java.lang.NullPointerExcetion

Server Discussion
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Hey there everyone,
Been trying to get a a server up here for the past hour or two (I’ve set up and maintained lots of servers in the past), but I keep getting this one error:

Exception in thread “main” java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.PropertiesUtil.(PropertiesUtil.java:71)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.PropertiesUtil.(PropertiesUtil.java:31)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger.(StatusLogger.java:48)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.(LogManager.java:44)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper.configureLogging(LogWrapper.java:14)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper.log(LogWrapper.java:28)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:94)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:28)
at org.spongepowered.server.launch.VanillaServerMain.main(VanillaServerMain.java:118)
at org.spongepowered.server.launch.VersionCheckingMain.main(VersionCheckingMain.java:38)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.ProviderUtil.(ProviderUtil.java:70)
… 10 more

I’ve reinstalled java, and tried finding a solution online but the only Null Pointer exception errors I could find were ones pertaining to corrupted world files not a fresh server. I should note that I’m trying to set up a vanilla sponge server, so I did get the latest version of the vanilla sponger jar off the website and did use a correct launch.bat to get it started (as far as I’m aware).

Any help in resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated!

2

That’s weird. Try redownloading the sponge jar, and if that doesn’t work, post your launch.bat file.

3

I have tried re-downloading it. My launch command is as follows, but I’ve tried a variety of different launch codes to no avail:
java -Xms1G -Xmx2G -jar sponge.jar
pause

Note that my sponge jar is named sponge.jar

4

That’s really weird.

5

If this is a fresh server, delete all existing files and download the latest SpongeVanilla from the download site https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/org/spongepowered/spongevanilla/ (Click the ‘main’ button)

If it still doesn’t work you could try setting up a SpongeForge server.

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As stated before I already tried deleting the files and starting over.

I think I’ll just try to start a Sponge Forge server. Thanks!