I’m a bit freaked out right now cause I made a big boo boo.
Last night, I was trying to get on but I launched 1.9 instead of 1.11. I right-clicked on the MC thing as it was opening and clicked “Close Tab” and switched to 1.11 and launched it. My MC automatically launches in full screen, and I think this is what’s causing the problem, but when MC is open it just flickers black. To get out, I have to spam-click on Chrome in my task bar until I can close MC manually or until it crashes.
A couple other things to note:
- I’m using the experimental launcher, which is being rolled out to everyone Friday.
- I was using OptiFine for both 1.9 and 1.11, but this happens in every version.
I’ve already tried deleting and re-downloading the launcher but that didn’t seem to work. And that’s about the extent of my knowledge. I’m scared to touch my game files cause I don’t want to corrupt anything. Does anyone have any advice as to what to do?
Until this all gets sorted out, I’ll be resorting to Minechat if I want to get on. Hopefully I’m back in action soon.
I found a way to reset the in-game options through the files so I’m gonna try that.
EDIT: Manually fixed the fullscreen option through the options.txt file. Minecraft no longer flickers, but it plain white instead. I can click on “buttons” and get the sound effect but I can’t see anything.
Uninstall minecraft including manually removing any left overs in “C:\Users<%USERNAME%>\AppData\Roaming.minecraft” (Copy out the “saves” folder to save local minecraft games) Then re-download and re-install minecraft.
Updating the drivers did not work. Still the same situation as before.
I’m currently deleting my .minecraft folder, and I made backups of saves, texture packs, and logs. As I’m typing this, my computer is recycling the 60k+ items in my .minecraft folder. I will let you know what happened when the process is done. It’s probably gonna take a while.
EDIT 1: Took literally no time at all. Currently re-installing.
I hope you get this problem resolved, Ferf. I don’t know that much about the interior of a computer, but I do think posting this issue on Reddit is a good idea. Good luck.
Do you think this is a computer problem or a files problem? I would recommend testing MC on another computer and see what happens. You might also want to check the MC FAQ’s. I will try to help you resolve this issue!
Are you sure the issue is to blame on you switching versions?
I had a similar issue to this last week where my MC would fuck out and be all white/black upon selected play from the launcher - turned out the video drivers were acting goofy. Reinstalled video drivers and all was well. Worth a shot.