Talk: Minecraft Launcher

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History section out of date

The history section only shows a handful of versions. Then, for some reason, the changes for a much larger number of updates is listed in a table underneath instead of the history section. That other table has changes listed almost entirely as "unknown". For whatever reason, I have not received any automatic updates since Minecraft Launcher 1.6.73. Looking at the pictures at the top of the page for 2.0.847, the GUI is unrecognizable. Shouldn't the history section of the launcher use similar formatting to the history section of everything else on this wiki? And can we please update the history section to specify at least visual changes and note that additional details are welcome?

p.s. I have no idea why the picture of the old launcher I embedded is on the right instead of under this section. Could someone please fix that for me?

NickNackGus (talk) 00:13, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Every other page on the wiki has a history section that increments with versions of the game -- this was the of the launcher as well, up until the 1.6 launcher. Then it got the ability to release independently of the Minecraft version. That's why the two different sections.

To roll those entries into the normal, standard looking history section, we'd have to update the {{history}} template to work with launcher versions. And this just hasn't been done yet. Yes, it would look better.

As for asking for additional details on old versions, I'm not sure anyone is in a position to actually supply those details, so I doubt that making an explicit ask would be fruitful.

Having watched the development of the launcher, it seems like the list has been pretty comprehensive. Some updates made no visual change that anyone was able to tell, and this is understandable because sometimes there are just bug fixes and things like that under the hood. But yeah, having all those 'unknowns' is unsatisfying. – Sealbudsman ^talk/_contr 01:56, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Renaming

The section that describes "Time Machine" should be renamed to "Backward Compatibility". This is more suitable.--Skylord wars (talk) 11:10, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Petr Mrázek

Has anyone else noticed this tweet, and should it maybe be mentioned here in at least some capacity? jjlr (talk) 11:33, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Omit the "Minecraft" on the title

I think the name "Java Edition Launcher" or simply "launcher" would better suit the article. The "Minecraft" bit is redundant, considering this entire wiki is about Minecraft. Thoughts? --HaydenBobMutthew Talk 13:55, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

No support at this time, for reasons similar to why I wouldn't support renaming "Minecraft Website" to "Website". --Pokechu22 (talk) 15:10, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

How about "Java Edition Launcher"? --HaydenBobMutthew Talk 15:12, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

Support That would avoid confusion, since bedrock edition doesn't have a launcher. 85.76.72.200 04:51, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Late Support since the java pages will also be prefixed soon. – Nixinova

02:05, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

It was now moved. – Nixinova

05:56, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Support i supper port --173.180.201.172 19:02, 31 May 2020 (UTC)--173.180.201.172

Split launcher history

I propose a "launcher version history" page and to also split the individual versions into their own pages, as the content is becoming large and they now have beta versions. I already split Minecraft Launcher 2.1.2474 and nobody seemed to mind (or notice). Should the rest be split? – Nixinova 06:20, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

I agree that we should do this. There are too many versions listed here. MoMoCool2005 | Talk•••Contributions•••Logs 20:40, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

I agree Meylody (talk) 10:52, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

I agree Delvin4519 (talk) 15:33, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Renaming

I think this page should be renamed yet again to "Minecraft Launcher" as Minecraft: Java Edition is now a tab of the launcher next to News and probably Minecraft Dungeons soon. - Hugman_76 [ ] 16:16, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Support. -BDJP ^(t|c) 16:48, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Support - Magiczocker (talk) 16:51, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Support - Ellaflowercutie (talk) 07:39, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Support ―HalfOfAKebab ^{(talk, contribs)} 06:08, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

What about to just "Launcher"? – Nixinova 07:42, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Support "Minecraft Launcher". Note: It needs to say "Minecraft Launcher" and not "launcher" as we wouldn't title the minecraft website page as "website", but "Minecraft website". Delvin4519 (talk) 15:34, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

The website is titled "Minecraft.net", and the launcher will expand to games other than core Minecraft soon. – Nixinova

05:44, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Do we know this, or are you guessing? It's not uncommon for companies to advertise their new games in launchers for this old ones. Is the Minecraft Dungeons tab not just going to be a link to buy the new game? –Majr ᐸ Talk
Contribs 12:29, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

This article. Quoting from the article:

“

The Launcher app is currently a starting point for playing Minecraft: Java Edition, but we envision a future where it will become so much more! It’ll be the home for our future games within the Minecraft universe, and therefore we’ve started the journey of rethinking how the Launcher will work and look.

„

“our future games within the Minecraft universe” is a link to the Minecraft Dungeons announcement. -BDJP ^(t|c) 12:53, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

The launcher files contain images for a Minecraft Dungeons tab, so yes it most likely will be added; see also the quote above. – Nixinova

21:12, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Update: The Dungeons tab has been added. Nixinova T C 02:28, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Support, but there's no need to move immediately, for now. --Lxazl5770_zh.admin（论 • 功） 09:19, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

It sort of does, as the many pages about the launcher are inconsistent. – Nixinova

05:44, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Support "Minecraft Launcher" as that is the name of the program. As said elsewhere, it will contain Dungeons but that is still a Minecraft game, unlike some other games by Mojang. --Robotkoer (talk) 17:18, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Done. Moved to "Minecraft launcher". I have no personal objections to moving to simply "Launcher", but moving to "Minecraft launcher" is what was most heavily discussed and supported.--Madminecrafter12 ^{(Talk to me | View what I've done)} 14:14, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

launcher 2.1.5387 (d5f0ae544bfc776d9523eef956933480a58d90e7)

it creates .minecraft even if --workDir is specifed. it uses it to launcher logfile. 87.93.7.94 20:29, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

New Minecraft Launcher Background (Nether Update Official Artwork) and Mojang and Microsoft Accounts supported. Image should be added. --Universespy (talk) 09:07, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Add more content in Minecraft Dungeons

I recently added more content in the Minecraft Dungeons Section. Can some help me add more (I am new to this...)

How can I download the Minecraft Launcher without the MCL downloading java?

I uninstalled MCL, I want to download it again but it downloads the java but I already have java installed in my PC, and it takes a long time, how can I make it not download Java? ENDER1355 (talk) 12:35, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Time played on a Minecraft account

Ok, I feel like these things need to be said, and I don't care if they have been countless times, I'm saying them again. We need to be able to track our overall hours on Minecraft As a person who is fascinated with knowing the exact amount of time I have played on games throughout the years, and a player who has poured thousands of hours into Minecraft on every platform imaginable, i feel that it isn't too much to ask to be able to see the overall days, weeks, probably months that i have devoted towards this game. Let me know hat you think, and this will not be the last you hear from me...

Future ideas of backwards compatibility

I think the future versions of Minecraft Launcher will have some backwards compatibility while launching older full releases. This is a mentioned feature, not a feature requests.

Release 1.0.0 to Release 1.6.4 and 1.7.2 development versions (13w39a)
Release 1.7.2 (including development versions from 13w41a) to Release 1.8.9 and 1.9 development versions (15w51b)
Release 1.9 (including development versions from 16w02a) to Release 1.12.2 and 1.13 development versions (17w46a)

49.228.137.245 01:45, 4 November 2021 (UTC)