Hello. I seem to have a problem...I don't know how it arose... I run a very small server for minecraft for a friend and I. It is highly modded. It worked perfectly. I haven't let it update forge because my friend and I still run minecraft 1.2.5 for all the mods we use. The version of forge we use is 3.3.7 for the server, since I can't seem to find 3.3.8 anywhere. Anyways. I was gone for awhile while visiting family, (the server worked fine before I left,) and now that I'm back...the server doesn't wanna start up. Like I stated...nothing has been changed. The error I get it:

[FINE] Mod initialization complete

2012-10-27 22:07:02 [FINE] Beginning mod post-initialization

2012-10-27 22:07:02 [FINER] Post-initializing mod_CodeChickenCore

2012-10-27 22:07:02 [FINER] Post-initializing mod_UpdateManager

2012-10-27 22:07:03 [sEVERE] Unexpected exception

java.lang.NullPointerException

at vazkii.um.UpdateManager.compareVersions(UpdateManager.java:103)

at vazkii.um.UpdateManager.loadMod(UpdateManager.java:88)

at vazkii.um.UpdateManager.loadMods(UpdateManager.java:67)

at vazkii.um.mod_UpdateManager.modsLoaded(mod_UpdateManager.java:113)

at cpw.mods.fml.common.modloader.ModLoaderModContainer.postInit(ModLoaderModContainer.java:330)

at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.postModInit(Loader.java:280)

at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.initializeMods(Loader.java:605)

at cpw.mods.fml.server.FMLServerHandler.onLoadComplete(FMLServerHandler.java:147)

at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.s(MinecraftServer.java:204)

at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:412)

at dn.run(SourceFile:492)

 

And that is pretty much the entire error part of it.

I really would like help on how to fix this so my friend and I do not lose all of our work on the server. Many thanks appreciated.

 

Forge doesn't have a Update Manager, thats some other mod you have installed.

Thank you very much. I had assumed it was forge. Thank you for letting me know this. I looked up update manager and found a minecraft forums page with it. The minions mod that I have implimented it. I just removed it from my server since I don't even use it anymore. It works fine now.

Say...your name seems familiar...I've either seen it on here or a mod page.

He IS LexManos, lead maintainer of Forge. You don't see the "Forge Code God" by his name?

Lol. I figured as much. But as you can tell from above, assuming things hasn't really helped me here. Well. I'm glad he was kind enough to help me.

Well, go look for this guy called vazkii, he's the one who wrote this update manager.