I am trying to run older versions of Minecraft, and I'm using the latest launcher on Linux Mint. Any version of Minecraft less than 1.12 crashes instantly. I am then prompted with the "Error: Game crashed" prompt, but clicking "View crash report" does nothing.
Versions I have tried:
1.14 (Optifine) - works
1.14 - works
1.13 - works
1.12 - doesn't work
1.8.9 - doesn't work
1.7.10 - doesn't work
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hey i see this was resolved may i ask how? i downloaded the official launcher but then i try to load older versions it just has the same message as his screenshot please tell me how to fix this so i can switch to 1.8.9 without it its so laggy and i dont want a solution to lag i want to know how to switch to 1.8.9 specifically pleas thanks!
EDIT: a screenshot for you:
click here to view screenshot (The text in the image is very small. sorry)
Hello ilai kahana, I didn't see your message until just now. Sorry for being a month late. You have probably figured it out by now or given up. But if you are still interested, here is what I did.
Open the Minecraft Java Edition launcher.
Click the "Installations" button at the top of the screen.
Click the three dots on the right of one of your installations.
Click "edit" in the drop down menu that shows up.
Click the "more options" button in the "edit installation" menu.
In the box labelled "JAVA EXECUTABLE," copy and paste the location that Anders Rosen put in (if you're on Linux.) The location is
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/javaFinally, boot up the game.
If this does not work, it means that you either don't have openjdk8 installed, or it's in a different location. I simply installed openjdk8 using
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jrein the terminal.
Hello? I'd like to reopen this. I followed your steps and the game crashed with a different error.
Game crashed whilst initializing game.
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
Exit code: 255
If you got a different error, I suggest you make a new issue. Sorry that you're having trouble. Good luck getting it fixed!
Please specify the java executable from openjdk 8 (it should be/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java) for the versions that crash, and see if that helps.
You can specify this if you edit the installation in the launcher and click "More options"