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Lava Rescue on TLauncher vs Official Mojang Launcher

The important distinctions are these:

Game version matters more than launcher. Java 26.1 moved player files from the old playerdata location to players/data, and level.dat now references the singleplayer UUID instead of containing the old Player tag. The guide should explicitly say it is for Java 26.1+ and should not be followed unchanged for 1.21.x or older worlds. ([Minecraft.net][1])
The official macOS default directory is the same: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves ([Minecraft.net][2])
Official-launcher installations may use different installation directories, so readers should locate the actual installation folder rather than blindly assume the default. Mojang’s launcher exposes the relevant folder through the Installations screen. ([Minecraft.net][3])
Commands may work on the official launcher. Java Edition supports enabling commands through world options or Open to LAN, so /gamemode creative may b

Running Deadlock II: Shrine Wars on Windows 11 — `DrawInit failed`, DDrawCompat crashes, and rendering corruption

This documents the troubleshooting process used to get the GOG release of Deadlock II: Shrine Wars running on Windows 11.

The original problem was:

DrawInit failed

Fixing "packageManager: yarn@4.x" projects when Yarn 1.x is shadowing Corepack (macOS/Homebrew)

This is the "Yarn 4 project, but my shell keeps running Yarn 1.22" problem.

You'll see an error like:

This project's package.json defines "packageManager": "yarn@4.9.4". However the current global version of Yarn is 1.22.22. ...the project is meant to be used with Corepack...

What happened

macOS + Homebrew + Python venvs (Pinned to 3.12 for Pygame) — A Practical Setup + Gotchas

This gist is the "do it once, stop suffering" setup for macOS (Apple Silicon) where:

Homebrew's default python3 is too new for your project (ex: Python 3.14 breaks/doesn't have stable wheels for stuff like Pygame yet)
macOS still has /usr/bin/python3 (often 3.9.x) and it silently wins when Homebrew isn't configured how you think
you want a project-local venv that is always Python 3.12, with pip installs going into the venv (no PEP 668 drama)
you also want IDLE/Tkinter to work on 3.12 (optional)

This documents the exact failures I hit and the final working config.

	from __future__ import annotations

	import argparse
	from pathlib import Path

	import cv2
	import numpy as np
	import svgwrite

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="UTF-8" />
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
	<meta name="color-scheme" content="dark" />
	<title>NEON YAHTZEE</title>
	<style>
	:root {
	--bg-0: #020712;

	fix_m4b_tags() {
	local input_file="$1"
	local title="$2"
	local album="$3"
	local artist="${4:-}"
	local genre="${5:-Audiobook}"
	local date="${6:-}"
	local comment="${7:-}"

	if [[ -z "$input_file" \|\| -z "$title" \|\| -z "$album" ]]; then

	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	from __future__ import annotations

	import argparse
	import json
	import logging
	import shutil
	import subprocess
	import sys

	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	from __future__ import annotations

	import random
	import sys
	from dataclasses import dataclass
	from decimal import Decimal, InvalidOperation, ROUND_HALF_UP