pollymc/changelog.md

#MultiMC 0.4.6

##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 temporaty 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

##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

#Previous releases
##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.