I've got the same issue as others have had , since the update i cant launch ive tried unstalling and reinstalling multiple times to no avail
faf wont launch after update
ava.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application init method
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:896)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$2(LauncherImpl.java:196)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'steamService' defined in URL [jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/FAF%20Client/lib/faf-client-2022.8.0-plain.jar!/com/faforever/client/steam/SteamService.class]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'com.faforever.client.preferences.GeneralPrefs com.faforever.client.preferences.Preferences.getGeneral()'
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1804)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:620)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:542)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:335)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:333)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:208)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:953)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:918)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:583)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:740)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:415)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303)
at org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder.run(SpringApplicationBuilder.java:164)
at com.faforever.client.FafClientApplication.init(FafClientApplication.java:108)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:825)
... 2 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'com.faforever.client.preferences.GeneralPrefs com.faforever.client.preferences.Preferences.getGeneral()'
at com.faforever.client.steam.SteamService.afterPropertiesSet(SteamService.java:20)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1863)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1800)
... 17 more