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So a while back Mojang (Microsoft) mandated the use of Microsoft accounts to further continue to play Minecraft Java Edition, which also meant the discontinuation of the Legacy Minecraft Launcher.



I personally dont like the current Minecraft Launcher, because its very slow compared to the old launcher and would like to have the old one from the picture above back.
Is there some alternative Launcher out there that at least looks like the legacy launcher?
Or is there maybe a way to modify the old Launcher to work with Microsoft accounts?

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Trouble is that sort of hardware is getting rarer these days, someday you won't be able to get it at all.

if there will ever be an alternative I'd suspect the Pi Foundation to do it, having a Pi computer that could completely take over the functions of Windows 98 and XP with the Nvidia Vulkan drivers would be useful for PC gamers looking for a PC that can run old 32bit and 16bit games better.

since Pi PC's will never be as powerful as the general desktop or laptop computers on the market,

it makes sense that they do the next best thing, retro gaming.

Yeah you are right, hardware will eventually get rare as time goes on, but that's just another reason why people should repair and reuse instead of recycle or throw away.
Either way as long as there's hardware outside i will still consider running games on real hardware better than emulation in every way.

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The same can be said for Windows 98, it is an MSDOS program that has a user friendly UI, and is a 32bit 16bit hybrid. Which explains why some 32bit programs written for XP were able to run on it, games including.

Also like its predecessor Windows 95, shortcuts to MSDOS programs could be placed on the desktop and then ran with a simple double click.

We don't have that convenience anymore because later OS's after ME are NT based.

and command prompt is terrible at emulating MSDOS.

Without the third party program DOSbox, or virtual machines, lots of people's libraries of DOS games would have been made entirely useless on Windows 10. WOW64 only allows backward compatibility with 32bit programs, there is nothing in Windows 10 that makes it support 16bit properly.

Yeah i agree with you on that. Windows 95 / 98 and ME were also only programs running on top of DOS.
However,Windows 9x actually felt like it was its standalone operating system, as they didn't rely on MS-DOS command lines, like Windows 3.1 did.

And yes it is a shame that Windows 10 has no proper 16-Bit emulation (and probably never will), but I personally don't really care, as emulation is always a bad idea from my point of view.
If you really want to play old games i suggest you to pick up an old Windows XP computer from ebay, as its backwards compatibility emulation WOW32 supports 16 bit programs much better than any other OS.
At the same time, its new enough to play lots of other new games (some even from the mid 2010s).

Windows 3.1 is technically not its own operating system as it basically only runs as an application on top of MS-DOS.
It also heavily relied on MS-DOS command lines, which means that every time you wanted to install lets say a Driver for example you needed to switch to MS-DOS, load the driver, then back to Windows 3.1 and THEN install the Windows 3.1 driver, THEN restart once again to make the changes take effect in MS-DOS as well as Windows 3.1.

Kinda inconvenient, is it?

Quote from webrosc»

Windows 3.1, never crashed and did what you needed it to, no faff on top

also yeah forgot to quote you.
Initial message is up there.

Quote from Princess_Garnet»

Windows 7 or Windows XP, and I'm not sure which (won't vote unless/until I can decide fairly which of the two it is).

I liked Windows 95, Windows 98/98SE, and Windows 2000. I didn't mind Windows ME but I had very limited experience with it so it probably doesn't count for much. I avoided Windows Vista (limited experience also, however), and dislike Windows 8 and Windows 10 (again, ditto). I'll begrudgingly deal with Windows 10 as a new forced user but I'm moving all of my non-main PCs off of Windows 7 soon and to Linux since they don't need to do games or use programs that I use that rely on Windows. I've been very disappointed with the way Windows has gone starting with 8.

yeah i dont like any os past windos 8 either.

So i just decided to stick to 7.

Well id like mojang to bring sword blocking and Super secret settings too cause its fun to mess around with the different filters and also sword blocking was useful too cause you didnt need to craft a separate item to block and defend you like today

and it just looks cool

I found minecraft mostly by my friends but also with these famous vids from 2013 that were around at the time like I FOUND HEROBRINE IN MINECRAFT PE

Or maybe 2 books from J.R.R Tolkien

1. The Hobbit

2. Lord of the Rings

Enjoy

2 Books from George Orwell:

1. Animal Farm

2. 1984

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i dont like it.
Im generally not a fan of the recent changes Mojang did to the game.

Please leave me alone on 1.8.9

Thanks

Fortunately, it is very easy to play on an older version - I've never updated past 1.6.4 myself (excluding mods, which are entirely separate from vanilla versions) and couldn't care less about 1.18 (or 1.19) as my self-made modded versions are far superior to them precisely because I made them myself - I even implemented many of the changes in 1.18 many years ago, ranging from 2-3 times deeper ground (though I prefer the original depth, a lower lava level does give some more space), more varied surface terrain, better rivers and beaches, and far more variety in caves and underground features (I doubt that most other players spent more than a few minutes in the new caves before getting bored of them and probably rely on iron/resource farms more than ever, and biome generation is mostly still the same as the 1.7 generation that makes most worlds very boring within any reasonable distance of spawn; the game should be renamed to "Buildcraft" or the like).

Quote from calmcreeper360»

Windows 3.1 is technically not its own operating system as it basically only runs as an application on top of MS-DOS.
It also heavily relied on MS-DOS command lines, which means that every time you wanted to install lets say a Driver for example you needed to switch to MS-DOS, load the driver, then back to Windows 3.1 and THEN install the Windows 3.1 driver, THEN restart once again to make the changes take effect in MS-DOS as well as Windows 3.1.

Kinda inconvenient, is it?

The same can be said for Windows 98, it is an MSDOS program that has a user friendly UI, and is a 32bit 16bit hybrid. Which explains why some 32bit programs written for XP were able to run on it, games including.

Also like its predecessor Windows 95, shortcuts to MSDOS programs could be placed on the desktop and then ran with a simple double click.

We don't have that convenience anymore because later OS's after ME are NT based.

and command prompt is terrible at emulating MSDOS.

Without the third party program DOSbox, or virtual machines, lots of people's libraries of DOS games would have been made entirely useless on Windows 10. WOW64 only allows backward compatibility with 32bit programs, there is nothing in Windows 10 that makes it support 16bit properly.

• Minecraft Username: Java: IAvaNotFound - Bedrock: PuppyGaming
• Platform you play on: Desktop - Bedrock and Java (I prefer to play on Java but I have both)
• Age: 13
• Gender: Female
• Country/Timezone: Eastern Daylight Time
• How someone should contact you: Discord (AvaNotFound#6578)
• How long you've been playing Minecraft: Since 2011 (Took some breaks in between)
• Some things that you like to do on the game: I love to play in survival and will help you collect resources if needed. I love starting SMPS! Not a great builder but am hoping to improve. I love to play hypixel (especially bedwars) and I like to download mods on Java if we ever want to do that!
• Any additional things you want to say: I will not grief and will support you no matter what! I am nice as long as you are nice to me! I am not a dream Stan but I do love watching the SMP so don’t be surprised if you hear me talking about it.

Minecraft Username: GoldenSnowFox

Platform you play on (PC/XBox/Etc.) PC Java

Age: 15

Gender: F

Country/Timezone: GMT+2

How someone should contact you: Discord: SnowFox#5376

How long you've been playing Minecraft: since 2011 on and off

Some things that you like to do on the game: Mostly building and survival, I'm not great at pvp, but I don't mind playing it.

Any additional things you want to say: I'm looking to make some true friends, who I‘d like to play some MC with and just have some fun

Hi all,

I recently started a new let's play on Youtube where I'll be playing FTB 1.2.5 Insanity.

I'd greatly appreciate if you would check it out.
Also, if anyone has good tips/tricks for that map, feel free to post them here(or even better, on YT itself.)
You can find my let's play here: FTB Insanity

Thank you

-[friend found]-

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• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 Ghz

Far from my first PC, but my first custom built one had a Core 2 Duo, so I have a fondness for those. Cool to see them still being used.

I thought I posted here before but I just looked and apparently I never did. I guess it's fitting, in a way, as this is soon to change.

Desktop:

Super old picture, but if I were to take a picture now, the only difference in appearance (key words) would be an additional hard drive and a different video card, so I'll lazily reuse this old one. If I remember I'll get a proper picture of it as it is now since I'll be changing much (motherboard, CPU, RAM, and operating system) soon. Everything else is being carried over and the GPU will be upgraded in the next year or two as it's still plenty for me right now.

Actual differences; Three hard drivers were added (1x 5 TB and 2 x 4 TB), but two of the existing ones pictured were removed (the other two remain but are currently unused for anything), the SSD was replaced with a larger one, the optical (DVD) drive was removed, and the video card changed a couple of times. That GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1 GB sadly died, and I used a much weaker GeForce GTS 650 for a while (emergency timing and it was cheap even for what it was). It has an eVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB right now.

The case was added a few years afterwards, which also necessitated a new PSU, but otherwise, the rest is the same "core" it's been since late 2011, just with a couple of video card upgrades. So, can't complain as it's lasted from nearly a decade ago.

Fractal Arc Midi

EVGA G2 750W PSU

ASUS P8Z68-V Pro

Core i5 2500K

16 GB DDR3 1600 MHz

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

1 TB Western Digital Blue SSD

~14.2 TB storage across various Western Digital mechanical hard drives

Windows 7 Home 64-bit (is that last part redundant yet; do 32-bit operating systems still exist?)

HTPC: (or, Desktop 2 used for streaming connected to TV)

Again, old picture from when I first got it (early-mid 2012?), but other than now having more RAM modules, a picture taken now would look identical.

It's a Dell OptiPlex 380.

Core 2 Duo E8600 3.33 GHz (I think it had a E7200 or something originally)

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz RAM

GeForce GT 430 1 GB

256 GB Crucial SSD (taken from the above, the original 250 GB mechanical drive was likely failing)

Windows 7 Professional (soon to Linux likely)

The other add-in card is a wireless adapter, but it's connected via ethernet. This thing, sans the video card, was what I originally played Minecraft on back in 2012 on version 1.2.5. A render distance of 4 was painful. With the video card, it actually manages 1.14 well enough (render distance of like 12 or something?). That world I originally started with lives on today. Connected to a low resolution 720p (1366 x 768) Sony Bravia TV from like 2009 that I'm still perfectly satisfied with picture-wise but is small for the room it is in these days.

Laptop:

No pictures. It's a Dell Inspiron 15-3537 from like 2013 or 2014 or something. I... barely use it so I may as well not have it, but it's not worth selling either so I use it for the rare thing here and there. I'm happy with it despite the low end and aged hardware outside of the low end glossy TN panel.

Core i3 4010U 1.7 GHz (I think?)

6 GB DDR3 RAM, unsure of speed (may upgrade to 16 GB later for more and to get "proper" dual channel and not the pseudo way it works with modules of differing amounts)

Intel HD 4400 onboard IGP

128 GB SSD (replaced 500 GB 5,400 RPM mechanical drive)

Windows 7 Pro (originally replaced Windows 8, may also go to Linux)

The above also plays Minecraft about as well (honestly maybe slightly smoother) as the HTPC at the same render distance, although at a slightly reduced visual experience (no anti-aliasing).

Until my main desktop is upgraded (I have the important stuff but I'm waiting on getting the Windows 10 key), that's it. I had others but I don't need more than two (sort of not counting the one used for HTPC purposes). The only one I regret getting rid of was my old Dimension 4100 all those years ago. It was my first purchased PC and the second PC that was solely mine (so no family PC being counted). It'd make a fantastic Windows 98, 2000, or early XP era PC.

Username: WillowF64 on bedrock, WillowFlame64 on Java

Platform: Both

Age: 12, but I have the maturity of a 15 year old

Gender: Female

Country/ Timezone: I live in the UK in London.

How long I’ve been play mc: probably about 5/6 years.

Some things I’d like to do in the game: Get all the achievements and get elytra in no cheats survival!

Additional things: I really don’t care how old you are, as long as you’re not some sort pedophile who wants to kidnap me.

Will this help ??

https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCL-11993

According to the bug report the older legacy launcher '{has} an error that occurs only when launching 1.14.4, 19w36a, or versions that have been released after 19w36a. It happens because the legacy launcher does seem to have problems with downloading and installing the newer version files.'

I can't test this as when I try to start it tells me that since I am already using the newer launcher - to run the older one it need to reset all my configuration - which is something I don't want to do

Hello! I was curios to see what OS people use. So I created a poll.

I use Arch btw