[MC-78121] 1.7.x not playable after playing 1.8.3

After installing and playing Minecraft 1.8.3 via the launcher, 1.7.x becomes unplayable.

It is my guess that 1.8.3 updated a dependency that 1.8.x was prepared to handle, but that 1.7.x was not. If this is the problem, the launcher should probably separate dependencies between the two. Though this is only a guess, as I do not know much about the two.

Crash Report attached.

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-38527 Crash after changing max view distance to 20 chunks in options.txt / Render distance too high in options.txt after downgrading Resolved

Attachments

crash-2015-02-25_21.46.44-client.txt

Comments 2

Navarr Barnier 2015-02-26T02:52:11Z

Please close this ticket. The cause was a render distance greater than what 1.7.x could handle.

The source of the issue was mistaken.

CubeTheThird 2015-02-26T02:52:50Z

Duplicate of MC-38527. Your render distance is set too high for older versions of the game.