Added:
- Console log window (with pause/unpause, copy, clear options)
- Option to change Java path for instance
- New mods repository system (mod creators can now upload their mods to it independently)
- BetaEvolutions support
Fixes:
- fixed excessive amount of r/w operations at startup
- Discord RPC not showing up
- versions 12w18a, 12w19a and 12w21a now work again
- the NSSS mod should now work again
- client error stream is now printed to log file
- fixed launcher not starting on Ubuntu on certain installations
- URLs that return code 400 and above will be treated accordingly from now on
- fixed uninstalled mods not listing when clicking on servers that run them
Other changes:
- optional "Manual download" option for new updates, pointing to Github
- the minimal requirement for running the launcher is now Java 5
- removed buggy and unsafe MSA auth flow, implemented device code flow in its place
- made launch methods updatable & decentralized
- language names are now standardized and use their own names instead of English
- logs are handled better internally now
- renamed default instance name to "default instance", and changed default RAM from 512M to 1G
- launcher will now check if selected Java installation is greater than 8; if so, it will warn the user about it
- instances can now be removed from instance list level
- signing in to minecraft accounts now happens on a separate thread
- it's possible to set a sha1 hash for versions in their .info files (useful for autoupdating mods)
- decreased macOS requirement from 10.7.1 to 10.4.1 (though no proper support due to lack of dedicated testers)
- removed unnecessary hardcoded JVM arguments
- launcher & client logs now clear on every run
- translation files lacking certain entries will now use default English ones in their place instead of 'null'