Cannot play in older 1.17 snapshots
Attempting to create an installation for an older 1.17 snapshot gives the error message "Unable to get details". Attempting to then play this installation gives the error message "Sorry, unable to play minecraft".
Doesn't seem to affect other snapshots or older releases.
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MC-219858Minecraft doesn't let me play other versions besides the latest snapshot / versionDuplicateMC-219859impossible de lancer minecraft 21w10a DuplicateMC-219876I cannot play any of the 1.17 snapshots, only the latest one (21w11a).DuplicateMC-219886I can't play on snapshots like 21w07a,21w08a,21w08b etcDuplicateMC-219887when launching 21w10a the launcher says Sorry, unable to start minecraft"DuplicateMC-219888launcher bugDuplicateMC-219890launcher bugDuplicateMC-219898impossible to play with the 21w10a versionDuplicateMC-219910All Snapshots Before 21w11a Don't LoadDuplicateMC-219918Can't load 21w05b versionDuplicateMC-219926Snapshot 21w08b wont loadDuplicateMC-219955Unable to launch older snapshots DuplicateMC-219980minecraft 21w05b not running DuplicateMC-219986Snapshots not launchingDuplicateMC-219988Unable to launch any 1.17 snapshotDuplicateMC-21998921w08b Not WorkingDuplicate
MCL-17344Snapshots won't loadDuplicateMCL-17345Minecraft Launcher will not launch older snapshot versions after 21w11a updateDuplicateMCL-17347Cant open old 1.17 snapshots specifically 21w05b DuplicateMCL-17348Unable to launch 1.17 snapshots with custom installationsDuplicateMCL-17349i cant load 21w05bDuplicateMCL-17354Older snapshots (1.17) not workingDuplicateMCL-17357Don't launch.Duplicate
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Cannot play in older 1.17 snapshots
Attempting to create an installation for an older 1.17 snapshot gives the error message "Unable to get details". Attempting to then play this installation gives the error message "Sorry, unable to play minecraft".
Doesn't seem to affect other snapshots or older releases.
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maybe they will fix these days with a 21w11b version?
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Will anything be done to fix this in the near future?
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Duplicate of MCL-17343.
What Avoma said is correct, however this is actually a duplicate of MCL-17343.
Duplicate of MCL-17343.
Duplicate of MCL-17343.
This is not the same as Issue MCL-17343, He having error messages when trying certain installations, I and others cannot even get the play button to push to launch games except current. Again we are not getting error messages, just nothing is happening.
Hello! This appears to be a duplicate of MCL-17343.
Duplicate of MCL-17343.
Hi! This has already been reported, and is a duplicate of MCL-17343.
Duplicate of MCL-17343
Duplicate of MCL-17343
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Can confirm also for Snapshot 21w05b. I am having the same problem. Pressing the "Play" button no longer works in the launcher.
Since loading of old worlds is temporarily disabled, my server is currently on Snapshot 21w05b. So I cannot upgrade the server to 21w11a, and I cannot start my client on 21w05b.
Hi! This appears to be a duplicate of MCL-17343.
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I have had the same problem.
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I am having the same issue. The main thread for this issue is MCL-17343 Please vote for the issue there and watch the issue there, and tell all your friends to vote for the issue!
I am having the same issue. The main thread for this issue is MCL-17343 Please vote for and watch the issue!
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Duplicate of MCL-17343
Duplicate of MCL-17343
Duplicate of MCL-17343.
Pressing play works but nothing happens after that, I'm not even getting error messages of any kind at all. I can start 21w11a and 1.16.5 though.
@Constantijn Hoogenstrijd the same thing happens to me and I believe everyone
@Constantijn yes since the 21wa11 is here it's impossible to run old versions
The problem is the new snapshot doesn't allow to open the worlds saved in the older versions. Also playing on older snapshots has never been an issue before.
Everyone on my server is experiencing this issue and nobody can launch 21w08b. We just get this `sorry, unable to start Minecraft` red flag in the upper-right-hand corner. Some of us get no error at all, clicking Play simply does nothing.
Same with already configured 21w05b setup and most likely any snapshot other than the latest.
any updates? are they working on it at least?
@Michele Bucci, this is Mojang. It's going to be a while.
Not sure if this is related, but after deleting the the 21w08b game version, the following message appears in the launcher log:
[Info: 2021-03-17 21:51:00.6921457: GameVersionManager.cpp(488)] Got game version 21w08b manifest from https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/194f6e56c8c7548ccb16769b1f0d28a318d0dbf2/21w08b.json
[Error: 2021-03-17 21:51:00.6939493: GameVersionManager.cpp(497)] https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/194f6e56c8c7548ccb16769b1f0d28a318d0dbf2/21w08b.json.javaVersion.majorVersion: Expected non-negative integer
[Error: 2021-03-17 21:51:00.6939954: GameVersionManager.cpp(506)] Downloaded invalid manifest
referring to the part of the manifest where it says
"id": "21w08b", "javaVersion": {"component": "jre-legacy", "majorVersion": null}
where null is obviously not a non-negative integer.
My world is currently trapped on snapshot 21w05b which is the snapshot before the world height and depth limit was changed. I can't bring it to the newest snapshot to play because of this and I can't send it back to 1.16.5 because it would most likely corrupt. I hope the issue is fixed soon so that I can play again.
Yes, this has happened to me, I really hope this issue gets resolved.
Indeed, it really sucks. My world on my private server is also 21w05b. No way to play it at the moment.
Same problem here, for snapshot 21w05b. Our server can't update past 21w05b, and the launcher can't start 21w05b.
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MC-219918andMC-219926@MisterD is onto something.
If you look at the majorVersion in the manifest for a working minecraft version, the value is 8 :
for example
null is definitely not a non-negative number.
this one does not have a valid major version:
I found a way to; for lack of a better word "corrupt" a world file to let me play on a newer version with my old world. Lots of world generation bugs though. I recommend you not try to do this.
It's bad enough that you can't play in old worlds in the new snapshots, but this bug completely makes those worlds unplayable without downgrading them. There hasn't been a path for new terrain generation in old worlds for over a month now. Is any progress being made??????
I can't play 21w05b either. I have an idea: This might seem crazy, but don't mess with the launcher when it's working and figure out how to release new snapshots without affecting the old ones. Just an idea.
This actually isn't a problem with the launcher. It's the data that is broken.
Given Petr's comment this may already have been noticed, but just in case it hasn't, in the "Launcher_Log.txt" file there are "invalid manifest" errors. I'll attach a sample below. While this may not be a problem with the launcher per se, it sure is stopping me from launching 21W05B.
[Info: 2021-03-18 03:44:17.7146311: GameVersionManager.cpp(448)] Request version details for: 21w05b
[Info: 2021-03-18 03:44:17.7148323: NetQueue.cpp(585)] NetQueue: Starting net action https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/890e4513999110df5ef6ed7d8f6517f06882991c/21w05b.json
[Info: 2021-03-18 03:44:17.7355935: NetQueue.cpp(428)] NetQueue: Primary ip: 13.224.10.131, Host: launchermeta.mojang.com
[Info: 2021-03-18 03:44:17.7356539: NetQueue.cpp(504)] NetQueue: Action finished: https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/890e4513999110df5ef6ed7d8f6517f06882991c/21w05b.json
[Info: 2021-03-18 03:44:17.7356795: NetQueue.cpp(532)] NetQueue: Action finalized: https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/890e4513999110df5ef6ed7d8f6517f06882991c/21w05b.json
[Info: 2021-03-18 03:44:17.7357503: GameVersionManager.cpp(488)] Got game version 21w05b manifest from https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/890e4513999110df5ef6ed7d8f6517f06882991c/21w05b.json
[Error: 2021-03-18 03:44:17.7381952: GameVersionManager.cpp(497)] https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/890e4513999110df5ef6ed7d8f6517f06882991c/21w05b.json.javaVersion.majorVersion: Expected non-negative integer
[Error: 2021-03-18 03:44:17.7382530: GameVersionManager.cpp(506)] Downloaded invalid manifest
Also duplicated by this issue:
MC-219955I'm seeing similar errors in the launcher_log.txt. Most of the snapshots are getting this error.
[Info: 2021-03-18 06:22:16.304873: GameVersionManager.cpp(448)] Request version details for: 21w05b
[Info: 2021-03-18 06:22:16.304947: NetQueue.cpp(585)] NetQueue: Starting net action https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/890e4513999110df5ef6ed7d8f6517f06882991c/21w05b.json
[Info: 2021-03-18 06:22:16.338701: NetQueue.cpp(428)] NetQueue: Primary ip: 13.226.223.20, Host: launchermeta.mojang.com
[Info: 2021-03-18 06:22:16.338751: NetQueue.cpp(504)] NetQueue: Action finished: https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/890e4513999110df5ef6ed7d8f6517f06882991c/21w05b.json
[Info: 2021-03-18 06:22:16.338772: NetQueue.cpp(532)] NetQueue: Action finalized: https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/890e4513999110df5ef6ed7d8f6517f06882991c/21w05b.json
[Info: 2021-03-18 06:22:16.338848: GameVersionManager.cpp(488)] Got game version 21w05b manifest from https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/890e4513999110df5ef6ed7d8f6517f06882991c/21w05b.json
[Error: 2021-03-18 06:22:16.340201: GameVersionManager.cpp(497)] https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/packages/890e4513999110df5ef6ed7d8f6517f06882991c/21w05b.json.javaVersion.majorVersion: Expected non-negative integer
[Error: 2021-03-18 06:22:16.340235: GameVersionManager.cpp(506)] Downloaded invalid manifest
@peterix so should this be reported elsewhere?
@MisterD no, this is the appropriate place. Mojang isn't exactly known for their sense of urgency though.
Tons of people are without the ability to play or log onto their server? No worries, we're Mojang. We don't care
Yeah, same deal for me. Same error logs, same launcher issue. Guess we're going to be playing some hardcore worlds on this version until they fix it.
Reinstalling the game (from scratch) did not help. Updating and restarting my computer, drivers, java, and graphics card also did not help as well as running the launcher as an administrator and changing the version of the compatibility mode. The messages that the launcher tells me are: "Unable to get details," when selecting any version before 21w11a, and 1.16.5, as well as "Sorry, unable to start Minecraft," when trying to launch any other version besides 21w11a and the latest release (1.16.5). No amount of configuring the executable made any change. Even deleting the "latest Snapshot" folder in .minecraft/versions changed nothing, all the launcher did was redownload the folder. Creating and subsequently deleting the installations in the launcher did nothing. Signing out of the launcher and then signing back in did nothing. Changing accounts did not help. When opening the launcher the version selected is not the one that the launcher was closed with. Clicking the play button begins the loading process for about a second then it terminates, after having given the "Sorry, unable to start Minecraft" message. Even trying an older version of the launcher did nothing, the game simply would not start. All logs show missing sounds or premature stopping before the game stops loading except for version 1.16.5, the missing sounds for 21w11a are:
[23:16:28] [Render thread/WARN]: Missing sound for event: minecraft:item.axe.scrape
[23:16:28] [Render thread/WARN]: Missing sound for event: minecraft:item.axe.wax_off
[23:16:28] [Render thread/WARN]: Missing sound for event: minecraft:item.honeycomb.wax_on
Then there are some shader errors:
[23:16:29] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader block could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:29] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader new_entity could not find sampler named Sampler1 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:29] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader new_entity could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:29] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader position_color_tex_lightmap could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:29] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader position_tex_lightmap_color could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_translucent_no_crumbling could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_armor_cutout_no_cull could not find sampler named Sampler1 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_entity_solid could not find sampler named Sampler1 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_item_entity_translucent_cull could not find sampler named Sampler1 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_item_entity_translucent_cull could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_entity_translucent_cull could not find sampler named Sampler1 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_beacon_beam could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_entity_alpha could not find sampler named Sampler1 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_entity_alpha could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_entity_alpha could not find uniform named ColorModulator in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_eyes could not find sampler named Sampler1 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_eyes could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_energy_swirl could not find sampler named Sampler1 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_energy_swirl could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_armor_glint could not find uniform named FogColor in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_armor_entity_glint could not find uniform named FogColor in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_glint_translucent could not find uniform named FogColor in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_glint could not find uniform named FogColor in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_glint_direct could not find uniform named FogColor in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_entity_glint could not find uniform named FogColor in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_entity_glint_direct could not find uniform named FogColor in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_text_see_through could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_tripwire could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
[23:16:30] [Render thread/WARN]: Shader rendertype_crumbling could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.
Then there are some spawning issues in Snapshot 21w11a:
[21:52:31] [Render thread/WARN]: Ambiguity between arguments [teleport, destination] and [teleport, targets] with inputs: [Player, 0123, @e, dd12be42-52a9-4a91-a8a1-11c01849e498]
[21:52:31] [Render thread/WARN]: Ambiguity between arguments [teleport, location] and [teleport, destination] with inputs: [0.1 -0.5 .9, 0 0 0]
[21:52:31] [Render thread/WARN]: Ambiguity between arguments [teleport, location] and [teleport, targets] with inputs: [0.1 -0.5 .9, 0 0 0]
[21:52:31] [Render thread/WARN]: Ambiguity between arguments [teleport, targets] and [teleport, destination] with inputs: [Player, 0123, dd12be42-52a9-4a91-a8a1-11c01849e498]
[21:52:31] [Render thread/WARN]: Ambiguity between arguments [teleport, targets, location] and [teleport, targets, destination] with inputs: [0.1 -0.5 .9, 0 0 0]
Thanks for fixing this issue!
Hooray! Thanks slicedlime and team!