FAQ
Can I download Prospect now?
Section titled “Can I download Prospect now?”Yes: a pre-release is available on the releases page, as a Linux archive (tar.gz) and a Windows archive (zip). It is a development build, with no installer and no auto-update. See Getting started for the details, including the SmartScreen note on Windows.
Do I need an account?
Section titled “Do I need an account?”No. Listing and downloading game versions requires no vintagestory.at account: it is entirely public, and playing solo never needs one either. Signing in exists for one thing, multiplayer. The sign-in lives in Settings, your session is written into each instance at launch, and your password is used once to obtain that session, then forgotten: Prospect stores it nowhere.
What about macOS?
Section titled “What about macOS?”Downloading works: Prospect fetches and installs the macOS builds (mac-arm64
and mac-x64) like any other platform. The Play button is not supported on that
OS yet.
Where is my data?
Section titled “Where is my data?”Everything lives under one root folder, at the standard location for your OS:
- Linux:
~/.local/share/prospect/ - Windows:
%APPDATA%\Prospect\ - macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Prospect/
Instances live in instances/, installed game versions in versions/, and
the application and launch logs in logs/ (see Logs).
Which languages does Prospect speak?
Section titled “Which languages does Prospect speak?”English and French. The first start follows your system language; Settings changes it, and the choice applies the next time Prospect starts. The other appearance settings are covered in Customize Prospect.
What is an rc version?
Section titled “What is an rc version?”rc stands for release candidate: a version candidate to become the next
stable, listed among the test versions (with an unstable badge) to be tried
before the official one. You can tell one by its suffix, 1.22.0-rc.1 for
example. Nothing stops you from installing it next to a stable version, in a
separate instance.
What about modpacks?
Section titled “What about modpacks?”The export and import screens have been removed for now. Sharing a pack raises questions a button cannot settle alone, such as what happens to a mod pulled from the ModDB, or to a game version that disappeared. Those deserve real answers first, so the machinery stays in the code and the screens will come back. In the meantime, duplicating an instance covers the local cases.