I need help, I only play MInecraft 1.8.9 and it looks like this on every distro I use, with any launcher, this screenshot it taken on Arch Linux with LXDE and Prism Launcher. (on windows it works btw)
- Specs:
- OS : Arch Linux
- GPU : Nvidia 1660 Super
- CPU : Ryzen 5 2600 3.400GHz
- RAM : 8 GB
Just launched 1.8.9 with the Prism Launcher and it looks fine for me. (I’m using Kubuntu 22.04.3 LTS)
Maybe it’s a java issue? Old Minecraft uses java 8, maybe try reinstalling it and seeing if that works. Best of luck!
What Java version do you have? They switched to a much newer version of Java at some point, maybe the old versions of Minecraft are trying to use the new Java and flipping out?
On arch the default java environment can be checked with archlinux-java status if archlinux-java-run is installed
As others have been saying, it’s most likely a Java issue.
Make sure to install (or reinstall) Java8 and make sure it’s selected in the prism launcher for use under v1.8.9 specifically. That way, you can continue to play using Java17 on recent versions a bit simpler than having to constantly swap Java versions
i’ve had that before, it’s probably a java version issue
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install
jre8-openjdkwith pacman -
set java version for 1.8.9 to java 8, this can be done in instance settings depending on the launcher. prism launcher can auto-detect java
old minecraft versions use java 8, newer ones use java 17
Looks like a graphics driver issue. Are you using the proprietary Nvidia drivers or Nouveau?
![[help] Old Minecraft versions are basically unplayable.(lemmy.zip)](https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/a3ebf789-86d3-4594-a2d3-9a688729943a.webp){kind=link}