Minecraft versions update#

We’re going to start off by highlighting that process so those of you popping into the tutorial for a quick fix can get that fix and get back to playing, We’d encourage you, however, to read over the next section “Using Profiles” to isolate and protect your world saves as well as make your life a little more convenient. If all you need to do is change the version number, the process for doing so is very simple.

On the opposite side of the gameplay spectrum, if you want to test out the bleeding edge features of the new experimental releases you’ll want to set up a profile for the most current “snapshot” builds so you can try out features that may take months (or longer) to reach the public release build.įurther, you can make all the above (and more) radically more convenient by using the simple profile system built into the Minecraft launcher to make it easy to select the version you want for the task at hand as well as (and this part is enormously handy) isolate your world saves to protect them from corruption. Mincraft 1.8 has been out for nearly three months as of this tutorial, for example, but the majority of multiplayer servers are still running 1.7.*.

Minecraft versions update#

If you play online most multiplayer servers typically don’t immediately update to the most current version as it is a huge headache for server owners to perform major updates. If you want to preserve an older world you created without risking that world experiencing corruption or update problems when you move to a newer version of Minecraft, you’ll need to lock the profile to the older version.