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Allow launching instance with specified profile
System Information
MultiMC version: 0.6.11-1430
Summary of the suggestion:
- A new command line option to specify which profile to use when launching an instance
- A new instance setting to set a default profile
What should happen:
MultiMC selects a profile to use based on the following priority:
- command line profile, if supplied
- instance setting's default profile, if set
- the global default profile as we know it
Multimc doesn't use profiles like the vanilla launcher does, not even behind the scenes. If you're trying to get Optifine working the wiki has a guide on that. It can also be installed like a normal mod via forge or fabric (compatibility mods may be required). Besides that, i can only think of one other thing that would need this - a cheat client. Peterix said that the way these clients launch will not ever be supported in #1772. There are ways that you can make it work, but nobody is going to help you with that.
If there's a reason why you need this feature, please tell us and we might be able to help you - but I'm fairly sure that this isn't going to happen.
I'm a modder. I have two profiles saved in MultiMC for testing purposes. I can't leave one profile set to default when testing multiplayer mods. I have to leave my profile set to No Default Account and manually select each profile to run together in multiplayer, every time. I'm looking for a convenient solution to this, though I understand my case is an edge one.
Just making sure, you want an easy way to launch different minecraft accounts?
Gotcha. In that case i don't know of anything that might be able to help, but I hope that you find something. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I was getting my vanilla and multimc terminology mixed up.
I too was looking for an option like this... maybe something like when the instance is selected it automatically changes the selected profile to the last one used with that instance. Or have it change to a profile that is currently not in use.
I just found out that if i don't have a profile selected in the upper right and go to launch an instance it asks which profile to use. That is a close workaround
Yeah, I described that to ghost above, but IMO manually selecting post-launch is practically the same as manually selecting pre-launch.
@peterix @scotsguy Kindly reopen this issue. It wasn't a big deal when this was closed as a "duplicate" of a newer issue, but since then the newer issue was closed after some unwanted bounty offers.
We have no control over what other users request or offer in our issues' comments, so an issue's status shouldn't suffer for it. If this feature request isn't feasible, that's another (more constructive) story we can learn from, hopefully toward a feasible alternative.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I was getting my vanilla and multimc terminology mixed up.
For all the time I've been playing Minecraft, usually with MultiMC, I often hear the word "profile" bandied about, but I admit to being unclear about its definition, and I haven't been able to locate anything that describes it unambiguously. I even see the term in other third-party Minecraft products like Ferium and the CurseForge app. I sometimes think it refers to a user/account and other times its synonymous with an instance or installation.
Was the @ghost user saying that "profile" means one thing in MultiMC and something else in "vanilla?" (Or maybe they meant MultiMC vs. the official Minecraft launcher?)
Thanks in advance for any clarification.
MultiMC vs. the official Minecraft launcher
That. At the time, Minecraft accounts were stored in MultiMC as profiles. Now the UI refers to them as accounts, though you can still find references to profile in the wiki and changelog. Whereas in the official Minecraft launcher and CurseForge app, profiles store different Minecraft installations, equivalent to MultiMC instances, like you said.
By the way everyone, the #1795 command line suggestion was implemented:
GH-1795: Added terminal launch option to use a specific Minecraft profile (in-game player name).
Used like this: ./MultiMC --launch 1.17.1 --profile MultiMCTest --server mc.hypixel.net
I'll leave this open in case my 2nd suggestion (per instance defaults) is on the table. Otherwise this could be closed.
2+ years and still seeing duplicates of this going around. I have "instances" that I ONLY ever use one or another MC "account" (profile, player, etc) with, I'd love the idea of just launching that icon without having to hit the dropdown to change to the account, then launching the instance. Thanks!
A decent workaround for now is to make a shortcut to MultiMC.exe from your MultiMC installation.
Right click the shortcut and open Properties. In the Shortcut tab, at the end of the Target field, add these parameters:
--launch "INSTANCE_FOLDER" --profile "PROFILE"
Replace INSTANCE_FOLDER with the instance's folder name, not necessarily the instance's name you see in MultiMC. They're probably the same, but to be sure, right click the instance in MultiMC to open Instance Folder and see the folder's name.
Replace PROFILE with any name from the MultiMC account drop-down. If you open Manage Accounts from there, or the Accounts tab from Settings, choose any name from the Profiles column.
In the end, your shortcut's Target field should look something like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\MultiMC\MultiMC.exe" --launch "Alt Instance" --profile "AltUsername"