Minecraft Windows Launcher Needs YOUR Testing and Feedback!

By Sacheverell Dec 17, 2014
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There have been some preliminary tests for a Windows-based Minecraft launcher, and you can help test it out! What exactly is this launcher? Dinnerbone explains:

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Technically it's not a whole new launcher, it's just a native wrapping around what we have now. The ugly white loading screen at the start has gone, users no longer need to have Java installed (we'll maintain our own version of Java which we'll keep up to date and correct for your OS), and it should handle a whole bunch of failcases much better than before.

We will be creating this for both Windows and OSX, but we only have the Windows one for testing right now. We hope to get the OSX one for testing very early next year, which again will remove lots of current issues OSX users have getting the game (wrong java or no java). You'll notice I haven't said linux... we may or may not make a native one for linux later, we're just not sure if they need it. We're not dropping support for linux or anything crazy like that, they will still play fine as they do now.

A launcher without java dependencies is exciting indeed, eliminating many (if not all) java-based compatibility issues. Sweet!

A number of revisions have been made to the launcher, and it is ready for a new round of testing! If you would like to try it out yourself, you can get the launcher right here. If you have any feedback, bug reports, or anything at all you would like to say about the launcher, be sure to check out the launcher reddit thread!

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Posted Dec 17, 2014
No!WINDOWS FTW

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Posted Dec 17, 2014
Linux will still work. In fact, I think it has better support for Minecraft for Linux than Windows imo.

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Posted Dec 17, 2014
The biggest take away I get from no new Linux launcher is that Linux users need/want less hand holding then Windows/OSX users. I would rather use the jar launcher as it is now seeing as I don't have to worry about which distro I'm running to play Minecraft.

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Posted Dec 19, 2014
Linux only has better support because there aren't as many users and windows to have to support.

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Posted Dec 20, 2014
MAC IS 1000000000% BETTER THAN WINDOWS LIKE YOU ARE AWESOME MAN

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Posted Dec 18, 2014
how? it removes the flexability of the old launcher.
EDIT: or where you being sarcastic and i didnt pick up on it

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Posted Dec 19, 2014
yes considering, But mods require java to use the JAR file mods would probley have to switch to .zip to be used without java also this probley is much better system then before it loads instantly instead of taking a while Forge works fine with it, and i think optifine and other clients should work ok Reply to this if you found a client that doesnt work

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Posted Dec 17, 2014
No, In a year and a half, we will have Minecraft, Minecraft 2, Minecraft 3, Minecraft 4! I hate that Windows is in charge now...

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Posted Dec 17, 2014
I never knew Windows bought minecraft, i always thought it was Microsoft who bought Minecraft. oh well. And to calm you down about it being windows only in a years time, can i ask if everyone on the entire planet, all at once, will delete minecraft on everything but windows?

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Posted Dec 17, 2014
Windows never bought Minecraft, its MICROSOFT who bought MOJANG and MICROSOFT owns WINDOWS and MOJANG owns MINECRAFT. I don't know why people say windows bought minecraft because that is COMPLETLEY wrong. Windows never bought anything, it's Microsoft, not Windows. That's like calling an iphone a Mac smartphone :/

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Posted Dec 17, 2014
We have a windows block in Minecraft, it's called "Glass Pane".

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Posted Dec 17, 2014
Dinnerbone stated himself that the launcher is for Windows just for now but will be ported to Mac and Linux in the future.

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Posted Dec 17, 2014
Minecraft 2 was not real its just something sethbling made up and this is not a new version you could just play with your old launcher if you like it better. What they are doing is making it faster and look nicer which i think is cool.

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Posted Dec 18, 2014
he said mac, but not linux, he said they will think about linux, but not sure if linux users realy need it. which he may be right about, but it sucks that we may not have the option to use it.

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Posted Dec 18, 2014
Yeah, even worse Sach gave me a .exe file when I need a .dmg file!

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Posted Dec 18, 2014
Quote from Mr_Crayfish »
Dinnerbone stated himself that the launcher is for Windows just for now but will be ported to Mac and Linux in the future.

Key word: ported... Developers don't develop for OS X because typically they do it in D3D/DX. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what Microsoft did to Minecraft at some point, and future iterations will be ports for the Mac.

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Posted Dec 19, 2014
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And there we go... Microsoft is starting to change minecraft... In one month we will have a Windows block in minecraft , in a year the game will only be avaiable for windows, and in 1 year and half minecraft will be gone...

Not exactly, Mojang might be paid for by microsoft but is not exactly coded by microsoft, You see theres a dirffrence , Also we have glass panes for windows blocks XD and glass blocks. as long as mojang stays here it will be for all versions microsoft is not incharge of devices minecraft will be on mojang is in charge. Mojang says they will NOT drop other versions and only work on the pc version

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No, In a year and a half, we will have Minecraft, Minecraft 2, Minecraft 3, Minecraft 4! I hate that Windows is in charge now...

Minecraft is a updated thing minecraft doesnt work like that, It will stay minecraft, Its the games that have levels that become 2,3,4s Not Sandbox, its like saying that i need a cheese 1 a cheese 2 and a cheese 3 on my sandwich, Sand boxes go on forever as long as the develoment team keeps up, Also microsoft is the owner of windows, But windows is a whole diffrent thing. Windows is NOT in charge, Microsoft is but micro soft is just hosting a better enviroment

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microsoft changing minecraft? so your'e telling me that before they bought mojang, mojang never changed the game? it's called an update! an update that doesn't even change the game! mojang was probably working on (or at least thinking about) this before microsoft bought them anyway. Or would you prefer that no more updates/improvements/changes come out?

Even if this is a troll, there are people that actually think like this, and will talk like this when the update comes out. so I'm sorry, I was letting off some steam.

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Posted Dec 25, 2014
Quote from BaccarWozat »
We have a windows block in Minecraft, it's called "Glass Pane".

That made me laugh more than it should have. XD

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Posted Dec 27, 2014
The phrase is "damn SIGHT", as in a sight I'd rather see. There are no sides in the discussion.

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