Can't start games or download mods

[mcdizzle85]

Hi I'm getting the following error when trying to start a game. Also attached a log if that helps. I get something similar when I try to install mods too.


java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: java.net.SocketException: Address family not supported by protocol family: connect
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.encodeThrowable(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.completeThrowable(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniAccept.tryFire(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.postComplete(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.completeExceptionally(Unknown Source)
at com.faforever.client.task.CompletableTask.lambda$new$1(CompletableTask.java:17)
at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventHandler.dispatchBubblingEvent(Unknown Source)
at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(Unknown Source)
at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(Unknown Source)
at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEvent(Unknown Source)
at javafx.base/javafx.event.Event.fireEvent(Unknown Source)
at javafx.graphics/javafx.concurrent.EventHelper.fireEvent(Unknown Source)
at javafx.graphics/javafx.concurrent.Task.fireEvent(Unknown Source)
at javafx.graphics/javafx.concurrent.Task.setState(Unknown Source)
at javafx.graphics/javafx.concurrent.Task$TaskCallable.lambda$call$2(Unknown Source)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$9(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$10(Unknown Source)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(Unknown Source)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$runLoop$3(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Address family not supported by protocol family: connect
at java.base/java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method)
at java.base/java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.URL.openStream(Unknown Source)
at com.faforever.client.io.DownloadService.downloadFile(DownloadService.java:30)
at com.faforever.client.patch.SimpleHttpFeaturedModUpdaterTask.call(SimpleHttpFeaturedModUpdaterTask.java:69)
at com.faforever.client.patch.SimpleHttpFeaturedModUpdaterTask.call(SimpleHttpFeaturedModUpdaterTask.java:25)
at javafx.graphics/javafx.concurrent.Task$TaskCallable.call(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
... 1 more

[Geosearchef]

Disable IPv6 ror Java (i have posted somewhere in the forums how to do that)

[mcdizzle85]

Unfortunately this hasn't worked. Does anyone else have any idea what I can do?

Managed to resolve this by going into environment variables and manually adding the -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true into the system variables.

For any one else needing to do this you need to go into environment variables and in the System variables enter the name _JAVA_Options and the value as -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true

Thanks to PhilipFry & Giebmasse for their help.