Unable to use vanilla Structure blocks

[falseresync]

Describe the bug

Unable to use vanilla Structure blocks: the structure files don't save, there's no error in the log, only a chat message. This affects both modded and vanilla instances

Steps to reproduce

1. Create any instance
2. Use a structure block
3. See "Unable to save ..." message
4. See neither structure file, nor any log error

Expected behavior

Able to to use vanilla Structure blocks:

Additional context

No response

[draklorx]

I just ran into this trying to save a structure. It appears that the folder is read only.

Unchecking read-only and clicking apply does not correct the issue. Nor does manually creating the generated or generated/minecraft folders and setting them to not be read only. After you open folder properties again, it's once again set to read only.

[Yetenol]

It was able to fix my structure block saving issue mentioned in #857 as follows:

• Close Minecraft and Modrinth
• Navigate to %AppData% in File Explorer
• Backup Modrinth's app directory com.modrinth.theseus
• Rename com.modrinth.theseus to .modrinth
• Open Modrinth and skip the welcome screen and tutorial
• Open Modrinth's settings and change to app directory to %AppData%/.modrinth
• Launch your Minecraft instance again and click save in any structure block

[jevexendo]

Are there any plans to address this issue? While I appreciate that there appears to be a relatively simple workaround, this is a rather confusing problem when you encounter it for the first time and it took me a while before I figured out that this was a launcher issue and not something I'd done wrong.

Based on the listed workaround, it sounds like changing the default install path to use .modrinth instead of com.modrinth.theseus would be enough to solve the issue going forward. With that said, I can understand if that might cause complications I'm unaware of, but either way an update on the status of this issue would be appreciated.

[Warhand]

I agree, I ran into this issue myself and likely would not have realized this was the issue without googling it. This is a relatively simple fix for a user with some technical experience but is likely to be completely impossible to fix for a casual user.

[kalethemonster]

i tried the fix above, but when trying to set modrinth's path to use .modrinth in the launcher itself, it kept reverting the change instantly.

[J0B10]

It was able to fix my structure block saving issue mentioned in https://github.com/modrinth/code/issues/857 as follows:

Close Minecraft and Modrinth
Navigate to %AppData% in File Explorer
Backup Modrinth's app directory com.modrinth.theseus
Rename com.modrinth.theseus to .modrinth
Open Modrinth and skip the welcome screen and tutorial
Open Modrinth's settings and change to app directory to %AppData%/.modrinth
Launch your Minecraft instance again and click save in any structure block

For me this temporary solution by @Yetenol no longer worked. It seems like the current release of modrinth (v0.7.1) is no longer able to relocate the app directory to a different directory inside%appdata%.

What did the trick for me is moving the app directory to another drive. I changed the path to D:\ModrinthData, and the launcher automatically copied over all files. Now exporting structures is again possible. If you don't have another builtin drive, using an usb stick could also do the trick.