I've downloaded Robocode but I can't get it to start properly at all. I get an error called "SeedGenerator thread creation error and I can't figure out how to fix it. I tried running as Administrator but then the cmd window just flashes for a split second and disappears.
I've unninstalled and reinstalled everything related to Java and Robocode and I've made sure the path to both JDK and JRE are set as they should be, but it just won't start. I'll attach a link to an image of my cmd window so you can see the error for yourselves, hope Imgur is acceptable.
Hi!
I've downloaded Robocode but I can't get it to start properly at all. I get an error called "SeedGenerator thread creation error and I can't figure out how to fix it. I tried running as Administrator but then the cmd window just flashes for a split second and disappears.
I've unninstalled and reinstalled everything related to Java and Robocode and I've made sure the path to both JDK and JRE are set as they should be, but it just won't start. I'll attach a link to an image of my cmd window so you can see the error for yourselves, hope Imgur is acceptable.
http://i.imgur.com/Tk2oeNH.png
Okay. You are the 2nd who report this issue.
Which Java version do you run? Is it Oracle JDK or Open JDK?
For example, I run Windows 10 (64-bit) with Oracle's JDK 8 Update 77 (64-bit) with Robocode 1.9.2.5.
Hi Pål,
Sorry for the late reply. This is a tricky issue to solve.
I should like you to try a possible work-around by changing your robocode.bat command line into:
java -Xmx512M -cp libs/robocode.jar -Djava.security.egd= robocode.Robocode %*
Note the -Djava.security.egd= which should force java not to use the native random seed generator in Java.
I hope this works.