I have no idea what's up, it worked yesterday.

This is the only clue I have:

Code:

C:\David's\Tartarus>"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\bin\java" -cp tartarus.ja r com.faraway.titans.Tartarus Tartarus Client, version 15.04 Copyright (c) 2004 by Faraway Games, all rights reserved. First released 1998! web site: http://www.faraway.co.uk (try -? for command line options.) Loading Images, please wait...Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerEx ception         at java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource.startProduction(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource.startProduction(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource.startProduction(Unknown Source)         at sun.awt.image.ImageRepresentation.startProduction(Unknown Source)         at sun.awt.image.ImageRepresentation.prepare(Unknown Source)         at sun.awt.SunToolkit.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Component.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Component.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Component.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Component.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Component.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Component.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Component.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Component.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Component.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Component.prepareImage(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.ImageMediaEntry.startLoad(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.MediaEntry.getStatus(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.ImageMediaEntry.getStatus(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.MediaTracker.statusAll(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.MediaTracker.waitForAll(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.MediaTracker.waitForAll(Unknown Source)         at F.IZ.append(ARSW)         at F.IZ.addNotify(ARSW)         at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at javax.swing.JComponent.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at javax.swing.JComponent.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at javax.swing.JComponent.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at javax.swing.JComponent.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at javax.swing.JComponent.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at javax.swing.JComponent.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at javax.swing.JComponent.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at javax.swing.JComponent.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at javax.swing.JRootPane.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Container.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Window.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Frame.addNotify(Unknown Source)         at java.awt.Window.pack(Unknown Source)         at D.Z.<init>(ARSW)         at F.PI.<init>(ARSW)         at F.LZ.I(ARSW)         at com.faraway.titans.Tartarus.main(ARSW)

EDIT:

I tried opening Tartarus again and no problems occured. I'm happy about it, but still curious.

It's because of

at java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource.startProduction(Unknown Source)



Put it down to 'bit rot' - a well known occurance in old code.....

Hehe, very well.