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0.95.1a_RC6-2 changed a bunch things that might need manual corrections after upgrading from earlier version:

1. I dropped the java dependency and instead included the JRE that is bundled with the game for better compatibility
2. I moved the user state directory ($HOME/.starsector) to the appropriate XDG directory $HOME/.local/share/starsector. the actual contents have not changed, so a simple mv "$HOME/.starsector" "$HOME/.local/share/starsector" should do the trick
3. The start script now supports customizing JVM arguments by creating a the script $HOME/.config/starsector/startup.sh which supports two variables (bash arrays): jvm_args and program_args. So e.g. if you customized the memory settings in the start script, you might want to move the changes to either of these variables (e.g. like this: jvm_args=(-Xms1536m -Xmx1536m -Xss2048k)).

Just installed this from scratch (no prior versions were installed). Getting the following errors when attempting to start:

OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Options -Xverify:none and -noverify were deprecated in JDK 13 and will likely be removed in a future release.

Unrecognized VM option 'PermSize=192m'

Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.

Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

Anyone with an Nvidia GPU experiencing core dumps when starting the game should run it with __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=0

New jvm args from the original starsector.sh jvm_args=(-XX:+UseG1GC -Xms1536m -Xmx1536m -Xss2048k -XX:PermSize=192m -XX:MaxPermSize=192m)

I think the source URL moved from AWS to: https://f005.backblazeb2.com/file/fractalsoftworks/release/starsector_linux-0.96a-RC10.zip

At least, that's the URL used on the game's website now, and the AWS URL was failing for me

@cure1245 works now

starsector.sh is failing to pass validation in latest package.

0.95.1a_RC6-2 changed a bunch things that might need manual corrections after upgrading from earlier version:

1. I dropped the java dependency and instead included the JRE that is bundled with the game for better compatibility
2. I moved the user state directory ($HOME/.starsector) to the appropriate XDG directory $HOME/.local/share/starsector. the actual contents have not changed, so a simple mv "$HOME/.starsector" "$HOME/.local/share/starsector" should do the trick
3. The start script now supports customizing JVM arguments by creating a the script $HOME/.config/starsector/startup.sh which supports two variables (bash arrays): jvm_args and program_args. So e.g. if you customized the memory settings in the start script, you might want to move the changes to either of these variables (e.g. like this: jvm_args=(-Xms1536m -Xmx1536m -Xss2048k)).

You should use the included java jre as there are some compatibility issues with both mods and in my testing I've found reduced stability of the base game while using a systemwide java 7 installation.