[MC-190459] Options are reset to default when upgrading to 1.16

About 10 snapshots ago every time I load up 1.16 client my setting get put back to default. FOV 70, brightness moody, gamma 1.0. Other versions don't do this only recently with 1.16. It's extremely annoying to change all the settings back to the way I like them every time I play 1.16 after playing other versions. I've had to do this about 20 times now.

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MC-190812 Default Config/Keys Reset When Multiple Accounts Are Active Resolved

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violine1101 2020-06-18T23:19:44Z

So, if I understand you correctly, the settings reset every time you switch back to an earlier version? Or do they reset when you upgrade to 1.16?

In the first case, this is not a bug, sorry. Older versions just don't know how to handle options.txt files from newer versions.

If you make heavy use of version switching, it is heavily recommended to use a separate game directory for each version (or version type, snapshot, release, ...) in order to avoid issues like this.

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KEN_2000 2020-06-19T05:42:17Z

It resets after upgrading, can confirm.

violine1101 2020-06-19T08:11:17Z

Can someone who's experiencing this please share their original options.txt from 1.15.2?

galaxy_2alex 2020-06-19T13:06:56Z

Please also provide the launcher log after this issue occurs, as it may have clues on why it resets.

Ray 2020-06-19T15:33:29Z

I noticed it when launching new 1.16 versions for the first time. The options.txt is unaltered besides gamma 16.

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Ray 2020-06-19T15:35:42Z

Unrelated but making a different game directory isn't an option as I'm dealing with many worlds that I update/test in new versions.

slicedlime 2020-06-19T17:25:01Z

Would you mind attaching your options.txt file? This is going to be extremely hard to fix without an actual repro case.

violine1101 2020-06-20T13:32:36Z

The options.txt is unaltered besides gamma 16.

I'm unable to reproduce with unaltered options.txt besides gamma 16.

marcono1234 2020-06-20T13:40:55Z

Could you also please attach the log files which were created around the time when the issue occurred? They likely contain some indication about what went wrong.

You can set the report to "Private" if you don't want these attachments to be publicly visible.

Matthias Verlinden 2020-06-20T20:16:38Z

I notice this bug a lot when switching from 1.12 and versions above, the default settings changed actually. I always play in ZQSD, which became default in 1.13+. I don't remember seeing this in the change logs. In 1.12 going forward is W (the rest I don't remember but it doesn't matter) so I have to change it back every single time as well as the other settings 😞

violine1101 2020-06-20T21:45:07Z

This issue is specifically about upgrading from 1.15.2 to 1.16-rc1. Downgrading your version to older versions will break things, yes. That can't be fixed and is not covered by this ticket.

Brady Coles 2020-06-20T22:47:32Z

I have heard others express having this issue, but I can confirm that upgrading from 20w19a to 1.16 RC 1 did not reset my options. I have not tested directly from 1.15.2 to 1.16 RC 1.

violine1101 2020-06-21T21:40:19Z

I wanted to mention that I have tried to reproduce again today, even by switching from 1.12.2 directly to 1.16-rc1, and I wasn't able to get the options to reset even once. Even with gamma 16.

galaxy_2alex 2020-06-21T22:01:54Z

To those who can reproduce, please make sure your game is not managed by programs such as Twitch or MultiMC, as they might be causing the issue.

Ray 2020-06-21T22:28:17Z

I had 1.12 client open

then open launcher

then open 1.16 rc1 client

all my settings were changed to default for 1.16 rc1

galaxy_2alex 2020-06-21T22:54:16Z

We are still waiting for the config file, as well as a log - please provide those.

Ray 2020-06-22T00:03:12Z

what config file?
which log? I have tons of them going on.

slicedlime 2020-06-22T07:22:37Z

The options.txt file for the game folder you're starting in.

violine1101 2020-06-22T09:32:30Z

I had 1.12 client open
then open launcher
then open 1.16 rc1 client
all my settings were changed to default for 1.16 rc1

So you're saying you started 1.16-rc1 while 1.12 was still running in the same game directory?

which log? I have tons of them going on.

You can find your game logs in <game directory>/logs. We need the log from when the options reset. Error messages from reading/writing options are written there.

Nickolas Azylanmik 2020-07-12T21:36:16Z

This happens to me too, but only when upgrading from 1.12.2 forge.

galaxy_2alex 2020-07-13T00:35:23Z

@Nick: Your issue is caused by mods, which are not supported on the bugtracker.

user-189af 2020-08-15T13:19:40Z

Switching versions does reset my options. Can confirm.

galaxy_2alex 2020-08-15T14:44:13Z

We need the options.txt file before corruption as well as the game log.

marcono1234 2020-08-16T14:20:44Z

Switching versions

Please also be aware that downgrading is not supported (only upgrading is), so if the issue occurred after you switched to an older version then this issue will not be fixed.