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/Mojang 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

Additional features:

• BetaEvolutions support
• Potential Java 5 support
• Launcher language options

Supported platforms:

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

Note:

• Silicon Macs have inverted blue/red colors, for now you can only bypass this by going fullscreen
• Earlier versions of Windows (like XP) may work, so long as the Java they run on can handle TLSv1.3 for official Microsoft/Mojang links. There's no guarantee that the launcher will work in full. Earliest Java updates to support TLSv1.3 are 8u181, 7u191 and 6u201

Reporting bugs or requesting features

Report bugs in issues or on our Discord server below.

Contact:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/d4WvXeQ
• Twitter: @betacraftuk
• Website: https://betacraft.uk - account option is only there if you wish to have your modern versions skin separate from legacy versions, there's no other additional functionality.