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Mine.craft Launcher v0.2 Alpha

This is the first kinda-stable release for the Mine.craft Launcher. (Still in Alpha testing though)

This is not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft in any way. This is not approved by Mojang or Microsoft, and is an independent project.

Any previous version was not able to run the actual game, so they were not included as releases.
0.1 Alpha only worked when running it from Electron Fiddle, and it did not have the mod folder.

Testing

  • Testing has been done for Windows devices.
  • Testing has not been done for Linux devices, but it probably works. If it doesn't work, and this is the latest version, create an issue.
  • Testing has not been done for MacOS devices.
    • As a result, this version will 100% not work on MacOS devices.
    • It has been programmed into the launcher to detect if you are running it on a MacOS device and then not run the game, because I can't figure out how Electron works on MacOS yet, and if I can't figure out how Electron works on MacOS, then I can't write a script to run a program through Electron on MacOS.

Features

  • Mods (Mod Developer Wiki/Repository Coming Soon™)
  • Able to download and run Mine.craft versions 0.3 and 0.46(a) Pre-Alpha (and any versions to come, as far as I know)
  • Has Anticipatory Anxiety Built-In! (Will download game asset files at most four times each, at least two times each, in case of file error)

And even then, there's sometimes a file error or two.

  • Works offline, as long as you've already played one version and are trying to play that same version

Requests

If you want something added to the launcher (not a game version), just create an issue. If I think it's possible, and a good idea, I will try to start working on it, even though the launcher isn't fully stable yet.
If you want a zip file with the launcher made compatible for your device, follow the steps in the README in source.zip/tar.gz. If you don't want to use your device's terminal, and would prefer a different terminal, I recommend using Replit. (I used it to package the launcher).

Known Bugs

  • Clicking the "Play" button while a game is downloading will cause the launcher progress bar to break. This will be fixed in the next update.
  • Some game files are corrupted or nonexistent when downloading a game version. This problem is being worked on; at this time, I am unsure of whether I can fix this in the next update.

Possibly Upcoming Features

  • File size will decrease by about 800MB(around 3-400MB in the zip file)
    • The reason the file size is so large in this version is due to the fact that in the electron folder, there are five Electron versions, instead of just the necessary one.
  • Changelog for game versions
  • Images
  • Savable settings (would be able to remember which settings were chosen)
  • More settings (Appearance, etc)
  • Auto-Updating
  • Better GUI

Features that are definitely coming to the next version (0.2.5 Alpha)

  • Launcher version in the corner
  • More visual effects (hovering over buttons makes them change color, etc)
  • Progress bar bug fix
  • Changelog for newest game version

0.2.5 Alpha release date: around September 20th, probably will be like a few days late

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Ocean-OS/mc-launcher/commits/v0.2-alpha

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