mcpelauncher-manifest

This fork is unmaintained since Summer 2020

See https://github.com/minecraft-linux/mcpelauncher-manifest for a version which runs 1.17+ x86, x86_64, armv7 and arm64 instead of only 0.12 - 1.16.10 x86, armv7

The libhybris library broke with Minecraft 1.16.20 and caused crashs, but the rewritten launcher of minecraft-linux didn't had such problems.

An unstable and dirty fork of the Linux and Mac OS Minecraft Bedrock Edition launcher client that supports 1.11+ (incl. most beta builds, 1.0-1.10 cannot be resized after start)

Features

• Random unknown crashes
  • provide crashlog, compilerversion and mention the specfic download artifact (Filename, download link)
• Linux x86, amd64 and arm support
• Limited macOS Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave support
  • reduced gpu performance ANGLE - Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine workaround to replace the crashing patch from minecraft-linux
  • render delay while joining the world or server with a lot of objects
  • mobs aren't rendered correctly (known as white mobs (sheeps, spiders...))
    • workaround set initial window size to display resolution
• Support for new Minecraft Releases (1.13+) out of Box
  • The discontinued mcpelauncher-server only supports 1.12.0.28 and 1.12.1.1
  • Might break sometime in the future
• unstable Xbox live login
  • Sometime fails silently without an errormessage (might be in the log)
  • to try it again close Minecraft and open it again
  • may caused by network problems (e.g. unstable internet access)
  • You need to have a gamertag on your account
  • Friend joining
  • Sometimes only successful during world loading or won't succeed
• less game patches needed than the original launcher
  • defaults to pocket UI
  • e.g. change it in Settings->General->Video->UI Profile from Pocket to Classic
  • defaults to 60 fps vsync
  • vsync is ignored under macOS
  • can be disabled in options.txt
  • defaults to larger buttons
  • e.g. change it in Settings->General->Video->GUI Scale Modifier to -1
  • Scripting support isn't enabled, android defaults to no scripting support
  • might added back in the future
  • Initializes the game mostly like android does it
  • results in less function patches
  • implemented "java" functions in c++ rather than patching jni function calls
• Experimental (Chinese, Japanese) IME Support with eglut (not GLFW)
  • Now have to explicitly to be enabled with
  • MCPELAUNCHER_FEATURE_IME=1
  • to many distros have issues, with x11 ime or xim
  • type Chinese / Japanese with IME while a Textbox is open
  • You need to manually click the Textbox to allow IME to open
  • Only ibus IME is known to work
    • ibus-pinyin
    • ibus-anthy

Known Issues / Bugs

Game Launcher Game Downloader / Starter Xbox Live

Installation Guide

GNU/Linux downloads

https://github.com/ChristopherHX/linux-packaging-scripts/releases

macOS 10.10 - 10.14, (10.15+ experimental ng) downloads

https://github.com/ChristopherHX/mcpelauncher-manifest/releases

Build from Source

Debian

x86, x86_64, AMD64, x64

# Install dependencies
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get install cmake g++-multilib libpng-dev:i386 libx11-dev:i386 libxi-dev:i386 libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386 libudev-dev:i386 libevdev-dev:i386 libegl1-mesa-dev:i386 libasound2:i386
git clone --recursive https://github.com/ChristopherHX/mcpelauncher-manifest.git mcpelauncher || cd mcpelauncher && git pull
cd mcpelauncher
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j12

Usage

Before starting the new launcher, please remember to download the game with the Bedrock launcher QT GUI! replace 1.13.X with your 1.13.X or 1.14.X installation

~/mcpelauncher/build/mcpelauncher-client/mcpelauncher-client -dg ~/.local/share/mcpelauncher/versions/1.13.X

armhf, arm64:

# Install dependencies
sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf && sudo apt-get install python3-pip cmake g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf libpng-dev:armhf libx11-dev:armhf libxi-dev:armhf libcurl4-openssl-dev:armhf libudev-dev:armhf libevdev-dev:armhf libegl1-mesa-dev:armhf libasound2:armhf && pip3 install jinja2 ds_store ply
git clone --recursive https://github.com/ChristopherHX/mcpelauncher-manifest.git mcpelauncher || cd mcpelauncher && git pull
cd mcpelauncher
cd mcpelauncher-linux-bin
git checkout armhf
cd ../minecraft-symbols/tools
python3 ./process_headers.py --armhf
cd ../..
mkdir build
cd build
CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc CXX=arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ cmake ..
make -j12

Usage

Before starting the new launcher, please remember to download the game with the Bedrock launcher QT GUI! replace 1.13.X with your 1.13.X or 1.14.X installation

OPENSSL_armcap=0 ~/mcpelauncher/build/mcpelauncher-client/mcpelauncher-client -dg ~/.local/share/mcpelauncher/versions/1.13.X

Archlinux

• prerequisites
  • Add the multilib Repository One time setup (Manjaro has it enabled by default, sudo bash -c "echo '[multilib]' >> /etc/pacman.conf && echo 'Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist' >> /etc/pacman.conf")

    # Install dependencies
    sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm git util-linux sudo fakeroot binutils autoconf automake libtool pkgconf file make
    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/lib32-check.git lib32-check || cd lib32-check && git pull
    cd lib32-check 
    makepkg --syncdeps --noconfirm --install
    cd ..
    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/lib32-libevdev.git lib32-libevdev || cd lib32-libevdev && git pull
    cd lib32-libevdev
    makepkg --syncdeps --noconfirm --install
    cd ..
    # compile and install the core launcher
    git clone https://github.com/ChristopherHX/mcpelauncher-linux-git.git mcpelauncher-linux-git || cd mcpelauncher-linux-git && git pull
    cd mcpelauncher-linux-git
    makepkg --syncdeps --noconfirm --install
    cd ..
    # compile and install Xbox live login support
    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mcpelauncher-msa-git.git mcpelauncher-msa-git || cd mcpelauncher-msa-git && git pull
    cd mcpelauncher-msa-git && makepkg --syncdeps --noconfirm --install
    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mcpelauncher-msa-ui-qt-git.git mcpelauncher-msa-ui-qt-git || cd mcpelauncher-msa-ui-qt-git && git pull
    cd mcpelauncher-msa-ui-qt-git
    makepkg --syncdeps --noconfirm --install
    cd ..
    # compile and install the launcher GUI
    git clone https://github.com/ChristopherHX/mcpelauncher-ui-git.git mcpelauncher-ui-git || cd mcpelauncher-ui-git && git pull
    cd mcpelauncher-ui-git
    makepkg --syncdeps --noconfirm --install
    cd ..

    Usage

    Before starting the new launcher, please remember to download the game with the Bedrock launcher QT GUI! replace 1.13.X with your 1.13.X or 1.14.X installation

    mcpelauncher-client -dg ~/.local/share/mcpelauncher/versions/1.13.X

    or run the launcher GUI

    mcpelauncher-ui-qt

    or launch Minecraft Bedrock Launcher from start

    Solus

    # optional keep user folder clean
    mkdir -p mcpelauncher && cd mcpelauncher
    # Install dependencies
    sudo eopkg install -c system.devel
    sudo eopkg install git mesalib-32bit-devel openssl-32bit-devel curl-32bit-devel libpng-32bit-devel libx11-32bit-devel gcc g++ libgcc-32bit libstdc++-32bit cmake make binutils glibc-32bit-devel libgudev-32bit-devel libxi-32bit-devel
    # Install libevdev-32bit-devel manually
    git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libevdev/libevdev.git || cd libevdev && git pull
    cd libevdev
    ./autogen.sh CFLAGS=-m32
    make -j8
    sudo make install
    ln -s /usr/local/lib/libevdev.so.2 /usr/lib32/libevdev.so.2 || :
    cd ..
    # Install mcpelauncher-manifest
    git clone --recursive https://github.com/ChristopherHX/mcpelauncher-manifest.git mcpelauncher || cd mcpelauncher && git pull
    cd mcpelauncher
    mkdir build
    cd build
    cmake .. -DCMAKE_ASM_FLAGS=-m32 -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-m32 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-m32
    make
    sudo make install
    cd ../..

    Usage

    Before starting the new launcher, please remember to download the game with the Bedrock launcher QT GUI! replace 1.13.X with your 1.13.X or 1.14.X installation

    mcpelauncher-client -dg ~/.local/share/mcpelauncher/versions/1.13.X