the authentication to poxnora.jar or how is that poxnora.jar authenticate user and password I cant go further than this.

I have a limited knowledge of java, not the tools, neither the information required. The poxnora.exe do more than just call jar, it does override information. I cant just bypass it.

I will give a try to study the .jar codes, but without alot of help, I dont think I can do it. But if you the developers, update the launcher.jar and poxnora.jar update addresses and authentication addresses, plus avoid the override of that information from poxnora.exe, they can be call from a simple command in linux and let to play the game native on linux. Thanks 8^D

 

Java SE 8 (Java - JDK , JRE, JFX) is available for Linux now. Check Oracle download page to do the download, remember to purge/remove the old version before install the new version 8. For Ubuntu/Debian and similar variants use this Easy Step By Step page, it had PPA.

This is just the first step, I trying to find out why the game it does not work by just calling the java files. My guess so far is that the windows executables (pandora.exe and restart.exe) create some extra instructions to make it work, meaning that the game is not full java anymore. Next step is try to find what those executables do, to then try to emulate the effect. Anyone who can help, please do. Thanks

 

I run Pox Nora with PlayOnLinux, Wine 1.7.9, which works just fine.
Except for the fonts, which look ugly.