Forge's update manager suddenly stopped my server from starting.

[Sora1331]

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.

 

[LexManos]

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

[Sora1331]

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.

[luacs1998]

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

[Sora1331]

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.

[luacs1998]

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