Launcher Minecraft Version Compatibility

[ChristopherHX]

Caution

The current macOS port is about to stop receiving Minecraft updates in March 2025
mojang is going to make OpenGL ES 3.1 required

FAQ

• Why I see the banner?
  • To reduce the chance that new users seeing a crash in an incompatible Minecraft version released after a launcher release
  • This banner has been added to tell the user, yes the launcher knows the latest version on google play, but the game version hasn't been approved / tested by a developer
• Do you want to play an unapproved version and accept all risks?
  • WARNING Doing so can lead to problems if the current version is not launchable to corrupts your worlds, always backup otherwise you may loose access to your worlds
    • It is recommend to disable these unsafe options again
  • Open Settings
  • Switch to Dev tab
  • Check Show unverifed versions
    • if you are in the beta channel also check Show beta versions, you should probably leave the beta on google play to see the latest stable google play release
• How to update this launcher?
  • deb ppa
    • sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
  • rpm ppa
    • sudo dnf upgrade --refresh
  • AppImage
    • Via the Launcher (AppImageUpdate)
      • Open Settings
      • Switch to tab about
      • press check for updates
      • Install the Update
      • Close the Launcher
      • Reopen the Launcher
    • Download again https://github.com/minecraft-linux/appimage-builder/releases/latest
      • This helps if update shows an error
      • You can also downgrade by selecting an older launcher release from GitHub
  • flatpak
    • flatpak update
  • macOS
    • Via the Launcher (Sparkle)
      • Open Settings
      • Switch to tab about
      • press check for updates
      • Install the Update
      • Sparkle reopens the launcher
    • Download again https://github.com/minecraft-linux/macos-builder/releases/latest
      • This helps if update shows an error
      • You can also downgrade by selecting an older launcher release from GitHub

Warning

The Dev Tab in settings has been disabled again here some reasons

• Usage of the show unverified toggle instead of installing updates to the launcher,
• Usage of the show unsupported toggle on arm64 caused intel version to come by default
• Usage of the Download apk only toggle caused no installed game after pressing download and play

You can still enable it for a single session

• Minecraft.AppImage -d
• flatpak run io.mrarm.mcpelauncher -d
• open -a /Applications/Minecraft\ Bedrock\ Launcher.app --args -d
• mcpelauncher-ui-qt -d

Caution

Please don't reach out for support while using the dev mode, we don't have any capacity for this

Max game version per update

Game/Launcher	v0.8	v0.9	v0.10	v0.11	v0.12	v0.13	v0.14/v0.15	v1.0/v0.16	v1.1/v0.17/nightly
1.21.501	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	⚠️2
1.21.401	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️
1.21.301	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	⚠️3	✔️	✔️
1.21.101	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
1.21.01	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
1.20.801	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
1.20.701	❌	❌	❌	❌456	❌56	❌6	✔️	✔️
1.20.601	❌	❌	❌	⚠️45	⚠️5	✔️	✔️	✔️
1.20.501	❌	❌	❌	⚠️4	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
1.20.401	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
1.20.20	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
1.20.10	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
1.20.0	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
1.19.80	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
1.19.70	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
1.19.60	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
1.19.50	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

Footnotes

1. Requires OpenGL ES 3.0 Driver support. Only works on macbooks from 2012 or later while using macOS. Not longer working on some aged hardware. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. As of beta 1.21.50.22 ↩

3. Stopped working in beta 1.21.30.22, loads with mcpelauncher-client flag / profile commandline setting -df without audio ↩

4. Keyboard Input will crash the Game ↩ ↩² ↩³

5. Xbox live http client not working ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

6. Stopped working after leaving beta ↩ ↩² ↩³