Betacraft Launcher

Betacraft launcher aims to provide easy access to old Minecraft versions and improve the overall game experience.

FEATURES:

• Supports versions from Pre-Classic to 1.5.2:
  • skins & sound in versions that can handle them
  • starting Indev and early Infdev versions
  • mouse fix for Classic, Indev-Infdev versions on macOS
  • a1.1.1 gray screen fix
  • AMD clouds fix
  • fix for crash on Mojang screen before r1.3
  • multiplayer online-mode handling for pre-b1.8 versions
  • joining custom servers with the c0.0.15a version
  • resize game easily in versions that don't support resizing
  • can play every currently available legacy Minecraft version
• Microsoft sign in
• Mod repository, featuring great community mods
• Server list:
  • servers with live playercount and description
  • join servers by clicking on them
  • automatically downloads the mod a server uses if it's in mod repository
• Addons:
  • OfflineDATSave - allows for saving Classic levels on your disk (currently the only way to save in Classic)
  • Fullscreen - enables fullscreen mode for versions that don't officially have support for it
  • Demo - triggers demo mode for versions 12w16a and later
  • UnlicensedCopy - triggers Unlicensed Copy :( label for versions b1.6-tb3 to b1.7.3
  • QuitGame - shows the Quit Game button in versions b1.0 to 1.5.2
  • GameModeSwitch - switches to the opposite gamemode in versions c0.28_01 to inf-20100630-1835
  • ClassicNotPaid - displays Premium only! message when trying to save in any revision of c0.30
• Discord RPC
• Configurable:
  • JVM arguments
  • path to Java
  • instance directory
  • instance icon
  • starting resolution
• Console output
• BetaEvolutions support
• Supports many languages

Supported platforms (v1):

• Windows 7+ (32/64 bit)
• any up-to-date Linux distro (64 bit)
• macOS 10.8+

Note:

• We target Java 7 (because Gson targets Java 7)
• Silicon Macs have inverted blue/red colors, for now you can only bypass this by going fullscreen on v1 (if you get Betacraft v2, the issue is fixed there)
• Earlier versions of Windows (like XP) may work, so long as the Java they run on can handle TLSv1.2 for official Microsoft/Mojang links. There's no guarantee the launcher is going to fully work on non-compliant Java. Earliest Java updates to support TLSv1.2 are 8u181 and 7u191

Reporting bugs or requesting features

Report bugs in issues.

Contact:

• Website: https://betacraft.uk
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/betacraft.uk
• Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@betacraft
• Telegram: https://t.me/betacraftukgroup
• Discord: https://discord.gg/d4WvXeQ