Added null intent manager check to services/managers and created a LocalUtilities class

src/com/projectswg/common/control/Manager.java

@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ public abstract class Manager extends Service {
 					return;
 			}
 			children.add(s);
-			s.setIntentManager(getIntentManager());
+			IntentManager manager = getIntentManager();
+			if (manager != null)
+				s.setIntentManager(manager);
 		}
 	}
 	

src/com/projectswg/common/control/Service.java

@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ public abstract class Service {
 	 * @return TRUE if termination was successful, FALSE otherwise
 	 */
 	public boolean terminate() {
-		IntentManager.getInstance().terminate();
+		IntentManager im = IntentManager.getInstance();
+		if (im != null)
+			im.terminate();
 		return true;
 	}
 	

src/com/projectswg/common/utilities/LocalUtilities.java

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.projectswg.common.utilities;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+public class LocalUtilities {
+	
+	private static final AtomicReference<String> APP_NAME = new AtomicReference<>(".projectswg");
+	
+	public static void setApplicationName(String name) {
+		APP_NAME.set(name);
+	}
+	
+	public static File getSubApplicationDirectory(String ... names) {
+		File dir = getApplicationDirectory();
+		for (String name : names) {
+			dir = new File(dir, name);
+			if (!dir.exists())
+				dir.mkdir();
+		}
+		return dir;
+	}
+	
+	public static File getApplicationDirectory() {
+		String home = getHomeDirectory();
+		if (home == null)
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Unknown home directory for OS '"+System.getProperty("os.name")+"'");
+		
+		File dir = new File(home, APP_NAME.get());
+		if (!dir.exists())
+			dir.mkdirs();
+		return dir;
+	}
+	
+	private static String getHomeDirectory() {
+		String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toUpperCase();
+		
+		if (os.contains("WIN"))
+			return System.getenv("APPDATA");
+		
+		if (os.contains("MAC"))
+			return System.getProperty("user.home") + "/Library/Application Support";
+		
+		if (os.contains("NUX"))
+			return System.getProperty("user.home");
+		
+		return System.getProperty("user.dir");
+	}
+	
+}