Minecraft developer Mojang has warned gamers to not replace the sport by the official Xbox app on PC as a result of it might delete their worlds.
The Minecraft help web page on Mojang proprietor Microsoft’s web site now opens with a stark warning for PC gamers. “Don’t obtain the latest replace for Minecraft by the Xbox app for PC,” it reads. “If you happen to do, your worlds could also be misplaced.”
Mojang mentioned it’s at present investigating the world loss problem and is obstructing the replace from Home windows to forestall the opportunity of it affecting extra customers.
Don’t obtain the latest replace for Minecraft by the Xbox app for PC.
“We advocate that you simply run the Gaming Companies Restore Software for PC within the Xbox app on PC earlier than putting in any Minecraft replace,” Mojang added. “Utilizing this instrument updates the Gaming Companies to model 19.87.13001.0, which can keep away from the replace error.”
Gamers can accomplish that by launching the Xbox app on PC, clicking their profile, then help, then on Gaming Companies Restore Software, and at last on Begin Troubleshooting.
Mojang additionally warned gamers that, for these not on model 1.20.70 or 1.20.71, some on-line providers could also be unavailable together with cross-platform multiplayer, Realms, and Featured Servers. “We respect your persistence whereas we proceed to analyze and handle this problem,” it added.
This bug, which has the potential to delete tens, tons of, and hundreds of hours of playtime, comes not lengthy after Mojang introduced a month-to-month subscription service only for Minecraft referred to as the Market Move.
This prices $3.99 a month and grants Bedrock gamers entry to a catalog of greater than 150 completely different content material packs from the Minecraft Market, which is refreshed each month. Gamers will not must pay for the Market Move to proceed taking part in Minecraft as regular.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.