What does this mean: "Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)"?

Question

Alright guys here's the deal-

1) I have a Mac

2) I recently tried to update my little brother's account on Minecraft to the new version (1.6). I downloaded the launcher, and yet every time that I try to launch the actual game I get the error code in the title (Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)). How can I fix this so my little brother can play again? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Minecraft several times, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be much obliged. Thanks!

Answer 1

I have the same problem, and I can't get it to work. The only solution I really have is just wait. I have a mac too, and I think thats the error code for macs, and the disc drive may not be working (A.K.A download) or it might just be a glitch, that the creators didn't realize, or this download for a mac just doesn't really work yet. :\

Comments

no i have windows 7 and i tells me that and i just bought the game 3 hours ago

Answer 2

same f**king problem

Answer 3

Exact same thing is happening with me. I've wanted this update for so long and now that's here, i cant play it D:. I click 'play' which should initially start the game. A little crafting bench icon pops up, bounces for a bit and then vanishes. The in the codes it tells me:

Game ended with bad state (exit code 1) Deleting /Users/PERSONAL NAME/Library/Application Support/minecraft/versions/1.6.1/1.6.1-natives-1372797058526081000

Im praying Mojang will fix this bug. Apparently it's happening to a lot of others who use macs :\ Good Luck! I hope they fix this problem!

Answer 4

I honestly have no idea im haveing the same exact problem too

Answer 5

u must delete in minecraft/version folder the file 1.6.1 until minecraft start ;) bye

Comments

If you can find this out, from the comments it seem's minecraft/mojang has some serious bugs, if you want to chat on this topic my email is [email protected]

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Im using windows and am having this problem aswell.

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doesn't work

Answer 6

I too have a mac and the same problem. I recommend you use the offical bug tracker to report this f you havnt already.

Comments

Yeah me too! But I have windows 8.

Answer 7

I don't know whats wrong, but try this: Go to start menu, type %appdata% and hit enter. Then open ".minecraft", then "bin", and delete "minecraft.jar". Open the launcher and hit Edit profile, then when it says "use version" choose release 1.6.1 / 1.6.2. Hope that helps!

Answer 8

I AM HAVING THE EXACT SANE PROBLEM!!! Exept I have Windows 7! WTF MOJANG

Comments

I know same here with Windows 7,minecraft was working fine yesterday but this morning it just says exit code 1 now D:

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We are having the same problem on apple imac 10.6.3

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why does tiz happened tome too wtf! I juz do the modloader stuff and it ended up like tiz!!

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Everyone must reinstall Java, it worked for me. If you are on Mac, you MUST install Java for MACS!!!!! I had the same problem and fiddled around with it and just found this.

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How do I do that with ubuntu Minecraft?

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i have same problem except on windows 10 and on 1.10-1.12.2 it worked properly 2 months ago :/
but i have to close it via task manager bc it freezes and never unfreezes and then the game output says it