Hello everybody,
the Magic Launcher is a new Minecraft launcher which can load mods dynamically without changing or patching the minecraft.jar.
No more mod installation problems, just select your mods and enjoy.
Screenshots
Features
- Minecraft - selectable minecraft.jar
- Mods - load mods dynamically without changing minecraft.jar
- Design (screenshots) - Minecraft style
- News - Minecraft
- selectable environment
- automatic version detection
- automatic library download
- configurable window size, also maximized
- selectable minecraft folder
- selectable java executable
- java memory limit
- java custom parameters
- show error log
- multiple user profiles
- remember password
- configuration profiles
- META-INF does not have to be deleted
- automatic mod compatibility checking
- external mods detection and compatibility checking
- shortcut to external mods folder
- configurable external mods
- automatic mod requirements checking (ModLoader, ModLoaderMP, Forge, GuiAPI)
- Blogspot ...
Download
Get all MagicLauncher versions here: magiclauncher.com
Download MagicLauncher 1.3.4 (fixed Reddit RSS feed, fixed server status check, increased account limit to 100, fixed handling of derived profiles (Forge + LiteLoader), fixed "${version_type}" in main menu): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Note for Minecraft 1.6.2+
To run Minecraft 1.6.2+ with Forge, go to Setup -> Environment and select 1.6.2_Forge_XYZ. If the Environment 1.6.2_Forge is not available, use the vanilla launcher to download and start Minecraft 1.6.2, then use the Forge installer to install Forge and then the Environment 1.6.2_Forge_XYZ should appear in the list.
Starting
Double click the downloaded file and the MagicLauncher should start.
Older versions
Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.3.1 (fixed Reddit RSS feed, added Searge and Grum twitter, removed Notch twitter feed): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux, Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.3.0 (fixed Minecraft version detection, added support for inherited profiles (Forge installer), fixed library downloads, updated server checks, fixed parsing of twitter feeds): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.2.6 (added support for version specific mods, vanilla inherited profiles, updated server checks and wiki links, fixed library classpath, fixed login with migrated accounts): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.2.5 (added support for Minecraft 1.7.4): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.2.4 (updated to use the new assets structure, fixed missing sounds in 1.7.2): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.2.3 (fixed to correctly save login name and password): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.2.2 (updated to use the Minecraft 1.7+ login protocol, added automatic library download, added check for library rules, added performance fix for Intel integrated graphics, updated server status check, fixed classic environment, fixed handling of authentication problems): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.1.7 (fixed missing sound, fixed Forge compatibility check, fixed Twitter feeds): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.1.6 (fixed window size, fullscreen and base folder for Minecraft 1.6, fixed twitter feeds to use direct links): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.1.5 (updated to support newer snapshots, added search in the log window, fixed twitter feeds, many small bugfixes): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.1.4 (compatible with the Minecraft 1.6 launcher, added Mojang server status check, added support for multiple accounts, added option "Close after login", added support for coremods, fixed external mod handling, updated Forge support, fixed crash when parsing configuration, updated news feeds): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 1.0.0 (better Forge mod detection, fixed Twitter feeds, default memory limit 512M): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.9.9 (fixed news to load fully in background, added multi-selection for mod list, added button Replace mod, testing in Setup uses username from login field, added warning for modified minecraft.jar): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux Mirrors: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.9.8 (added support for ForgeModLoader, fixed option News, fixed Forge and ModLoader detection, removed broken IGN news, equal startup and maximum memory): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Alternative downloads: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.9.7 (added option News for faster startup, fixed Forge detection): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Alternative downloads: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.9.6 (added custom directory for Mac/Linux): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Alternative downloads: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.9.5 (added checkbox ExternalMods, fix for external mods after crash): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Alternative downloads: for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.9.4 (fixed offline mode): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.9.3 (copy profiles, external mods can be deactivated per configuration, automatic mod requirements checking (ModLoader, ModLoaderMP, Forge, GuiAPI)): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.9.2 (added profiles, window size, window maximized, java path, java parameters and base folder, fixed external mods folder to be under custom base folder): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.9.1 (added profiles, window size, window maximized, java path, java parameters and base folder): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.9.0 (textured buttons, more complex checks, gray inactive mods, fixed SPC problems): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.8.9 (textured buttons, more complex checks, gray inactive mods): for Windows, for Mac, for Windows/Mac/Linux
Download MagicLauncher 0.8.8 (resizable dialogs, windows exe and 64-bit java): for Windows, for Mac, for Mac/Linux/Windows
Download MagicLauncher 0.8.7 (remember me, native window style): for Windows, for Mac/Linux/Windows
Download MagicLauncher 0.8.6 (fixed startup problems): Download 1
Changelog
1.3.2 - fixed Reddit RSS feed
1.3.1 - fixed Reddit RSS feed, added Searge and Grum twitters, removed Notch twitter
1.3.0 - fixed Minecraft version detection, added support for inherited profiles (Forge installer), fixed library downloads, updated server checks, fixed parsing of twitter feeds.
1.2.5 - added support for Minecraft 1.7.4
1.2.4 - updated to use the new assets structure, fixed missing sounds in 1.7.2.
1.2.3 - fixed to correctly save login name and password
1.2.2 - updated to use the Minecraft 1.7+ login protocol, added automatic library download, added check for library rules, added performance fix for Intel integrated graphics, updated server status check, fixed classic environment, fixed handling of authentication problems
1.1.7 - fixed missing sound, caused by the sound thread being interrupted while writing log. Fixed Forge mod detection when Forge is loaded as environment library. Fixed RSS feeds to use cached static files.
1.1.6 - fixed window size, fullscreen and base folder for Minecraft 1.6, fixed twitter feeds to use direct links
1.1.5 - updated to support newer snapshots, added search in the log window, fixed twitter feeds, fixed crash when profile name starts with quotes, fixed crash when profile environment not found.
1.1.4 - compatible with the Minecraft 1.6 launcher, supports all Minecraft versions downloaded by the new launcher. Added Mojang server status check with fancy lights and tooltips. Added support for multiple accounts. Added option "Close after login". Added support for coremods, similar to the External Mods. Fixed external mod handling, mod activation and deactivation is done correctly now. Updated Forge support, mods are corectly reactivated after Forge has finished loading the mods. Fixed crash when parsing configuration entries ending with "\\". Updated news feeds, added Mojang news.
1.0.0 - detects Forge mods by checking for mcmod.info, updated FML detection, fixed Twitter feeds after twitter removed the old RSS feeds, default memory limit set to 512M to avoid swapping to disk
0.9.9 - fixed news to load fully in background should eliminate blocking on slow or missing internet connection; added multi-selection for mod list - group add, replace and remove are supported; added button Replace mod; testing in Setup uses username from login field - if empty generates a test username; added warning when using modified minecraft.jar as this usually leads to various problems.
0.9.8 - added support for ForgeModLoader, fixed mod compatibility detection when fields and methods are still available in the parent class (Forge), fixed ModLoader detection to also check if ModLoader is inside the mod (Forge), fixed dialog Setup not to reset option News, startup and maximum memory are now equal, removed broken IGN news
0.9.7 - added option to turn off news tabs for faster startup, fixed Forge detection, auto-resizable message dialog
0.9.6 - added custom directory support for Mac and Linux
0.9.5 - added checkbox ExternalMods to disable or enable all external mods at once, fix for external mods after a crash, fixed some hanging file locks on external mods
0.9.4 - fixed offline mode to start correctly
0.9.3 - copy profiles, external mods can be deactivated per configuration, automatic mod requirements checking (ModLoader, ModLoaderMP, Forge, GuiAPI), detection of duplicate mods, detection of internal mods placed in external mods folder, detection of empty or not unpacked mod archives.
0.9.2 - fixed external mods folder to be under custom base folder
0.9.1 - added configuration profiles, window size, window maximized, java path, java parameters and base folder, fixed non-ascii paths, allows mod from jar files, "Manage" creates folder "mods" if not existing
0.9.0 - fixed some problems
0.8.9 - textured buttons, more complex compatibility checks, gray inactive mods, checkbox Check compatibility
0.8.8 - resizable dialogs, windows exe works with 64-bit java, button "Add mod" starts in minecraft folder, fixed HTML problems with Java 1.5, added failed start detection, extended logging, launcher closes only if Minecraft has successfully started.
0.8.7 - implemented "Remember me", native window style, resizable/maximizable window, .EXE for Windows
0.8.6 - colors for status fields, beter compatibility checks
0.8.5 - UI corrections, slimmer scrollbars
0.8.4 - fixed log window to terminate JVM on failed start, added search for ModLoader in minecraft.jar, java startup memory set to 128M
0.8.3 - fixed java classpath when starting from path containing spaces
0.8.2 - added incompatible mods warning, startup logging
0.8.1 - fixed NPE if folder "mods" not existing
0.8.0 - first release
Fixing common problems
2. The ModLoader has to be first in the mods list, use the button Up to move it to first position. ModLoader is not needed if Forge 4.0 or newer is installed.
3. Then come (if you need them) ModLoaderMP and Forge.
4. Then come the rest of the mods and last comes OptiFine. Only one OptiFine edition may be active as they overwrite each other.
5. Do not forget to start with a clean minecraft.jar. If it is already modified or patched, then some mods may not work correctly.
6. A mod should appear either in the internal or the external mod list, but not in both at the same time.
7. Mods which have status "No mods found" needs to be repackaged to be used. The mod ZIP file usually have a folder "put_in_minecraft_jar" or similar which contains one or more files like "acx.class". The contents of this folder have to be zipped in a separate ZIP file and added as an internal mod. This solution works with almost all problematic mods.
8. If you get an error "No accelerated mode found" or "Bad OpenGL drivers" you may try running Minecraft with less memory. Go to "Setup -> Advanced", enter 256 in the field Memory and test again. This helps with some integrated graphics cards.
TODO
- Incremental GC (-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode)
- XX:MaxDirectMemorySize
- mcmod.info in subfolder
- Configurable news tab
- Export mod list
- Update user skin
- Auto login
- Security
- LiteLoader mods
- Drag and drop
- Languages
- Command line options
- Mods with a subdirectory root
- Detect libraries (TurboModelThingy)
- Better conflict detection
- Portable, relative paths
- Limit worlds per profile
- Minecraft font
- Backups
- Support for patchers
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I'm sure there are others who have fond memories of skyblock back in the old days, just a tree, a cobble gen, grass, dirt, and 3 bits of sand.
Some more complicated version of the pack put the sand in a floating island, and put obsidian out there, and even sometimes a bit of glowstone in the nether.
But mostly you just had to play the hand that was delt to you from the starting chest.
These days though there are a LOT more mechanics, and quite a bit more we'd be missing out on if we were that limited.
The least one can reasonably be expected to be offered in a skyblock these days is the starting tree (or sapling) a reasonable amount of starting dirt, a bucket of lava, and 2 blocks of ice. Very much not unlike the early chests in the most stringent of skyblocks in the old days, but I would say that there needs to be one more thing, a way to get that first villager.
I'm seeing two options, either we get given enough obsidian to make that first portal, and the location of a witch hut, or golden apples and the location of the witch hut. I'd rather embrace the old tradition of being given the portal and being left to farm gold nuggets from zombie piglins, instead of being handed golden apples, because the lava isn't a guaranteed trade and you could easily botch a run here, the same way a starting tree with a failed sapling drop.
With the witch and golden apple to cure villagers, the village becomes the source of many materials, and emeralds. Once the village has a bell, the chance to spawn a wandering trader starts to tick, with another list of items.
Wandering trader, villager, mob drops, fishing.
Four rather large sets of items that would result in quite a bit more then the old days of a mostly stone world.
With enough work you might be able to even expand the island far enough that raids would be able to spawn, giving you gift loot from villagers and raid drop loot.
Given the passive mob generation "trick" still works, you have passive animals as an option, though the limit on them in the world never did change, so you can't get a perfect zoo.
Knowing the location of a jungle, and the above, leads to cats, and cat gifts, as well as expanded fishing loot.
So perhaps that's two pieces of seed information that should be included, nearest jungle, and nearest witch hut. Also means that perhaps a bit of seed research should be done so that these locations are near spawn. A warm ocean would also be kind to include.
Would it be worthwhile to add a single live piglin to the nether in order to allow piglin trades? (from the wiki "nether quartz, crying obsidian, soul sand, nether brick, gravel, blackstone")
Would it be worthwhile to put a floating set of portal blocks in the nearest coordinates to spawn that would be a valid stronghold location?
What would skyblock end even look like, just the bedrock well? Maybe shulker for duplication?
Would a single budding amethyst block be a reasonable resource to offer the player?
In the nether, one block of each of the two nylium types?
Is this just an attempt to reinvent the wheel because somebody has a very good vanilla skyblock?
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but in this case, it means you are asking the wrong person.
Tweaks is a mod, from somebody else.
But now we do have the question.
"is there a mod that can disable gravel dropping from flint that is up to date?" something that can be answered.
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Mods sometimes like to backport items from future versions into older versions.
If I may suggest that you perhaps talk with the old extra TIC add on maker and get the spear code, and work out an updated version of that? Perhaps crib some from the new trident?
I'm thinking that the head of the spear, if it's prismarine, should look a bit like the vanilla trident, otherwise it's just a spear, and perhaps a modifier that gives it the "return" property?
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indeed, should...
Maybe the two folks involved in the two mods can work out blocking the first one as enderfearance 1, and blocking both kinds as enderfearance 2, make a reason to have even MORE endstone in our weapons.
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Thinking a mod like yours might be the one I want to go with to make things just a bit harder in my nature themed pack I keep trying to tinker with and never get off the ground.
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If I ever get my modded version up and running, maybe you'd like to try an instance of that for a while? May I keep in touch?
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Nicely done. I am very impressed.
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Shame that our mighty overlords have made a minecraft client that refuses to let your mod be downloaded on a slow connection.
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This mod currently conflicts with the extra utilities 2 quantum quarry.
The code that prevents mob spawns in dimension -9999 is incompatable with lycanites.
I think there's a setting, but I can't FIND it.
Now, for events, I THINK you start in
lycanitesmobs-mobevents
# Set to false to disable scheduled events for every world.
B:"Mob Events Enabled"=false
# Set to false to disable random mob events for every world.
B:"Random Mob Events Enabled"=false
If I could figure out how to keep events from spawning banned monsters and crashing themselves, I'd schedual them to start on day 35, and then one every 5 days, and then able to happen randomly at any time after that, using the very nice code included, but...
there's even a trigger that lets you use TOTAL WORLD TIME instead of "days" that gets reset when you use /time or when you use a time manipulation device of any sort.
Now, the person looking to prevent the rock monsters from spawning when blocks are broken, look in lycanitesmobs-spawning .. find
spawner chances
and do
D:"ROCK Spawn Chance"=0
That should make things not spawn when rocks are broken, but allow it to spawn normally and from spawners.
You can also remove it from ...
spawners enabled
by setting ROCK to FALSE
As a third option (and if those fail due to errors?)
go into mountainmobs-spawning
find spawn types,
change
S:"Geonach Spawn Types"=ROCK
to, well, pretty much anything, but I'd suggest MONSTER
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EPIC.
Course now I'm going to have to learn how to craft tweaker, but that's just a matter of time.
Now the BIG dream is to somehow get you in touch with twilight forest and have it be YOUR uncrafting table that goes around the world riding that beast...