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How to post your logs to get help - Minecraft Launcher
You have to post links to your logs so people will be able to help you when asking for support.
The latest log file name is latest.log
The crash logs filenames will have the pattern crash-yyyy-mm-dd_hh.mm.ss-client.txt
or crash-yyyy-mm-dd_hh.mm.ss-server.txt
Custom "Game Directory"
If the installation that is crashing has a custom “Game Directory” the log files will be located inside the custom “Game Directory” of the Installation.
The latest log can be found in customGameDirectory\logs\
The latest crash log can be found in the folder customGameDirectory\crash-reports\
Default "Game Directory"
FINDING THE MINECRAFT APPLICATION FOLDER:
Windows: Press Win+R and type %appdata%\.minecraft
and press Ok
Mac OS X: In Finder, in the Go menu, select “Go to Folder” and enter ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft
Linux: ~/.minecraft
or /home/<your username>/.minecraft/
The latest log can be found in .minecraft\logs\
The latest crash log can be found in the folder .minecraft\crash-reports
Open the log file, copy the contents to the clipboard, and paste them in a paste, for example:
- https://gist.github.com/: 100MB Requires member (Free)
- https://pastebin.com/: 512KB as guest, 10MB as Pro ($$$)
- https://hastebin.com/ 400KB
- https://paste.ee/: 1MB as guest, 6MB as member (Free)
- https://paste.gg/: 15MB
Once you submit the paste, you can use the paste URL in the Fabric Discord so others can help you