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I am presently having some problems with the new launcher for minecraft. I have been running V1.5 fine on my Microsoft pro with Java 7 45 for a long time, but I do not seem to be able to get the latest version to work. I download and install it OK, and I have attempted to play with V1.7 and V1.6.2 and V1.6.4, but without success. It loads may games but it seems to freeze and you can not play. I noticed in the console I was getting a lot of unable to download message (example pasted below - not all of it, but there are lots of these types of message - let me know if you need the entire list).
Any assistance would be very welcome.
Thanks
EXAMPLE TEXT FROM CONSOLE
15:56:35 WARN]: Couldn't download https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Resources/sounds/mob/wolf/shake.ogg for job 'Resources'
java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 503
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:88) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:104) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:11) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
[15:56:35 ERROR]: Gave up trying to download https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Resources/sounds/mob/wolf/shake.ogg for job 'Resources'
[15:56:35 WARN]: Couldn't download https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Resources/sounds/step/grass3.ogg for job 'Resources'
java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 503
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:88) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:104) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:11) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
[15:56:35 ERROR]: Gave up trying to download https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Resources/sounds/step/grass3.ogg for job 'Resources'
[15:56:35 WARN]: Couldn't download https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Resources/sounds/liquid/water.ogg for job 'Resources'
java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 503
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:88) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:104) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:11) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.6.0_45]
[15:56:35 ERROR]: Gave up trying to download https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Resources/sounds/liquid/water.ogg for job 'Resources'
[15:56:36 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Shane\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\sounds\step\wood4.ogg for job 'Resources': Downloaded successfully and etag matched
[15:56:36 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Shane\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\sounds\mob\cow\say3.ogg for job 'Resources': Downloaded successfully and etag matched
[15:56:36 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully