Constant update notice, game not responding

[Tyvin]

When I launch the game, I keep getting the popup that a new version is available.  After closing the app and relaunching, I get the upgrade notice again.

Once I start the game, I select play local (I've not registered an account), then training.  The game screen is all black and unresponsive.  If I try to close the game, I get the 'are you sure' prompt, I select 'yet', and the prompt goes away but the game does not close.  I am forced to End Task MULE to get it to close.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tyvin


Platform:
Windows XP
Dual GeForce8800, with new nvidia drivers (195.x, I saw the FAQ about the black screen, no luck)

updater_log.txt

Code:

Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.Launcher run
INFO: Arguments: lib\jre\bin\java.exe;java -Xms64m -Xmx256m -Djava.library.path=lib -jar data.jar 
Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.Launcher run
INFO: Classpath: C:\games\mule\data\launcher.jar
Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.Launcher run
INFO: Java VM: 1.5.0_06-b05
Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.Launcher run
INFO: Java Runtime: 1.5.0_06-b05
Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.Launcher run
INFO: OS: Windows XP 5.1 x86
Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.DynamicUpdater isNewBuildNumber
INFO: this build number: 1.2.0
Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.Updater isNewerBuildNumberOnServer
INFO: About to download http://www.planetmule.com/updater/build.txt
Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.Updater isNewerBuildNumberOnServer
INFO: build number on server: 1.2.0
Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.DynamicUpdater isNewBuildNumber
INFO: Build number not newer on server
Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.Launcher run
INFO: Launching game
Jan 10, 2010 5:39:26 PM com.turborilla.mule.launcher.Launcher launch
INFO: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: lib\jre\bin\java.exe -Xms64m -Xmx256m -Djava.library.path=lib -jar data.jar error=2

log.txt

Code:

  INFO [Properties.<init>]                           VERSION: 1.2.0
  INFO [Properties.<init>]                           Classpath: data.jar
  INFO [Properties.<init>]                           Java VM: 1.5.0_06-b05
  INFO [Properties.<init>]                           Java Runtime: 1.5.0_06-b05
  INFO [Properties.<init>]                           OS: Windows XP 5.1 x86
  INFO [Properties.<init>]                           Java Library Path: lib
  INFO [Properties.<init>]                           Max Memory: 266403840
  INFO [Properties.<init>]                           Avaialble Processors: 4
  INFO [PropertiesBase.readFromFile]                 Reading Settings from file settings.txt
  INFO [Settings.<init>]                             Settings file not found: settings.txt (The system cannot find the file specified)
  INFO [MasterClient.close]                          MasterServer: Closing...
  INFO [MasterClient.close]                          MasterServer: Closed (16ms)
  INFO [MetaFrame.<init>]                            Creating Meta Frame
  INFO [MapSkinParser.findSkins]                     No extra skins found
  INFO [MasterClient.logSend]                        MasterClient: Sending Enter Lobby
  INFO [MetaFrame$15.windowClosing]                  Meta frame closing
  INFO [MetaFrame$15.windowClosing]                  Meta frame closing

[tomguru]

I suggest you install Java 6 (you still have Java 5, and an outdated version of that) and try again.

[Peter]

From your updater log it doesn't seem like you should get a notice about an old version. What does the dialog say?

Your version is missing some files (the bundled JRE) which unfortunately wasn't added to 1.2.0 until one day after the release. I would suggest that you download the whole game and try again. Only users who downloaded the whole game either the 8th or 9th of January are affected by this, not users updating an older version.