MultiMC5/changelog.md

#MultiMC 0.4.8

Fluffy and functional.

## Functional changes
- GH-990: Classloading in the MultiMC java launcher part is no longer crazy
     
  This removes some really bad old code and paves the way for more improvements later.
  If you run into any issues with Minecraft launching that weren't in **0.4.7**, please report bugs.

#Previous releases

##0.4.7

This is what 0.4.6 should have been. Oh well, at least it's here now!

###Functional changes
- GH-974: A copy of the libstdc++ library is now included in linux releases, improving compatibility
- GH-985: Jar mods are now movable and removable after adding
- GH-983: Use 'minecraft.jar' as the main jar when using jar mods - fixes NEI in Legacy Minecraft versions
- GH-977: Fix FTB paths on Windows

   This removes some very old compatibility code. If you get any issues, make sure you run the FTB Launcher and let it update its files.
- GH-992 and GH-1003: Improved performance when saving settings:
  - Bad performance was caused by improved data consistency
  - Each config file is now saved only once, not once for every setting
  - When loading FTB instances, there are no writes to config files anymore
- GH-991: Implemented wrapper command functionality:

  There is an extra field in the MultiMC Java settings that allows running Java inside a wrapper program or script. This means you can run Minecraft with wrappers like `optirun` and get better performance with hybrid graphics on linux without workarounds.
- GH-997: Fixed saving of multi-line settings. This fixes notes.
- GH-967: It is now possible to add patches (Forge and LiteLoader) to tracked FTB instances properly.

  Libraries added by the patches will be taken from MultiMC's `libraries` folder, while the tracked patches will use FTB's folders.

- GH-1011 and GH-1015: Fixed various issues when the patch versions aren't complete

  This applies when Minecraft versions are missing or when patches are broken and the profile is manipulated by adding, moving, removing, customizing and reverting patches.

- GH-1021: Builtin legacy Minecraft versions aren't customizable anymore

   The internal format for Legacy Minecraft versions does not translate to the external patch format and would cause crashes
- GH-1016: MultiMC prints a list of mods, coremods (contents of the coremods folder) and jar mods to the log on instance start. This should help with troubleshooting.
- GH-1031: Icons are exported and imported along with instances

    This only applies if the icon was custom (not built-in) when exporting and the user doesn't choose an icon while importing the pack.

###UI changes
- GH-970: Fixed help button for the External tools and Accounts dialog pages not linking to the proper wiki places
  - Same for the Versions dialog page

- GH-994: Rearranged the buttons on the Versions page to make jar mods less prominent

  Using the `Add jar mods` button will also show a nag dialog until it's been used successfully

##0.4.6

Long time coming, this release brought a lot of incremental improvements and fixes.

###Functional changes
- Old version.json and custom.json version files will be transformed into a minecraft version patch:
  - The process is automated
  - LWJGL entries are stripped from the original file - you may have to re-do LWJGL version customizations
  - Old files will be renamed - .old extension is added
- It's now possible to:
  - Customize, edit and revert builtin version patches (Minecraft, LWJGL)
  - Edit custom version patches (Forge, LiteLoader, other)
- Blocked various environment variables from affecting Minecraft:
  - "JAVA_ARGS",
  - "CLASSPATH",
  - "CONFIGPATH",
  - "JAVA_HOME",
  - "JRE_HOME",
  - "_JAVA_OPTIONS",
  - "JAVA_OPTIONS",
  - "JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS"
  - If you rely on those in any way, now would be a time to fix that
- Improved handling of LWJGL on OSX (.dylib vs. .jnilib extensions)
- Jar mods are now always put into a generated temporary Minecraft jar instead of being put on the classpath
- PermGen settings:
  - Changed default PermGen value to 128M because of many issues from new users
  - MultiMC now recognizes the Java version used and will not add PermGen settings to Java >= 1.8
- Implemented simple modpack import and export feature:
  - Export allows selecting which files go into the resulting zip archive
  - Only MultiMC instances for now, other pack formats are planned
  - Import is either from local file or URL, URL can't have ad/click/pay gates
- Instance copy doesn't follow symlinks on Linux anymore
  - Still does on Windows because copying symlinks requires Administrator level access
- Instance delete doesn't follow symlinks anymore - anywhere
- MCEdit tool now recognizes MCEdit2.exe as a valid file to runtime
- Log uploads now follow the maximum allowed paste sizes of paste.ee and are encoded properly
- MultiMC now doesn't use a proxy by default
- Running profilers now works on Windows
- MultiMC will warn you if you run it from WinRAR or temporary folders
- Minecraft process ID is printed in the log on start
- SSL certificates are fixed on OSX 10.10.3 and newer - see [explanation](http://www.infoworld.com/article/2911209/mac-os-x/yosemite-10103-breaks-some-applications-and-https-sites.html).

###UI changes
- Version lists:
  - All version lists now include latest and recommended versions - recommended are pre-selected
  - Java version list now sorts versions based on suitability - best on top
  - Forge version list includes the development branch the version came from
  - Minecraft list marks latest release as 'recommended' and latest snapshot as 'latest', if it is newer than the release
- Mod lists:
  - Are updated and sorted after adding mods
  - Browse buttons now properly open the central mods folder
  - Are no longer watching for updates when the user doesn't look at them
  - Loader mod list now recognizes .litemod files as valid mod files
- Improved wording of instance delete dialog
- Icon themes:
  - Can be changed without restarting
  - Added a workaround for icon themes broken in KDE Plasma 5 (only relevant for custom builds)
- Status icons:
  - Included a 'yellow' one
  - Are clickable and link to [help.mojang.com](https://help.mojang.com/)
  - Refresh when the icon theme does
- Changed default console font to Courier 10pt on Windows
- Description text in the main window status bar now updates when Minecraft version is changed
- Inserted blatant self-promotion (Only Minecraft 1.8 and up)
  - This adds a bit of unobtrusive flavor text to the Minecraft F3 screen
- Log page now has a button to scroll to bottom
- Errors are reported while updating the instance in the Version page
- Fixed typos (forge -> Forge)

###Internals
- Massive internal restructuring (ongoing)
- Downloads now follow redirects
- Minecraft window size is now always at least 1x1 pixel (prevents crash from bad settings)
- Better handling of Forge downloads (obviously invalid/broken files are redownloaded)
- All download tasks now only start 6 downloads, using a queue (fixes issues with assets downloads)
- Fixed bugs related to corrupted settings files (settings and patch order file saves are now atomic)
- Updated zip manipulation library - files inside newly written zip/jar files should have proper access rights and timestamps
- Made Minecraft resource downloads more resilient (throwing away invalid/broken index files)
- Minecraft asset import from old format has been removed
- Generally improved MultiMC logging:
  - More error logging for network tasks
  - Added timestamps relative to application start
- Fixed issue with the application getting stuck in a modal dialog when screenshot uploads fail
- Instance profiles and patches are now loaded lazily (speeds up MultiMC start)
- Groups are saved after copying an instance
- MultiMC launcher part will now exit cleanly when MultiMC crashes or is closed during instance launch


##0.4.5
- Copies of FTB instances should work again (GH-619)
- Fixed OSX version not including the hotfix number
- If the currectly used java version goes missing, it now triggers auto-detect (GH-608)
- Improved 'refresh' and 'update check' icons of the dark and bright simple icon themes (GH-618)
- Fixed console window hiding - it no longer results in windowless/unusable MultiMC

##0.4.4
- Other logs larger than 10MB will not load to prevent logs eating the whole available memory
- Translations are now updated independently from MultiMC
- Added new and reworked the old simple icon themes
- LWJGL on OSX should no longer clash with Java 8
- Update to newer Qt version
  - Look and feel updated for latest OSX
- Fixed issues caused by Minecraft inheriting the environment variables from MultiMC
- Minecraft log improvements:
  - Implemented search and pause
  - Automated coloring is updated for log format used by Minecraft 1.7+
  - Added settings for the font used in the console, using sensible defaults for the OS
- Removed MultiMC crash handler, it will be replaced by a better one in the future

##0.4.3
- Fix for issues with Minecraft version file updates
- Fix for console window related memory leak
- Fix for travis.ci build

##0.4.2
- Show a warning in the log if a library is missing
- Fixes for relocating instances to other MultiMC installs:
  - Libraries now use full Gradle dependency specifiers
  - Rework of forge installer (forge can reinstall itself using only the information already in the instance)
  - Fixed bugs in rarely used library insertion rules
- Make the global settings dialog into a page dialog
- Check if the Java binary can be found before launch
- Show a warning for paths containing a '!' (Java can't handle that properly)
- Many smaller fixes

##0.4.1
- Fix LWJGL version list (SourceForge has changed the download API)

##0.4.0
- Jar support in 1.6+
- Deprecated legacy instances
  - Legacy instances can still be used but not created
  - All Minecraft versions are supported in the new instance format
- All instance editing and settings dialogs were turned into pages
  - The edit instance dialog contains pages relevant to editing and settings
  - The console window contains pages useful when playing the game
- Redone the screenshot management and upload (page)
- Added a way to display and manage log files and crash reports generated by Minecraft (page)
- Added measures to prevent corruption of version files
  - Minecraft version files are no longer part of the instances by default
- Added help for the newly added dialog pages
- Made logs uploaded to paste.ee expire after a month
- Fixed a few bugs related to liteloader and forge (1.7.10 issues)
- Icon themes. Two new themes where added (work in progress)
- Changelog and update channel are now visible in the update dialog
- Several performance improvements to the group view
- Added keyboard navigation to the group view

##0.3.9
- Workaround for 1.7.10 Forge

##0.3.8
- Workaround for performance issues with Intel integrated graphics chips

##0.3.7
- Fixed forge for 1.7.10-pre4 (and any future prereleases)

##0.3.6
- New server status - now with more color
- Fix for FTB tracking issues
- Fix for translations on OSX not working
- Screenshot dialog should be harder to lose track of when used from the console window
- A crash handler implementation has been added.

##0.3.5
- More versions are now selectable when changing instance versions
- Fix for Forge/FML changing its mcmod.info metadata format

##0.3.4
- Show a list of Patreon patrons in credits section of the about dialog
- Make the console window raise itself after minecraft closes
- Add Control/Command+q shortcut to quit from the main window
- Add french translation
- Download and cache FML libs for legacy versions
- Update the OS X icon
- Fix FTB libraries not being used properly

##0.3.3
- Tweak context menu to prevent accidental clicks
- Fix adding icons to custom icon directories
- Added a Patreon button to the toolbar
- Minecraft authentication tasks now provide better error reports

##0.3.2
- Fix issues with libraries not getting replaced properly (fixes instance startup for new instances)
- Fix april fools

##0.3.1
- Fix copying of FTB instances (instance type is changed properly now)
- Customizing FTB pack versions will remove the FTB pack patch file

##0.3
- Improved instance view
- Overhauled 1.6+ version loading
- Added a patch system for instance modification
  - There is no longer a single custom.json file that overrides version.json
  - Instead there are now "patch" files in <instance>/patches/, one for each main tweaker (forge, liteloader etc.)
  - These patches are applied after version.json in a customisable order,
  - A list of these files is shown in the left most tab in the Edit Mods dialog, where a list of libraries was shown before.
  - custom.json can still be used for overriding everything.
- Offline mode can be used even when online
- Show an "empty" message in version selector dialogs
- Fix FTB paths on windows
- Tooling support
  - JProfiler
  - JVisualVM
  - MCEdit
- Don't assume forge in FTB instances and allow other libraries (liteloader, mcpatcher, etc.) in FTB instances
- Screenshot uploading/managing
- Instance badges
- Some pre/post command stuff (remove the timeout, variable substitution)
- Fix logging when the system language is not en_US
- Setting PermGen to 64 will now omit the java parameter because it is the default
- Fix encoding of escape sequences (tabs and newlines) in config files

##0.2.1
- Hotfix - move the native library extraction into the onesix launcher part.

##0.2
- Java memory settings have MB added to the number to make the units obvious.
- Complete rework of the launcher part. No more sensitive information in the process arguments.
- Cached downloads now do not destroy files on failure.
- Mojang service status is now on the MultiMC status bar.
- Java checker is no longer needed/used on instance launch.
- Support for private FTB packs.
- Fixed instance ID issues related to copying FTB packs without changing the instance name.
- Forge versions are better sorted (build numbers above 999 were sorted wrong).
- Fixed crash related to the MultiMC update channel picker in offline mode.
- Started using icon themes for the application icons, fixing many OSX graphical glitches.
- Icon sources have been located, along with icon licenses.
- Update to the German translation.

##0.1.1
- Hotfix - Changed the issue tracker URL to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/MultiMC/MultiMC5/issues).

##0.1
- Reworked the version numbering system to support our [new Git workflow](http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/).
- Added a tray icon for the console window.
- Fixed instances getting deselected after FTB instances are loaded (or whenever the model is reset).
- Implemented proxy settings.
- Fixed sorting of Java installations in the Java list.
- Jar files are now distributed separately, rather than being extracted from the binary at runtime.
- Added additional information to the about dialog.

##0.0
- Initial release.