Launcher 2.1.596x/Development versions

This is a list of Launcher 2.1.596x development versions.

2.1.5478 (Windows), 2.1.5476 (macOS), or 2.1.5477 (Linux) is a launcher beta version released on June 28, 2019, which fixed bugs and changed some things.^[1]

• The arrow on drop-downs now dims and moves up a little bit when the drop-down is not being hovered on.
• The Help screen now has a link to the Minecraft Launcher Feedback site.
• Various small styling improvements.
• Updated translations.

• Fixed an issue where the multiple game instance warning did not show for profiles that had previously changed folders.
• Fixed switch account screen not being scrollable with many accounts added.
• MCL-6544 – Launcher opens up on nonexistent monitor.
• MCL-6629 – Launcher floated out of desktop boundaries when taskbar is at the top.
• MCL-10230 – All launch settings are erased after computer hard-locks.
• MCL-11067 – "<language> is x% translated!" popup is never translated.
• MCL-11117 – View crash report button does nothing.

2.1.5560 (Windows), 2.1.5559 (macOS), or 2.1.5558 (Linux) is a launcher beta version released on July 3, 2019, which fixed a bug, updated some things and added support for dark mode on OS X.^[1]

• Added support for Dark mode on OS X.

• Updated log window with new styling.
• Removed weird pixels from login background image.
• Updated translations.

• Fixed a bug causing error messages while logging in to immediately disappear.
• Fixed a bug in how version file fields for downloads and logging are treated for versions which inherit other versions.
• Fixed the downloads field of versions not being treated as optional.
• Fixed empty lines sometimes appearing in the launcher log file.
• Fixed the drop down arrow in the installation selection sometimes covering up the text.
• MCL-8389 - Log output not auto-scrolling.

2.1.5819 (Linux), 2.1.5816 (macOS), or 2.1.5815 (Windows) is a launcher beta version released on July 16, 2019, which fixed bugs and changed something.^[1]

• More information about how the launcher starts the game is now logged.

• MCL-8702 - Launcher black screen ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(711)] eglCreateWindowSurface failed with error EGL_BAD_ALLOC.
• MCL-10036 - Minecraft launcher doesn't appear on main display if closed on secondary display which is then disconnected before launch.
• Fixed a bug that meant the log files were missing information on macOS.
• Fixed an error where the system language was not properly used by the launcher.
• Fixed a bug causing the Launcher Log window to use up performance when open.
• Fixed a bug where the --workDir argument did not work on certain systems.

2.1.5908 (Linux), 2.1.5907 (macOS), or 2.1.5906 (Windows) is a launcher beta version released on July 22, 2019, which fixed bugs.^[1]

• MCL-10463 - Minecraft freezes on startup.
• MCL-10963 - Application Data directory is not changed with --workDir argument.
• MCL-11268 - Native launcher doesn't set current working directory correctly when launching the game.
• MCL-11315 - Relative paths in Game Directory are used twice.
• MCL-11393 - On startup, the launcher freezes at around 80-90% and then crashes.
• MCL-11565 - When pressing the "Play" button, the Minecraft launcher doesn't load and a error shows with it showing "Game Crashed".
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to start with the wrong arguments on some systems.
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to start with the wrong directory setting when running with a custom directory.