Hi folks,

I downloaded the "CMF Character Creator" here and was trying to find a more up-to-date version of the software. Searching the forum archives, I came across the Sourceforge page for the project (Java Marvel Character Creator), but that also hasn't been updated since Nov 2016. There're still some bugs in the latest 2.1.2 version (for example, clicking the + or - buttons causes a whole slew of errors).

Does anyone know if there's any more recent versions of this software?

Thanks!

I'm currently working on an update. I haven't worked on it for about 2 years.

What errors did you see with the +/- buttons? Thanks

Please provide logs if you have them.

So the +/- issue happens if I am manually entering the data for the character. The log spits this out:

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
	at Marvel.Character.GetPowersKeySet(Character.java:1761)
	at Marvel.Character.CheckPowersByAbility(Character.java:2358)
	at Marvel.CCGui.Mod(CCGui.java:3074)
	at Marvel.CCGui.access$65(CCGui.java:3057)
	at Marvel.CCGui$AbilityRow$2.actionPerformed(CCGui.java:5513)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

If I "Roll Character" then I can use the +/- with no issue.

Also, unrelated, if I download the latest version (2.1.2) and try to run it standalone, it will hang in the background when trying to create marvelDB and never go further (see code below for log). I had to download an ealier version, build the marvelDB with that one, then copy over the DB folder to where I stored 2.1.2 and it will rebuild/update the DB from that version.

Wed Jul 31 10:17:24 CDT 2019     Java Marvel Character Creator v2.1.2
Wed Jul 31 10:17:24 CDT 2019     Welcome to the New JMCC!!!
Wed Jul 31 10:17:24 CDT 2019     I may need to refresh the db....checking...
Wed Jul 31 10:17:47 CDT 2019     Connection to db: marvelDB failed!  Attempting to create...

The derby.log for this issue looks like this:

Wed Jul 31 10:17:47 CDT 2019 Thread[AWT-EventQueue-0,6,main] Cleanup action starting
java.sql.SQLException: Database 'marvelDB' not found.
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.SQLExceptionFactory40.getSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.Util.newEmbedSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.Util.newEmbedSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.Util.generateCsSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection.newSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection.handleDBNotFound(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection.(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection40.(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.jdbc.Driver40.getNewEmbedConnection(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.jdbc.InternalDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.jdbc.Driver20.connect(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.jdbc.AutoloadedDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
	at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at Marvel.DerbyData.(DerbyData.java:53)
	at Marvel.Loader.(Loader.java:48)
	at Marvel.CCGui.(CCGui.java:242)
	at Marvel.CCGui$1.run(CCGui.java:177)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Database 'marvelDB' not found.
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.SQLExceptionFactory.getSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.SQLExceptionFactory40.wrapArgsForTransportAcrossDRDA(Unknown Source)
	... 32 more
============= begin nested exception, level (1) ===========
java.sql.SQLException: Database 'marvelDB' not found.
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.SQLExceptionFactory.getSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.SQLExceptionFactory40.wrapArgsForTransportAcrossDRDA(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.SQLExceptionFactory40.getSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.Util.newEmbedSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.Util.newEmbedSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.Util.generateCsSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection.newSQLException(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection.handleDBNotFound(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection.(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.impl.jdbc.EmbedConnection40.(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.jdbc.Driver40.getNewEmbedConnection(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.jdbc.InternalDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.jdbc.Driver20.connect(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.derby.jdbc.AutoloadedDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
	at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at Marvel.DerbyData.(DerbyData.java:53)
	at Marvel.Loader.(Loader.java:48)
	at Marvel.CCGui.(CCGui.java:242)
	at Marvel.CCGui$1.run(CCGui.java:177)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
============= end nested exception, level (1) ===========
Cleanup action completed

Hope these help pinpoint any issues!

Thanks.

I already have the initial issue fixed in the latest release (+/- before random rolling)

I'll have to look into the DB issue. I haven't encountered it. Are you on Windows, Linux, or Mac?

Windows 10, using Java 8u221 64-bit

I'm not sure what the bug was in 2.1.2, but I do remember fixing a DB issue when I started working in this again.

I suggest downloading 2.1.1, then upgrading to 2.1.2. The bug is fixed in the next version. Sorry for the inconvenience.

More like "sorry for the convenience." Thanks for all the continuing effort you put into this project.

UPDATE....a new update is coming!

This one has some performance improvements
A desktop background!
And the ability to truly randomize powers! Choose this option and you'll get random powers from random sets! OK, maybe not the best improvement, but one I've wanted for a bit.

Been awhile since i used this, though the last version is on the old pc. I have to check it out.

I'd like to see this as well. Right now I have an Excel sheet generating numbers. It's pretty rough, so an actual program is most welcome! Random powers aren't a problem. Tying those together is half the fun of character generation.

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Pel Morba
I'd like to see this as well. Right now I have an Excel sheet generating numbers. It's pretty rough, so an actual program is most welcome! Random powers aren't a problem. Tying those together is half the fun of character generation.

You haven't checked out the JMCC yet? It's only about 10 years old....musty, needs cleaning.

I'll probably push it out the latest this weekend.