Solved First Server, need help with Towny

I'm trying to setup my own server, with towny and permissions. However, I am having difficulties with the Towny plugin. I'm using the latest version of both (1.2.5 R1.0), and when I type /town new Townname it gives me an error. Here are the logs, wondering where I should start to fix this and get it up and running.

2012-04-12 23:27:51 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version 1.2.5
2012-04-12 23:27:51 [INFO] Loading properties
2012-04-12 23:27:51 [INFO] Starting Minecraft server on *:25565
2012-04-12 23:27:51 [INFO] This server is running CraftBukkit version git-Bukkit-1.2.5-R1.0-b2149jnks (MC: 1.2.5) (Implementing API version 1.2.5-R1.0)
2012-04-12 23:27:52 [INFO] [Towny] Loading Towny v0.80.0.0
2012-04-12 23:27:52 [INFO] [Questioner] Loading Questioner v0.6
2012-04-12 23:27:52 [INFO] [Register] Loading Register v1.8
2012-04-12 23:27:52 [INFO] [Register] Preferred method [null] not found, using first found.
2012-04-12 23:27:52 [INFO] [Register] version 1.8 is enabled.
2012-04-12 23:27:52 [INFO] [TownyChat] Loading TownyChat v0.24
2012-04-12 23:27:52 [INFO] Preparing level "world"
2012-04-12 23:27:52 [INFO] Default game type: 0
2012-04-12 23:27:52 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 0 (Seed: -4055927510841330395)
2012-04-12 23:27:53 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 69%
2012-04-12 23:27:54 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 1 (Seed: -4055927510841330395)
2012-04-12 23:27:54 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 40%
2012-04-12 23:27:55 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 2 (Seed: -4055927510841330395)
2012-04-12 23:27:55 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 77%
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] [Towny] Enabling Towny v0.80.0.0
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] ==================== Towny ========================
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] [Towny] Database: [Load] flatfile [Save] flatfile
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] [Towny] Using: BukkitPermissions, Register v1.8, Questioner v0.6
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] [Towny] Time until a New Day: 8 hours, 32 minutes, 3 seconds
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] =============================================================
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] [Towny] Version: 0.80.0.0 - Mod Enabled
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] =============================================================
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] [Questioner] Enabling Questioner v0.6
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] [Questioner] v0.6 - Enabled
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] [Register] Enabling Register v1.8
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] [TownyChat] Enabling TownyChat v0.24
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] Server permissions file permissions.yml is empty, ignoring it
2012-04-12 23:27:56 [INFO] Done (4.013s)! For help, type "help" or "?"
2012-04-12 23:27:57 [INFO] [TownyChat] -******* TownyChat enabled *******-
2012-04-12 23:31:46 [INFO] joshuastewart [/192.168.0.10:17612] logged in with entity id 330 at ([world] -236.28388644248278, 70.0, 197.48090127289208)
2012-04-12 23:31:54 [INFO] [PLAYER_COMMAND] joshuastewart: /town new Moncton
2012-04-12 23:32:11 [INFO] Connection reset
2012-04-12 23:32:11 [INFO] joshuastewart lost connection: disconnect.endOfStream
2012-04-12 23:34:54 [INFO] joshuastewart [/192.168.0.10:18171] logged in with entity id 474 at ([world] -236.28388644248278, 70.0, 197.48090127289208)
2012-04-12 23:35:02 [INFO] [PLAYER_COMMAND] joshuastewart: /town new Moncton
2012-04-12 23:36:03 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version 1.2.5
2012-04-12 23:36:03 [INFO] Loading properties
2012-04-12 23:36:03 [INFO] Starting Minecraft server on *:25565
2012-04-12 23:36:04 [INFO] This server is running CraftBukkit version git-Bukkit-1.2.5-R1.0-b2149jnks (MC: 1.2.5) (Implementing API version 1.2.5-R1.0)
2012-04-12 23:36:04 [INFO] [Towny] Loading Towny v0.80.0.0
2012-04-12 23:36:04 [INFO] [Questioner] Loading Questioner v0.6
2012-04-12 23:36:04 [INFO] [Register] Loading Register v1.8
2012-04-12 23:36:04 [INFO] [Register] Preferred method [null] not found, using first found.
2012-04-12 23:36:04 [INFO] [Register] version 1.8 is enabled.
2012-04-12 23:36:04 [INFO] [TownyChat] Loading TownyChat v0.24
2012-04-12 23:36:05 [INFO] Preparing level "world"
2012-04-12 23:36:05 [INFO] Default game type: 0
2012-04-12 23:36:05 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 0 (Seed: -4055927510841330395)
2012-04-12 23:36:06 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 61%
2012-04-12 23:36:06 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 1 (Seed: -4055927510841330395)
2012-04-12 23:36:07 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 16%
2012-04-12 23:36:08 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 2 (Seed: -4055927510841330395)
2012-04-12 23:36:08 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 0%
2012-04-12 23:36:08 [INFO] [Towny] Enabling Towny v0.80.0.0
2012-04-12 23:36:08 [INFO] ==================== Towny ========================
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] [Towny] Database: [Load] flatfile [Save] flatfile
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] [Towny] Using: BukkitPermissions, Register v1.8, Questioner v0.6
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] [Towny] Time until a New Day: 8 hours, 23 minutes, 50 seconds
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] =============================================================
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] [Towny] Version: 0.80.0.0 - Mod Enabled
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] =============================================================
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] [Questioner] Enabling Questioner v0.6
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] [Questioner] v0.6 - Enabled
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] [Register] Enabling Register v1.8
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] [TownyChat] Enabling TownyChat v0.24
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] Server permissions file permissions.yml is empty, ignoring it
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] Done (4.294s)! For help, type "help" or "?"
2012-04-12 23:36:09 [INFO] [TownyChat] -******* TownyChat enabled *******-
2012-04-12 23:36:50 [INFO] joshuastewart [/192.168.0.10:18578] logged in with entity id 296 at ([world] -236.28388644248278, 70.0, 197.48090127289208)
2012-04-12 23:36:57 [INFO] [PLAYER_COMMAND] joshuastewart: /town new Moncton
2012-04-12 23:36:57 [SEVERE] null
org.bukkit.command.CommandException: Unhandled exception executing command 'town' in plugin Towny v0.80.0.0
at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:42)
at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:166)
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:473)
at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.handleCommand(NetServerHandler.java:821)
at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.chat(NetServerHandler.java:781)
at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.a(NetServerHandler.java:764)
at net.minecraft.server.Packet3Chat.handle(Packet3Chat.java:34)
at net.minecraft.server.NetworkManager.b(NetworkManager.java:229)
at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.a(NetServerHandler.java:113)
at net.minecraft.server.NetworkListenThread.a(NetworkListenThread.java:78)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.w(MinecraftServer.java:551)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:449)
at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:492)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.object.TownyEconomyObject.getEconomyAccount(TownyEconomyObject.java:217)
at com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.object.TownyEconomyObject.getHoldingBalance(TownyEconomyObject.java:189)
at com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.object.TownyEconomyObject.canPayFromHoldings(TownyEconomyObject.java:252)
at com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.object.TownyEconomyObject._pay(TownyEconomyObject.java:49)
at com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.object.TownyEconomyObject.pay(TownyEconomyObject.java:38)
at com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.command.TownCommand.newTown(TownCommand.java:846)
at com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.command.TownCommand.parseTownCommand(TownCommand.java:124)
at com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.command.TownCommand.onCommand(TownCommand.java:95)
at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:40)
... 12 more
2012-04-12 23:37:04 [INFO] Connection reset
2012-04-12 23:37:04 [INFO] joshuastewart lost connection: disconnect.endOfStream

 

You didn't install an Economy plugin, so Towny is VERY confused, cause it's good friend 'Register' is lying.

 

If your issue is resolved, please change the prefix of your topic title to Solved by going to Thread Tools then 'Edit Thread'

 

Sorry, just checked now. Also, many thanks to JWhy for an extremely simplified, but perfect answer.

 

If you have any further issues, just ask and we'll try our best to help you out.

Thanks for setting the prefix to solved, it saves us a lot of time