As a long-time software developer, I can tell you that releasing a build to your users on a Friday when no developers are around to provide a fix on the weekend is not advisable.

Especially a game. You have a lot of users who only have time to play on weekends, and no one available to provide a fix over the weekend.

I have some humble suggestions:

• Don't release on a Friday when you have no one to fix things on the weekend
• If you have to release on a Friday, at least allow users to downgrade
• Release on a Monday or Tuesday to leverage your userbase to test the build while developers are around to assess and fix any issues arising
• If a software or OS change is required, let the user know before suggesting an upgrade
• If a version check is required at load time, why not make one during the upgrade to ensure the user can run the app

This list is just meant as suggestions/feedback coming out of the 1.2.2 version number problem.

Thanks for listening.
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edit: added a point

Yes, the version number has been reported a few times.  I wonder if a version-change in Java would help.  I'm running the same as DJGYPSY:

Code:

my-mac >java -version
java version "1.5.0_22"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_22-b03-333-9M3125)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_22-147, mixed mode, sharing)

Can you help us out then? Open a Terminal window and type the following command:

Code:

java -version

Hit enter and then copy/paste the resulting 2 or 3 lines.

I am having the identical problem.

Java:

Code:

java version "1.5.0_22"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_22-b03-333-9M3125)

MacOS:

Code:

ProductName:	Mac OS X
ProductVersion:	10.5.8
BuildVersion:	9L30

This is from Console:

Code:

23/01/10 11:37:54 AM /Applications/mule.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub[5917] Unrecognized Java VM option ignored:  
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917] [JavaAppLauncher Error] CallStaticVoidMethod() threw an exception 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917] Exception in thread "main"  
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917] java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:676) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:317) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:280) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:375) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) 
23/01/10 11:37:55 AM [0x0-0x152152].mule[5917]  at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:242) 

Same problem here.  From the console I get the following:

Code:

22/01/10 11:51:45 PM [0x0-0x13c13c].mule[5596] java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file 

Any ideas?