A new version of the Minecraft Launcher has been released with some new options and fixes for top complaints, including the lack of sound in old Minecraft versions. Here’s an overview of the changes and fixes!
This is an unofficial update video about the launcher update. You can find the official changelog here: http://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/launcher_changelog.md
The Minecraft JIRA (bug tracker): https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCL
Minecraft news playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZS2guXqa_jrD_9AGgzp9ZEntWkNDOsm
Changes in this release:
– The default install name is now “Minecraft Launcher”.
– Future Launcher updates will now be smaller to download and install faster.
– There is now a “Beta Versions” toggle in the Settings page to automatically get and run beta versions of the Launcher.
– The launcher will now display a notification of new launcher versions, even if they release while the launcher is already running.
– The progress bar now updates properly in the “Prepare” phase.
– Speed of the “Prepare” phase has been improved on multi-core machines.
– Sounds now work in Minecraft versions prior to 1.6.
– The log window has been reworked and should now update much faster.
– Esperanto is now a supported language.
– The version information now shows the correct values for the “Bootstrap” part on the version page.
– Fixed configurations not being sorted properly.
– Fixed launching games from Windows UNC paths not working.
– Fixed launching games from folders with symbolic links or junctions in their paths not working.
– Fixed the launcher log listing the user’s access token.
Music: “Speed of Light” by Zircon (https://zirconstudios.bandcamp.com/)
Outro music: “The Fire” by Amarante (http://amarante.bandcamp.com) licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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