A lot of people seem to hastily download every Minecraft pre-release or new stable release and replace the current stable version, typically without creating a backup. They then realize they have no way of playing on the Empire servers until the new version is released. Even if you only download the new version when it is officially released, you won't be able to play on EMC immediately because Bukkit has to spend some time updating its server software, which usually takes a few days. If you suffer from this condition, there are a few ways to try the pre-release whilst still being able to play on the Empire server when you want to. Both methods below apply to new releases as well. Firstly, here is the latest stable JAR file (the one EMC is running): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2068r7p5jgbkv5u Current version: 1.3.1 Method 1A - Hot Swap (simple) Keep the stable minecraft.jar file somewhere on your computer. The best place is usually the desktop, but you can store it in the .minecraft/bin/ folder as long as you rename the file to something like minecraft_stable.jar or minecraft_backup.jar. When you want to play on EMC, rename the pre-release JAR file to something like minecraft_pr.jar and copy in the stable version or rename it to minecraft.jar if you kept it in the bin folder. When you want to play the pre-release, simply do the opposite. Method 1B - Magic Launcher (simpler) The Hot Swap method can be simplified by downloading Magic Launcher. This client, which you will use to launch Minecraft rather than the regular client, allows you to create different configurations of JAR files, settings and mods. After installing and running Magic Launcher, click on Setup. Then click on New, enter a name for the configuration, such as "EMC", and click OK. After creating the configuration, slick on Select and browse to the JAR file you would use to connect to EMC (it does not need to be named "minecraft.jar"). Now, assuming you updated, the Default configuration will be the latest version of Minecraft and the EMC configuration will be the version of Minecraft currently used on the server. Method 2 - Spoutcraft (recommended) Spoutcraft is the official client mod for Bukkit. It comes packed with a number of mods and tweaks to enhance quality and performance, such as MCPatcher and Optifine. It also offers a wide range of options to fine-tune how your game looks and runs. More information is available at http://dev.bukkit.org/client-mods/spoutcraft/. For this method, you will use Spoutcraft to run the latest stable version of Minecraft and connect to EMC. When you want to play a pre-release, simply load it up in the regular Minecraft client. Before installing, replace your pre-release minecraft.jar file with the latest stable version as in Method 1. When Spoutcraft installs, it creates its own folder called .spoutcraft and copies most of the files from .minecraft, excluding things such as stats and screenshots which you can copy over manually if you desire. Now it is simply a matter of keeping any pre-release versions in the .minecraft/bin/ folder and the latest stable version in the .spoutcraft/bin/ folder and running the respective client depending on which version of the game you want to play. Of course you are able to use Spoutcraft for the pre-release and Minecraft for EMC, but I recommend Spoutcraft for online play because of the performance enhancements and chat features like copy/paste and recent commands (pressing up and down arrows in chat box). Downloads for the latest stable version: EXE: http://dev.bukkit.org/media/files/602/695/Spoutcraft.exe JAR: http://dev.bukkit.org/media/files/602/697/Spoutcraft.jar APP: http://dev.bukkit.org/media/files/602/714/Spoutcraft.app.zip How to find the Minecraft folder On Windows, open up Run (Windows key + R), type in "%appdata%" and hit OK. This will take you to the Roaming folder in AppData and your .minecraft folder will be at the top. On Mac OS, go to your user folder, Library, Application Support and the folder is called "minecraft" as opposed to ".minecraft". One or more of these folders might be hidden but unfortunately I don't know how to reveal them as I don't own a Mac.
No. Pre-releases are unstable and Bukkit does not bother to make adjustments to their server package to support them.
Aus, its illegal to provide the download link (jar file) to the public as Notch has copyrighted the game. The only legal way is to use MCNostalgia, which changes the binary things or something( Im not sure) . You can get jailed for that
i think that only would apply if he was tryin to sell it since you have to purcahse the game for the download to even work i don't think aus has anything to worry about (could be wrong i don't follow copyright laws)
Ok so i did the 1st option and my mc just STOPS at done loading and the green bar is just frozen -.- now i cant even play my OWN server >:I
that's because the file is out of date. (at least I believe it is, I am not downloading it to check) use one of the other steps.
>:I OK nothing is working for me! spoutcraft doesnt run without updating and when it does update it just STOPS! Can someone tell me a REAL way to downgrade??!?!?!? srsly im getting really mad because i cant play on my OWN SERVER >:I HALP
Make a backup of your .minecraft folder (or just the screenshots and stats folders) and delete it. Download the latest Minecraft launcher and update it fully to 1.0. Download the 1.8.1 JAR using the link above. Rename the 1.0 JAR and paste the 1.8.1 JAR in the bin folder. Run Minecraft and don't update.
Still DOESNT WORK i even RETRYED spoutcraft.jar and i hit login "would you like to update" NO Failed to run spoutcraft! and the SAME thin happened with the 1st option. Updating Done loading Green bar only 75% there and freezes D:<
Wait, you're doing this with Spoutcraft? In that case, do as I instructed above, but then go and delete your .spoutcraft folder and then run the Spoutcraft JAR again.
