{"author_link":"\/author\/thegamemaker\/","author_name":"TheGameMaker","author_uid":"14089","comments":[{"author_name":"mes","author_uid":"4975","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 3:30am","epoch":1346210700,"text":"both the help and play buttons freeze the game. i'm on win7."},{"author_name":"Rabbits...","author_uid":"11321","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 3:34am","epoch":1346210940,"text":"when I try to push one of the buttons i get\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Exception in thread &quot;Game Thread&quot; java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupporte\r<br\/>d control type: Pan\r<br\/>        at com.sun.media.sound.AbstractLine.getControl(Unknown Source)\r<br\/>        at engine.util.Sound.setPan(Sound.java:28)\r<br\/>        at engine.util.Sound.play(Sound.java:62)\r<br\/>        at com.MainMenu.update(MainMenu.java:22)\r<br\/>        at com.Screen.update(Screen.java:32)\r<br\/>        at engine.graphics.Display.run(Display.java:54)\r<br\/>        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)"},{"author_name":"TheGameMaker","author_uid":"14089","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 3:37am","epoch":1346211120,"text":"@mes There is a strange bug with it where you have to launch the game from command prompt on windows, or else it freezes. Very annoying, I know."},{"author_name":"Shmarah","author_uid":"15672","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 3:47am","epoch":1346211720,"text":"I'm playing on a mac~! It's really interesting, and very entertaining. Good concept, but it's a little hard to keep track of everything, or know exactly what impact you're making on the enviroment. Really cool, but some progress meters or something'd be awesome."},{"author_name":"Adhesion","author_uid":"7860","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:06am","epoch":1346212860,"text":"Got the same exception on Windows when running from the command line."},{"author_name":"TastyOrange","author_uid":"16438","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:07am","epoch":1346212920,"text":"I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. When I first run it I get an error:\r<br\/>&quot;Error loading \/select.wav:\r<br\/>\tjava.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>When I press play or help I get:\r<br\/>&quot;Exception in thread &quot;Game Thread&quot; java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Master Gain not supported\r<br\/>\tat org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioLine.getControl(PulseAudioLine.java:89)\r<br\/>\tat engine.util.Sound.setVolume(Sound.java:23)\r<br\/>\tat engine.util.Sound.play(Sound.java:61)\r<br\/>\tat com.MainMenu.update(MainMenu.java:22)\r<br\/>\tat com.Screen.update(Screen.java:32)\r<br\/>\tat engine.graphics.Display.run(Display.java:54)\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Pressing Exit works. I encounter errors running with and without terminal. I know I had audio problems with my game in Java on Linux; I think it's an OpenJDK thing but I can't say for sure."},{"author_name":"QualityAssurance","author_uid":"15238","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:30am","epoch":1346214300,"text":"Unable to play on Windows 7.  Nice title screen though."},{"author_name":"ScreamRawr","author_uid":"7415","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:31am","epoch":1346214360,"text":"Also could not run the game on Win7 even from command line"},{"author_name":"Desi Quintans","author_uid":"14456","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:34am","epoch":1346214540,"text":"Could not run this on Windows 64-bit. It would freeze when clicking on Play, though the background music kept going."},{"author_name":"TastyOrange","author_uid":"16438","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:36am","epoch":1346214660,"text":"PS. That was running OpenJDK 1.6.0_24. I'm trying to get the Oracle Java running, with little success. I'll try again tomorrow."},{"author_name":"LoneStranger","author_uid":"203","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:37am","epoch":1346214720,"text":"I get the same errors regarding 'Pan' as the others. I'm on Windows 7, and I ran it from the command line with Java 1.7.0_05 64-bit. What Java version did you compile with?"},{"author_name":"Defr\u00e4g","author_uid":"8101","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:37am","epoch":1346214720,"text":"Unplayable on ubuntu 12.04\r<br\/>Error loading \/select.wav:\r<br\/>\tjava.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format\r<br\/>Exception in thread &quot;Game Thread&quot; java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Master Gain not supported\r<br\/>\tat org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioLine.getControl(PulseAudioLine.java:89)\r<br\/>\tat engine.util.Sound.setVolume(Sound.java:23)\r<br\/>\tat engine.util.Sound.play(Sound.java:61)\r<br\/>\tat com.MainMenu.update(MainMenu.java:31)\r<br\/>\tat com.Screen.update(Screen.java:32)\r<br\/>\tat engine.graphics.Display.run(Display.java:54)\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)"},{"author_name":"imef","author_uid":"9591","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1346247180,"text":"Got the same exeption. I'm on Windows 7."},{"author_name":"DalsGames","author_uid":"8389","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 2:10pm","epoch":1346249100,"text":"Runs fine on MAC :)"},{"author_name":"DevWouter","author_uid":"14393","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1346269140,"text":"Had no idea what needed to be done or why also the color changing was annoying."},{"author_name":"AMSmirnov","author_uid":"11028","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 8:18pm","epoch":1346271180,"text":"On Windows XP SP3:\r<br\/>Exception in thread &quot;Game Thread&quot; java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported control type: Pan\r<br\/>        at com.sun.media.sound.AbstractLine.getControl(Unknown Source)\r<br\/>        at engine.util.Sound.setPan(Sound.java:28)\r<br\/>        at engine.util.Sound.play(Sound.java:62)\r<br\/>        at com.MainMenu.update(MainMenu.java:22)\r<br\/>        at com.Screen.update(Screen.java:32)\r<br\/>        at engine.graphics.Display.run(Display.java:54)\r<br\/>        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)"},{"author_name":"Suffolk and Clever","author_uid":"16321","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 4:27am","epoch":1346300520,"text":"Linux version also not working over here (&quot;Unsupported control type: Pan&quot;)"},{"author_name":"tigerj","author_uid":"14172","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 4:37am","epoch":1346301120,"text":"It keeps crashing in the menu for me. win7 64 bit."},{"author_name":"DBRalir","author_uid":"10296","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 5:15am","epoch":1346303400,"text":"&quot;Unsupported control type: Pan&quot;\r<br\/>Java version 1.7.0_05, Windows 7 64-bit"},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 7:32am","epoch":1346311620,"text":"I had the same error even if I try with java -jar 'filename'"},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 8:55am","epoch":1346316600,"text":"Yeah, no Pan supported. :("},{"author_name":"infernet89","author_uid":"14271","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 1:10pm","epoch":1346331900,"text":"All buttons throws an uncatched exception, unless Exit one. Liked the random coloured background on the menu, by the way."},{"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"1207","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1346332860,"text":"Getting the same error as everyone else."},{"author_name":"dick_claus","author_uid":"11148","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 2:55pm","epoch":1346338200,"text":"Good game. It's not clear sometimes what the organism wants. But pretty solid game. It's good to see source interesting how the logic works."},{"author_name":"TheGameMaker","author_uid":"14089","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1346444640,"text":"Sorry win7 people. I guess it only works on some computers since I've tested it on a few of my own that are on windows and it seems to work fine (when launching from command prompt)... If you encounter an error make sure you have the most up-to-date java version, but that's all I can say.. I will be sure that my next entry is on the web. \r<br\/>Thanks for rating if it works!"},{"author_name":"infinitedog","author_uid":"16484","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1346445000,"text":"It doesn't work on my Windows XP 32-bits. Getting freeze after pressing Play button."},{"author_name":"harusame","author_uid":"7308","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1346447220,"text":"Freeze when I click on Play or Help. Sorry :\/"},{"author_name":"EnigmaBlade","author_uid":"15076","time":"Sep 1, 2012 @ 1:23am","epoch":1346462280,"text":"I hate to step on the OP's toes, but since they haven't released a fixed version I edited the bytecode to get rid of the problematic bits.  Here's a working version (all systems): http:\/\/enigmablade.net\/downloads\/Simulation_working.jar"},{"author_name":"Fsmv","author_uid":"10895","time":"Sep 2, 2012 @ 3:00am","epoch":1346554500,"text":"Same pan error. Where did you get the music though? It was great."},{"author_name":"Pacifist Games","author_uid":"10510","time":"Sep 3, 2012 @ 4:58am","epoch":1346647980,"text":"Couldn't get it running, same error as the others.\r<br\/>Windows Vista, 32 Bit.  Ran from the command prompt.\r<br\/>Sorry.  :("},{"author_name":"Spaceoff","author_uid":"5791","time":"Sep 3, 2012 @ 9:54am","epoch":1346665740,"text":"Yup.  Windows 7 32bit, same error as everyone else regardless of Java version used and whether run from prompt or not."},{"author_name":"ubear","author_uid":"14141","time":"Sep 3, 2012 @ 11:51am","epoch":1346672760,"text":"Cant run it on Ubuntu 12.04 with both OpenJDK and Oracle JDK : \r<br\/>Exception in thread &quot;Game Thread&quot; java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported control type: Pan\r<br\/>\tat com.sun.media.sound.AbstractLine.getControl(AbstractLine.java:164)\r<br\/>\tat engine.util.Sound.setPan(Sound.java:28)\r<br\/>\tat engine.util.Sound.play(Sound.java:62)\r<br\/>\tat com.MainMenu.update(MainMenu.java:31)\r<br\/>\tat com.Screen.update(Screen.java:32)\r<br\/>\tat engine.graphics.Display.run(Display.java:54)\r<br\/>\tat java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)"},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"Sep 3, 2012 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1346710500,"text":"Same Pan error on Windows XP with Java 7.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Could you upload a compatibility version with all sound references removed?.."},{"author_name":"demonpants","author_uid":"531","time":"Sep 11, 2012 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1347393360,"text":"Wouldn't respond to any input on Mac OS X, so I was stuck on the main menu."}],"images":["ld24\/14089-d2df97ff0e74d580caeddef3c58b5e8b.jpg","ld24\/14089-3e4cb5fb2cc4ca801dc6f3bf264e2d21.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download.php?s63y96ya4d8hj63","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download.php?s63y96ya4d8hj63","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/download.php?s63y96ya4d8hj63","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29416","g_author":"14089","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"29446","g_title":"Simulation","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"233","g_commentcount":"34","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/14089-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/14089-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is a game about adaptation. It takes a more abstract view to the whole \"evolution\" theme and puts you directly in control of the homeostasis of an organism. The \"help\" option explains the rest.\r\n\r\n***READ***\r\nThe mac version works fine, but on windows, open the .jar file with command prompt by typing \"java -jar \"(no quotes) and dragging the file into the command prompt window and pressing enter. I haven't tested it on Linux, but it's a .jar file so I'm sure it would work..\r\n\r\nThe only thing that I didn't make is the music. But everything else is my doing.\r\n\r\nEnjoy!<\/p>","title":"Simulation"}