Forge not found? Crashing on launch, using prism, error code 2, no mods

[rynamo]

the full console text from the most recent attempt: https://pastebin.com/RWPG6Tug

this is on a clean new instance of 1.21.4 in prism.

- old installs work. i haven't tried editing them.

- changing the minecraft version works, only for 1.20.2. any mods for anything other than 1.20.2 will cause the game to fail to launch.

- i tried switching launhers to neoforge and prism, and got a similar result.

i'm fresh out of ideas.

[Ugdhar]

Try using the vanilla launcher, if it fails post that log

[rynamo]

so, say i haven't played vanilla minecraft in a very long time, and i can't find 'minecraft' in my applications folder (i'm on mac), and i've since forgotten what i used to use to access vanilla minecraft. how would i find it?

[rynamo]

i did try with a new download of vanilla, and it launched fine.

[Ugdhar]

3 hours ago, rynamo said:

i did try with a new download of vanilla, and it launched fine.

Then I would say the issue is most likely prism launcher, if using the vanilla launcher works.

Perhaps there is an update for it or something?

[eMigrowsLy1]

the problem is most likely in the settings or incompatibility of Prism with Forge 1.21.4

[rynamo]

i did make sure prism was updated, and it is. the issue isn't just with 1.21.4, it's with a bunch of other versions, except 1.21 and 1.20.2.