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0.95.1a_RC6-2 changed a bunch things that might need manual corrections after upgrading from earlier version:

1. I dropped the java dependency and instead included the JRE that is bundled with the game for better compatibility
2. I moved the user state directory ($HOME/.starsector) to the appropriate XDG directory $HOME/.local/share/starsector. the actual contents have not changed, so a simple mv "$HOME/.starsector" "$HOME/.local/share/starsector" should do the trick
3. The start script now supports customizing JVM arguments by creating a the script $HOME/.config/starsector/startup.sh which supports two variables (bash arrays): jvm_args and program_args. So e.g. if you customized the memory settings in the start script, you might want to move the changes to either of these variables (e.g. like this: jvm_args=(-Xms1536m -Xmx1536m -Xss2048k)).

starsector.sh is failing to pass validation in latest package.

0.95.1a_RC6-2 changed a bunch things that might need manual corrections after upgrading from earlier version:

1. I dropped the java dependency and instead included the JRE that is bundled with the game for better compatibility
2. I moved the user state directory ($HOME/.starsector) to the appropriate XDG directory $HOME/.local/share/starsector. the actual contents have not changed, so a simple mv "$HOME/.starsector" "$HOME/.local/share/starsector" should do the trick
3. The start script now supports customizing JVM arguments by creating a the script $HOME/.config/starsector/startup.sh which supports two variables (bash arrays): jvm_args and program_args. So e.g. if you customized the memory settings in the start script, you might want to move the changes to either of these variables (e.g. like this: jvm_args=(-Xms1536m -Xmx1536m -Xss2048k)).

You should use the included java jre as there are some compatibility issues with both mods and in my testing I've found reduced stability of the base game while using a systemwide java 7 installation.

Can't install

$ yay -S starsector  
 -> Could not find all required packages:
    java-runtime=7 (Wanted by: starsector)

Anything we can do to help get this package updated?

Edit: Thanks for updating the package! I wasn't able to get sound working when downloading from Starsector's website and running the shell script (I feel like it wasn't detecting my default audio device or something), but when installed here through the AUR, the sound actually works! Yay! Thanks!

Lines 4 and 5 in starsector.sh:

JAVA7=/usr/lib/jvm/$(archlinux-java status | grep -m 1 java-7 | sed 's/^ *//')/bin
[ -d ${JAVA7} ] && export PATH=${JAVA7}:${PATH}

I don't think this bit actually works. If you run starsector from a terminal, the first line of output shows:

/usr/bin/starsector: line 5: [: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre: binary operator expected

The only java I have installed on my system is the java7 that gets pulled in by this package. archlinux-java status returns " java-7-openjdk/jre (default)", and it looks like the sed removes the leading whitespace, but the " (default)" on the end of the line still needs to be handled. Since it doesn't get removed, it gets passed as a second argument to [ -d ${JAVA7} ] && export and the export doesn't actually run.

Starsector still launches though (in my case) because PATH already has /usr/lib/jvm/default/bin thanks to /etc/profile.d/jre.sh that gets installed by the java7 dependency.

I assume it's ~/.starsector/mods , but not sure, never used it

Can't find where mods/ folder is located, any help?

The starsector.sh bundled with the new release has new RAM allocation defaults that trigger in-game warnings if not met. Theses are the new defaults: -Xms1536m -Xmx1536m -Xss2048k

Both source links could be switched to HTTPS.