[MCL-1394] Custom Directory not used when using old game versions

Tried to create multiple folders to use the new beta option, but very often the launcher will mix up the default and the custom folder, not downloading all sound files and starting the game in the wrong folder.

Dev console output:

Launcher 1.2 (through bootstrap 4) started on windows...
Current time is Aug 1, 2013 2:04:44 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_25'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'
Loaded 2 profile(s); selected 'Multiplayer'
Refreshing auth...
Logging in with access token
Delta time to compare resources: 443 ms 
Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
Job 'Resources' finished successfully
Getting syncinfo for selected version
Queueing library & version downloads
Installed PartialVersion{id='b1.7.3', updateTime=Thu Aug 01 12:23:01 BRT 2013, releaseTime=Fri Jul 08 18:00:00 BRT 2011, type=OLD_BETA}
Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (8 threads, 11 files)
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.5\launchwrapper-1.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Downloaded successfully and etag matched
Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully
Launching game
Looking for old natives to clean up...
Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-11908623592885
Launching in C:\Users\Gil w\Desktop\Minecraft Beta
Running C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-11908623592885 -cp C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.5\launchwrapper-1.5.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3.jar net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch gil2455526 token:146182ecf06647cd947ee87a0102ddc7:887502ed1b414494a0523eb91ea930b2 --gameDir C:\Users\Gil w\Desktop\Minecraft Beta --assetsDir C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets
Client> Ago 01, 2013 2:06:07 PM net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper log
Client> INFO: Using tweak class name net.minecraft.launchwrapper.VanillaTweaker
Client> Ago 01, 2013 2:06:08 PM net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper log
Client> INFO: Launching wrapped minecraft
Client> 16 achievements
Client> 151 recipes
Client> Turning of ImageIO disk-caching
Client> Loading current icons for window from: C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\icons\icon_16x16.png and C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\icons\icon_32x32.png
Client> Setting gameDir to: C:\Users\Gil w\Desktop\Minecraft Beta
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Client> CHECKSUM MISMATCH
Client> Ago 01, 2013 2:06:09 PM net.java.games.input.DefaultControllerEnvironment getControllers
Client> INFO: Loading: net.java.games.input.DirectAndRawInputEnvironmentPlugin
Client> 
Client> Starting up SoundSystem...
Client> Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
Client>     (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL.  For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
Client> OpenAL initialized.
Client> 
Client> Stopping!
Client> 
Client> SoundSystem shutting down...
Client>     Author: Paul Lamb, www.paulscode.com
Client> 
Game ended with no troubles detected (exit code 0)
Deleting C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-11908623592885
Couldn't delete C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-11908623592885 - scheduling for deletion upon exit

Runned a second time, and with slightly different effect: Game was started in the correct folder, but with no sound.

Launcher 1.2 (through bootstrap 4) started on windows...
Current time is Aug 1, 2013 2:10:33 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_25'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'
Loaded 3 profile(s); selected 'Beta 1.7'
Refreshing auth...
Logging in with access token
Delta time to compare resources: 484 ms 
Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
Job 'Resources' finished successfully
Getting syncinfo for selected version
Queueing library & version downloads
Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (8 threads, 11 files)
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.5\launchwrapper-1.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully
Launching game
Looking for old natives to clean up...
Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-12184401240958
Launching in C:\Users\Gil w\Desktop\Minecraft Beta
Running C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-12184401240958 -cp C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.5\launchwrapper-1.5.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3.jar net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch gil2455526 token:6e936e115523406585a8a96f25cdb859:887502ed1b414494a0523eb91ea930b2 --gameDir C:\Users\Gil w\Desktop\Minecraft Beta --assetsDir C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets
Client> Ago 01, 2013 2:10:43 PM net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper log
Client> INFO: Using tweak class name net.minecraft.launchwrapper.VanillaTweaker
Client> Ago 01, 2013 2:10:44 PM net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper log
Client> INFO: Launching wrapped minecraft
Client> 16 achievements
Client> 151 recipes
Client> Turning of ImageIO disk-caching
Client> Loading current icons for window from: C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\icons\icon_16x16.png and C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\icons\icon_32x32.png
Client> Setting gameDir to: C:\Users\Gil w\Desktop\Minecraft Beta
Client> Ago 01, 2013 2:10:44 PM net.java.games.input.DefaultControllerEnvironment getControllers
Client> INFO: Loading: net.java.games.input.DirectAndRawInputEnvironmentPlugin
Client> 
Client> Starting up SoundSystem...
Client> Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
Client>     (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL.  For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
Client> OpenAL initialized.
Client> 
Client> Stopping!
Client> 
Client> SoundSystem shutting down...
Client>     Author: Paul Lamb, www.paulscode.com
Client> 
Game ended with no troubles detected (exit code 0)
Deleting C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-12184401240958
Couldn't delete C:\Users\Gil w\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-12184401240958 - scheduling for deletion upon exit

Linked issues

is duplicated by 14

MCL-1400 Using custom directory does not work on beta 1.7.3 Resolved

MCL-1441 Old versions (1.3.2) read save files in .minecraft instead of dedicated directory. Resolved

MCL-1481 Read/Write problems with old builds in custom dirs Resolved

MCL-1494 the launcher is a bit broken Resolved

MCL-1584 Custom Directories aren't working Resolved

9 more links

relates to 1

MCL-416 minecraft launcher uses old directory even when a new one has been given Resolved

Attachments

Comments 31

kumasasa 2013-08-01T17:02:21Z

Please attach the complete output of the "Development console" of the launcher. CTRL-A, CTRL-C there, CTRL-V in the ticket.
If the launcher closes after game start, please edit your profile and select at "Launcher visibility" "Hide launcher and reopen" or "Keep the launcher open"

kumasasa 2013-08-01T17:21:41Z

First run:

Loaded 2 profile(s); selected 'Multiplayer'

Second run:

Loaded 3 profile(s); selected 'Beta 1.7'

migrated 2013-08-02T20:01:12Z

Launcher 1.2.1 (through bootstrap 4) started on windows...
Current time is Aug 2, 2013 2:52:06 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_21'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
Loaded 10 profile(s); selected 'Minecraft b1.7.3'
Refreshing auth...
Logging in with access token
Delta time to compare resources: 2367 ms 
Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
Job 'Resources' finished successfully
Getting syncinfo for selected version
Queueing library & version downloads
Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (8 threads, 11 files)
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.5\launchwrapper-1.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully
Launching game
Looking for old natives to clean up...
Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-1260757028039360
Launching in C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\1.7.3
Running C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-1260757028039360 -cp C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.5\launchwrapper-1.5.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3.jar net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch Flaming_Animal token:02061e8e2f25414fab1e6a28b5cdfc5f:b49be6b5eb7c422884da96b467b5a6c7 --gameDir C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\1.7.3 --assetsDir C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets
Client> Aug 02, 2013 2:53:14 PM net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper log
Client> INFO: Using tweak class name net.minecraft.launchwrapper.VanillaTweaker
Client> Aug 02, 2013 2:53:15 PM net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper log
Client> INFO: Launching wrapped minecraft
Client> 16 achievements
Client> 151 recipes
Client> Turning of ImageIO disk-caching
Client> Loading current icons for window from: C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\icons\icon_16x16.png and C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\icons\icon_32x32.png
Client> Setting gameDir to: C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\1.7.3
Client> Aug 02, 2013 2:53:18 PM net.java.games.input.DefaultControllerEnvironment getControllers
Client> INFO: Loading: net.java.games.input.DirectAndRawInputEnvironmentPlugin
Client> 
Client> Starting up SoundSystem...
Client> Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
Client>     (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL.  For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
Client> OpenAL initialized.
Client> 
Client> Stopping!
Client> 
Client> SoundSystem shutting down...
Client>     Author: Paul Lamb, www.paulscode.com
Client> 
Game ended with no troubles detected (exit code 0)
Following visibility rule and showing launcher as the game has ended
Deleting C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-1260757028039360
Getting syncinfo for selected version
Queueing library & version downloads
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Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
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Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
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Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully
Launching game
Looking for old natives to clean up...
Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-1260772638168254
Launching in C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\1.7.3
Running C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-1260772638168254 -cp C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.5\launchwrapper-1.5.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3.jar net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch Flaming_Animal token:02061e8e2f25414fab1e6a28b5cdfc5f:b49be6b5eb7c422884da96b467b5a6c7 --gameDir C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\1.7.3 --assetsDir C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets
Client> Aug 02, 2013 2:53:30 PM net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper log
Client> INFO: Using tweak class name net.minecraft.launchwrapper.VanillaTweaker
Client> Aug 02, 2013 2:53:31 PM net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper log
Client> INFO: Launching wrapped minecraft
Client> 16 achievements
Client> 151 recipes
Client> Turning of ImageIO disk-caching
Client> Loading current icons for window from: C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\icons\icon_16x16.png and C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\icons\icon_32x32.png
Client> Setting gameDir to: C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\1.7.3
Client> Aug 02, 2013 2:53:33 PM net.java.games.input.DefaultControllerEnvironment getControllers
Client> INFO: Loading: net.java.games.input.DirectAndRawInputEnvironmentPlugin
Client> 
Client> Starting up SoundSystem...
Client> Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
Client>     (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL.  For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
Client> OpenAL initialized.
Client> 
Client> Stopping!
Client> 
Client> SoundSystem shutting down...
Client>     Author: Paul Lamb, www.paulscode.com
Client> 
Game ended with no troubles detected (exit code 0)
Following visibility rule and showing launcher as the game has ended
Deleting C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\b1.7.3\b1.7.3-natives-1260772638168254

Erik Broes 2013-08-04T09:05:36Z

Please test all versions and give us a list of which things listen to the gameDir setting and which don't and we'll try to fix them.

migrated 2013-08-09T18:55:28Z

From my tries:

Works for:
Cave Game

Don't works for:
Beta 1.7

Someone just need to test the rest of versions.

21 more comments

migrated 2013-09-29T23:23:37Z

I am having this issue as well. I have tried this with Beta versions, The "Cave Game" versions, modded 1.5.2, modded 1.6.x, vanilla 1.6.x, and the new snapshots.

migrated 2013-12-13T17:59:10Z

I am having this issue with Minecraft version 1.2.5 and 1.5.2, launcher version 1.3.7. It's working fine with Minecraft version 1.6.* and up.

migrated 2014-01-22T16:34:03Z

Yes, any version below 1.6 ignores custom directories. Note that Beta 1.7.3 used to work, but doesn't now in Launcher 1.3.8.

migrated 2014-01-24T01:26:38Z

It keeps removing my 1.7.4 profile's custom settings for things that were added later (such as re-adding heldItemTooltips and removing advancedItemTooltips). It's really annoying.

Erik Broes 2014-01-24T15:13:38Z

Just know that we'll most likely not truly care to fix 'really old versions'.

migrated 2014-01-31T16:45:22Z

Confirmed in 1.3.9

migrated 2014-08-08T22:29:02Z

Doesn't the latest comment by Grum make this ticket invalid?

Torabi 2014-08-16T20:13:38Z

@unknown could have marked it Invalid himself, if he so chose. Or Won't Fix. But he left it open. I think his comment was only to let people know it wasn't a high priority, or something they were going to actively try to fix. If some novel idea on how to fix it occurs to them, they might implement it, but it's not something they're going to focus on.

migrated 2015-01-21T09:12:03Z

Confirmed in Launcher 1.5.3 on OS X 10.10 for Minecraft version 1.5.2, both vanilla and modded.

Niknokinater 2016-06-04T20:01:35Z

I thought I was doing something wrong; whew. This is annoying.

Bachsau 2016-06-04T20:17:03Z

Try using the Java Launcher. Mojang has proven itself incapable of coding a working native launcher.

marcono1234 2016-07-09T15:17:25Z

I can't reproduce this. Do you have multiple Beta versions and where do you have the other directories? Could you please include clear steps to reproduce in the description

It looks like old Minecraft versions to do not use completely their directory but the default .minecraft folder as well

Bachsau 2016-07-09T15:27:48Z

Using the java launcher on Linux all old versions are able to use their directory completely, so it's at least possible.

migrated 2016-10-21T18:38:03Z

I can confirm this. For me, any versions between 1.2.5 and 1.6.4 (but those versions themselves are fine) ignore the custom directory entirely, and just save everything to .minecraft.

TheTamedWolf 2017-02-10T20:38:52Z

Is this the same issue that i am having? I can't get my launcher to open outside of %appdata% even though I have a .bat file linking it to that path! It completely ignores it. Is there a fix for this, like different .bat information i can use?

Bachsau 2017-02-10T21:05:29Z

No, @Tiya tehJak, it has nothing to do with whatever you're trying. Please do not hijack other people's threads. This Bug is about the minecraft profile directories that can be set in the launcher.

galaxy_2alex 2017-02-13T11:55:53Z

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft Launcher version 2.0.805 / 2.0.806? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases. If this has been done, we can reopen the issue.

Keep in mind that the "Resolved"-Status on this ticket just means "Answered", and that we are waiting for further information on whether this issue still exists or not. It will be reopened it as soon as the requested information has been delivered.

gil2455526 2017-02-13T19:38:04Z

Upon further testing had one instance of this same bug still present, three instances of Launcher crash and two of success. Requires further testing.

migrated 2017-08-03T02:45:45Z

I'm no longer experiencing this problem, however I might just be getting lucky. Anyone else?

migrated 2018-07-21T03:26:05Z

Lies! I can't even downgrade to 1.2 without it always, ALWAYS going into the .minecraft folder right now. This launcher seems to discriminate against particular versions, in a purely-statistical way. The bug is back, and it never truly went away.

Version of launcher: 2.1.1216

migrated 2018-10-30T16:34:27Z

Still happens to me in launcher 2.1.1462. When I launched Minecraft version 1.0, there's no sound for some reason, and it showed an empty world list, instead of my worlds in my custom directory. When I created a new world, it just crashed the game. When I relaunched it, it THEN uses my custom directory, but with no sound still. I deleted the new folders created in .minecraft (not touching the launcher files), and now it's back to using that folder by default. I can't tell what the heck is causing this issue, but it's frustrating.

migrated 2019-03-04T08:45:53Z

Same issue here, on launcher version 2.1.2481, I specify the game directory(for version 1.12.2) to be E:\DirtBlock\.minecraft yet the launcher when it launches defaults to %appdata%\.minecraft folder still....rending all the game versions mute except the latest which is 1.13......and 1.12.2 is no where to be found in the game version list.....

EDIT: So I snooped around and it appears, at least according to this answer: https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/100122 is not possible unless you're happy to start the launcher from a batch/bash file or create a sym link in %appdata%\.minecraft directory to your custom directory; which brings up another question, why do you have a non-functional game directory specifier option if it doesn't work as intended, hm?

galaxy_2alex 2019-03-27T13:37:15Z

I'm unable to reproduce it on 2.1.2481 using a new instance with a version I haven't downloaded before - it used the folder straight away, and the sound works as well for me. Can anyone else report a different result?

migrated 2019-03-30T04:54:09Z

Hi @unknown

I've uploaded a youtube video of me reproducing the issue: https://youtu.be/-qZFQBhbOmY

migrated 2019-07-06T13:05:49Z

I'm seeing this problem right now with Beta 1.7.3 in Launcher 2.1.5387 on Windows 7 x64, but it's semi-random - sometimes it works on the first try, and sometimes I need to launch it dozens of times before it works.

[MCQA] Zgajak 2022-05-13T07:18:36Z

Hi there!

Does this issue still occur on the newest version of the Launcher?

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