NPE in ForceGeneratorOptionsView.findTOCNode starting MM from MHQ

[swang300]

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Environment

What version of MekHQ does your issue apply to?
0.45.1-git
What operating system are you using? Windows, Mac, or Linux?
Windows
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Java 10

Description

MekHQ can not start Megamek game with the attached error. Starting Megamek using Megamek.jar starts just fine.

[sixlettervariables]

Can you attach your campaign? Thanks!

Exception 1:

05:57:50,266 ERROR [megamek.common.util.SharedConfiguration] {Stormwolf's Pack} 
Error trying to load shared.properties
java.io.FileNotFoundException: mmconf\shared.properties (The system cannot find the file specified)
	at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)
	at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:220)
	at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:158)
	at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:113)
	at megamek.common.util.SharedConfiguration.<init>(SharedConfiguration.java:46)
	at megamek.common.util.SharedConfiguration.getInstance(SharedConfiguration.java:66)
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.ClientGUI.<init>(ClientGUI.java:156)
	at mekhq.AtBGameThread.run(AtBGameThread.java:75)

Exception 2:

ERROR: Bad skin specification file: file doesn't exist!  File name: BW - Default.xml
ERROR: Bad skin specification file: file doesn't exist!  File name: BW - Default.xml
ERROR: Bad skin specification file: file doesn't exist!  File name: BW - Default.xml
ERROR: Bad skin specification file: file doesn't exist!  File name: BW - Default.xml
ERROR: Bad skin specification file: file doesn't exist!  File name: BW - Default.xml
ERROR: Bad skin specification file: file doesn't exist!  File name: BW - Default.xml
05:57:51,198 ERROR [megamek.client.ratgenerator.Ruleset] {Stormwolf's Pack} 
Could not locate force generator faction rules.

05:57:51,297 ERROR [megamek.client.ratgenerator.RATGenerator] {Stormwolf's Pack} 
Persepolis 2 (Standard) not found.

Exception in thread "Stormwolf's Pack" java.lang.NullPointerException
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.ForceGeneratorOptionsView.findTOCNode(ForceGeneratorOptionsView.java:855)
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.ForceGeneratorOptionsView.refreshUnitTypes(ForceGeneratorOptionsView.java:652)
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.ForceGeneratorOptionsView.refreshSubfactions(ForceGeneratorOptionsView.java:646)
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.ForceGeneratorOptionsView.refreshFactions(ForceGeneratorOptionsView.java:622)
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.ForceGeneratorOptionsView.initUi(ForceGeneratorOptionsView.java:473)
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.ForceGeneratorOptionsView.<init>(ForceGeneratorOptionsView.java:145)
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.ForceGeneratorViewUi.initUi(ForceGeneratorViewUi.java:97)
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.ForceGeneratorViewUi.<init>(ForceGeneratorViewUi.java:93)
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.RandomArmyDialog.<init>(RandomArmyDialog.java:464)
	at megamek.client.ui.swing.ClientGUI.initialize(ClientGUI.java:544)

[neoancient]

Are you running this from a release or from the repository source? The mekhq repository doesn't have all the data available to MegaMek.

05:55:11,639 INFO [mekhq.MekHQ] {main}
MekHQ 0.45.1-git
Today is Sun Aug 05 05:55:11 PDT 2018
Java vendor Oracle Corporation
Java version 10.0.1
Platform Windows 10 10.0 (amd64)
Total memory available to MegaMek: 3,135,488 kB

[swang300]

test.zip

And yes, I was going from repository source. In addition to the standard classpath (which includes a MM jar) I also tried to remove the jar from the class path, and have it "depend on project megamek" in the eclipse Java Build Path tab. Same issue.

[neoancient]

It has nothing to do with the classpath. It looks for the files in the workspace's data directory, and the MekHQ repository does not fully mirror the MM repository. All the data is assembled in the distribution, and that is working.