Honestly, it feels like it was released without and rhyme or reason. Switching accounts is also an extreme pain but at least most players don't have to deal with that aspect.

Many people in the reviews are having trouble with installing it. The red bar begging me to install it is aggravating by itself. Judging by the 2/5 star reviews, I can't be alone in thinking that this was a completely unnecessary addition to the game.

I have no idea why Mojang/Microsoft Studios thought it would be a good idea to add a new launcher to one that was already fine. Judging by the title you might think I am over-exaggerating, or that I am being unreasonable but try and hear me out. The version manifest is the single source of truth for what versions there are.Disclaimer:I did not make this to offend Mojang staff, I know it is impossible to please all. This directory will henceforth be referred to as. However, most of the files you download / generate will be in this directory. For the official launcher this is one single directory, while in multi-instance launchers like MultiMC or HMCL, this directory can be customized according to the launcher. In any case it is a specific directory reserved for Minecraft. The working directory depends on the system. I will write about installing loaders like Fabric and Forge later on, but this is the most basic thing launchers should do. Installing a vanilla version is the basis for everything else. Through these harrowing interesting experiences, I have gathered a lot of knowledge about how Minecraft launchers actually work from the inside.Īnd I thought it would be nice to share this information with those of you who want to work on this topic yourself, since the current documentation isn’t very complete. Recently, I’ve been playing around with writing a Minecraft launcher from scratch, and also contributing to PolyMC and ManyMC.

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