Poxnora Does Not Start after Latest Patch

The launcher loads up fine but when I go to start the game, the words "Pox Nora" flash across the screen and then.... nothing. I played this morning before the patch and everything was fine.

specs

geforce gtx 465 335.23 drivers
8g ram
windows 7 64 bit

 

Same exact problem. The update killed my game.

 

Tried restarting...uninstalled and reinstalled Poxnora...still just doesn't work...almost feel like you're trying to get me to quit...

 

After clicking the launcher, then clicking "Play," it will flash the words "POXNORA," but the client will not be launched.

Unable to play after this latest patch.

 

Still no luck. I posted the logs in a forum conversation as per request.

 

same here, i did everything i could think of, still the same result , so am guessing its on patch client side? which everything was ok then till the patch.

 

Thanks, Senshu.

Any luck with this? Other players are starting to come up with this problem also.

 

There is a way to fix it with two computers!
Same thing happened to me, saw this post from Nexx: http://forums.poxnora.desertowlgames.com/index.php?threads/for-those-who-couldnt-download.1418/

Used another laptop and installed and fully patched poxnora on other laptop, copied "Desert Owl Games" folder from hard drive to usb and copied it to my laptops hardrive and ran poxnora application and it works!!! Thanks Nexx!

 

I haven't been able to connect for the last few days either.

Contents of error.log

com.poxnora.client.Main
(game.poxnora.desertowlgames.com) (22322) (http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/) (https://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/) (http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/)
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.poxnora.client.Main
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at com.poxnora.launcher.Launcher.go(Launcher.java:22)
at com.poxnora.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:74)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source)

Contents of outpot.log

Site : http://content.poxnora.desertowlgames.com/client/content/
Remote: http://content.poxnora.desertowlgames.com/client/remote/
App : Pox Nora
host : game.poxnora.desertowlgames.com
port : 22322
web : http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/
cltsvc: https://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/
sessio: http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/

Computer is running windows xp professional service pack 3, 2.66Ghz Dual core, 3.24Gb ram, with ~16Gb free hard drive space on that drive. I rebooted when it first happened, but it didn't help. I just assumed it was down for maintenance or something the first time, but that's clearly not the case now. I didn't get any errors the last time the game patched, and I don't remember not being able to play immediately after the patch; I think it was the time after that when I ran poxnora that it wouldn't start anymore. Ask if you need anything else, but that's about all I've got. When I run poxnora, I get the announcements screen. I then click play now, and the poxnora logo comes up, and then it disappears and the program quits.

edit: Oh, and disabling windows firewall is NOT an option, like someone else suggested in another thread. I don't feel like giving up control of my computer to some guy in Russia or Sao Tome or something.

 

Ive posted my error logs to you in a PM. Ive rebooted and reinstalled the game but still getting the same problem

 

Seems to be more and more of us that are reporting this same problem after yesterday's patch.

 

Its working fine for me now, had to do an update when I opened the app but its working for me at the minute

 

Awwwwwwww...you got my hopes all up...still doesn't work for me.

 

yup i was playing ok , till after the patch. and still cant connect till now

 

I'm having the same problem as others. I can open the client and click play as normal, but then the Pox Nora logo shows up and quickly disappears and nothing happens afterwards.

com.poxnora.client.Main
(game.poxnora.desertowlgames.com) (22322) (http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/) (https://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/) (http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/)
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.poxnora.client.Main
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at com.poxnora.launcher.Launcher.go(Launcher.java:22)
at com.poxnora.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:74)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source)

Site : http://content.poxnora.desertowlgames.com/client/content/
Remote: http://content.poxnora.desertowlgames.com/client/remote/
App : Pox Nora
host : game.poxnora.desertowlgames.com
port : 22322
web : http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/
cltsvc: https://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/
sessio: http://poxnora.desertowlgames.com/

 

I don't know if this will help people because it sounds a bit like voodoo but I uninstalled and installed in a new directory and now I can play.

 

Hrm, interesting.

Combined with some people saying that they installed it off of a separate computer and bringing it into their main computer I wonder if there is something there that could be causing it.

Still any information can be useful. Glad to hear that you can enter the game at least!

 

Wow, I just tried this and it worked! I installed to 'C:\Program Files\Poxnora' instead of C:\Program Files\Pox Nora' and I'm in a game right now.