I'm wondering how to change whether a profile auto updates the Minecraft version or not?
I'm not finding any settings to determine that except when starting a new profile, can anybody explain how to do that or definitely state that it isn't possible?
Both when 1.13 was released and now in anticipation of 1.14 I've used the workaround of copying the profile folder and creating a new profile using the copy and locked to the current version. Then when 1.13/1.14 was/is released I can use the old profile for the new version after copying over my current saves if I want to keep my recent progress. That works but seems a bit clunky so I'm wondering if there is a better way?
1)Open the Minecraft launcher, but do not hit the PLAY button
2)at the top of launcher window, there are four buttons: News, Skins, Settings, and Launch Options. Click on Launch Options.
3)You should have a list appear consisting of at least three clickable items: A button to create a new profile, a button corresponding to every user-created profile, and a button corresponding to the Use Latest Version profile. Click on whichever user-created profile you wish to change the version settings of.
4)A new screen will appear that has a list of profile options:
name
version
resolution
game directory
java executable
JVM arguments
log config
The version option has a (really long) dropdown list of versions you can choose, which for modded profiles will probably include a fair number of Forge versions as well. If you choose one of these versions then this profile will only ever use that version of Minecraft. The very first option in that dropdown list is Latest Release (1.13.2). If you want this profile to autoupdate when a new release version goes public, set the dropdown to this option.
Now, the above applies to what are called Release versions, which are stable, publicly-offered versions meant for general gameplay. Snapshots are experimental (ie, beta versions), and are made available via a separate option, these are meant for bugtesting and can seriously mess things up if something went wrong in the code. If we go back to step #3, just under the four buttons noted in #2 there are three slider toggles: enable snapshots, historical versions, advanced settings. To use snapshot versions, Enable snapshots must be slid to the right so that the toggle is now green instead of grey. From there, Step #4 gains some new version options in the dropdown list. It adds all of the snapshot versions all the way back to snapshot 1.3 plus a new option called Latest Snapshot (19w05a). Set the version to this option if you want to autoupdate to each new snapshot as it gets released.
Click Save, then click on News and bob's your uncle. Perhaps you might need to relaunch the launcher to have the changes apply, but otherwise you can just click Play and Minecraft should download whatever new files it needs.
Another suggestion:
Define a separate Game Directory for each major revision.
That way you don't accidentally open a saved world in a version that will change it such that you lose items or make the world unplayable.
You can always copy a world save folder from one Game directory (folder) to another one.
Here's my list of save folders.
Saves is the original folder and has game worlds in it from before I started defining Game directories.
The second image is the contents of a typical Game Directory.
As you can see it has separate folders for:
logs
resourcepacks
saves (the actual world folders)
screenshots
shaderpacks
and support files specific for the profiles that use this Game Directory.
ATTACHMENTS
MC Save folders2
MC Game Dir contents
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Another suggestion:
Define a separate Game Directory for each major revision.
That way you don't accidentally open a saved world in a version that will change it such that you lose items or make the world unplayable.
You can always copy a world save folder from one Game directory (folder) to another one.
Hi,
I'm wondering how to change whether a profile auto updates the Minecraft version or not?
I'm not finding any settings to determine that except when starting a new profile, can anybody explain how to do that or definitely state that it isn't possible?
Both when 1.13 was released and now in anticipation of 1.14 I've used the workaround of copying the profile folder and creating a new profile using the copy and locked to the current version. Then when 1.13/1.14 was/is released I can use the old profile for the new version after copying over my current saves if I want to keep my recent progress. That works but seems a bit clunky so I'm wondering if there is a better way?
Just testing.
1)Open the Minecraft launcher, but do not hit the PLAY button
2)at the top of launcher window, there are four buttons: News, Skins, Settings, and Launch Options. Click on Launch Options.
3)You should have a list appear consisting of at least three clickable items: A button to create a new profile, a button corresponding to every user-created profile, and a button corresponding to the Use Latest Version profile. Click on whichever user-created profile you wish to change the version settings of.
4)A new screen will appear that has a list of profile options:
name
version
resolution
game directory
java executable
JVM arguments
log config
The version option has a (really long) dropdown list of versions you can choose, which for modded profiles will probably include a fair number of Forge versions as well. If you choose one of these versions then this profile will only ever use that version of Minecraft. The very first option in that dropdown list is Latest Release (1.13.2). If you want this profile to autoupdate when a new release version goes public, set the dropdown to this option.
Now, the above applies to what are called Release versions, which are stable, publicly-offered versions meant for general gameplay. Snapshots are experimental (ie, beta versions), and are made available via a separate option, these are meant for bugtesting and can seriously mess things up if something went wrong in the code. If we go back to step #3, just under the four buttons noted in #2 there are three slider toggles: enable snapshots, historical versions, advanced settings. To use snapshot versions, Enable snapshots must be slid to the right so that the toggle is now green instead of grey. From there, Step #4 gains some new version options in the dropdown list. It adds all of the snapshot versions all the way back to snapshot 1.3 plus a new option called Latest Snapshot (19w05a). Set the version to this option if you want to autoupdate to each new snapshot as it gets released.
Click Save, then click on News and bob's your uncle. Perhaps you might need to relaunch the launcher to have the changes apply, but otherwise you can just click Play and Minecraft should download whatever new files it needs.
Thank you very much!
Of course I'll have forgotten this by the time 1.15 comes around but maybe enough will have stuck that I can find the setting myself.
(I wonder why I didn't find it myself, presumably I was expecting a toggle to disable updates or something.)
Just testing.
Another suggestion:
Define a separate Game Directory for each major revision.
That way you don't accidentally open a saved world in a version that will change it such that you lose items or make the world unplayable.
You can always copy a world save folder from one Game directory (folder) to another one.
Here's my list of save folders.
Saves is the original folder and has game worlds in it from before I started defining Game directories.
The second image is the contents of a typical Game Directory.
As you can see it has separate folders for:
logs
resourcepacks
saves (the actual world folders)
screenshots
shaderpacks
and support files specific for the profiles that use this Game Directory.
There are no dangerous weapons. There are only dangerous people. R.A. Heinlein
If you aren't part of the solution, then you obviously weren't properly dissolved.
The latest release of Amidst, version 4.6 can be found here:
https://github.com/toolbox4minecraft/amidst/releases
You should probably also read this:
https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding-java-edition/minecraft-tools/2970854-amidst-map-explorer-for-minecraft-1-14
You can find me on the Minecraft Forums Discord server.
https://discord.gg/wGrQNKX
Like this? ;-)
I don't have them under the .minecraft folder.
Just testing.