will you update the launcher?

what do you want updating exactly?

Most likely 1.7.9

So been doing getting the launcher more updated recently

It's been so long since the last update, but finally got more of this stuff figured out with file handling and getting multifile downloading setup, before I would package all the files needed to run minecraft version with the mod setup I use etc.

Well I've almost complete the update....

...it can now download,install and run every official minecraft release, among many other big improvements that will make it easier to do modpacks.

This new release will actually make it possible for cracked players to install there own mods such as using the forge installer for any minecraft version. The catch being you would need to install the launcher to "%appdata%.minecraft" like the official minecraft laucher does...  then install those type of mods that use an installer, in that directory. Pretty much how its done anyway, then after you have done that you can just copy the kraftzone launcher(and all files in the that directory) to wherever you want again, and it will all work ala PORTABLE!

Will hopefully have it released in the few days, still got one last thing to do with getting the resource files downloaded (at the moment all the files needed to launch a minecraft version work(except you don't get any sounds/textures downloaded/or loaded up), and for newer minecraft releases they have moved to using some hash filing system for textures,sounds etc so the file names are non-readable random crap, where as before a sound file was a sound file with readable file name.

Shouldn't take long though, the biggest hurdles are over.

New version... no installer for this version until more of it is tested and working.

The key improvement is all minecraft releases, should download and work.

Important notice, if you start a download, don't cancel it 😀

Reason being is that when it starts a download, and it gets cancelled the incomplete file it was downloading at the time you press cancel, doesn't get wiped (I haven't gotten to adding the code and its not so simple).

And if that happens then you end up with a corrupt file, that doesn't get updated (because the file exists). Basically this version is NOT bugfree, and there is still much more to add, but it does work overall 😀

21/05/04
v1.25...And more fixes

Download: http://kraftzone.net/downloads/MinecraftLauncher_v1.25.zip

Extract it to a new folder, so it doesn't interfere with you current working MC launcher.

Ok a more complete release should work better for everyone now and I've created an proper installer for it. It will default install directory to %appdata%.minecraft

which pretty useful, as you can following mod installations from other guides as if you were using the real minecraft launcher which also default to installing at %appdata%.minecraft

Will do a new thread for the kz launcher when the mod pack part of it is complete.

For now if you want consider this one final for the minecraft releases feature. You can still download the java portable and 1.7.2 custom modpack in the [Updates] tab.

Once installed goto [Settings]>[Minecraft Releases] to get minecraft releases.
Fill in username, select options, save new profile, then launch.

A video tutorial going through how to use it will be done later. It should not be not that hard though.

----v1.30---- 30/5/2014 ----
-Check updates now gets latest launcher version information,
downloads and prompts to updats the launcher after app close.
-"Minecraft Launcher.exe" can be renamed and will still work including
updates.
- Uninstalling a minecraft version will prompt to remove the gamedata
folder aswel. (assets(sounds,textures, library files, will not be removed as
they are used by multiple minecraft versions. You can still manually delete
files/folders, and it will redownload the files required when you install
a new minecraft version.
- Error handling for canceled downloads and incomplete files will be removed.
- Extra debuging code added, [Settings]>Debug (enabled/ticked), will show
more error information if there is any.

----v1.25---- 22/5/2014 ----
And more internal fixes
-By far the hugest update, launcher can now check minecrafts json files for
missing files that are required to launch and offer download option.

-[Settings]>[Minecraft Releases] You can now download all minecraft releases
including latest snapshots.

Install Setup:
http://kraftzone.net/downloads/KzSetup_1.30.exe

The above will offer to install to default location of  %appdata%.minecraft  and create shortcut icons in startmenu
---------or ----------
The below is do it yourself install (extract all .zip files into a new folder you created):

Portable Zip :
http://kraftzone.net/downloads/MinecraftLauncher_v1.30.zip

Run "Minecraft Launcher.exe" (this file can be renamed, it will still work)

Disclaimer: While its fully tested to work on my end, I can't fully test every computer scenerio or possible bug, so if anything goes wrong let me know and I'll try to help fix it. Also this launcher only connects to Mojang for mc releases and resource files, and Kraftzone.net for modpack, javaportable and launcher updates (and that's only if you hit the update button to check)

i cant open the new launcher help me plz 😀 thanks

hmm no idea... why not provide more info like what OS version?

otherwise cannot help you.

your launcher is making me mad. I cant install any litemod mods, no voxel cam, no da flight, I literally cant do anything, i even tried the .minecraft approach and still nothing, not not even the WE CUI works, but on the tab when you start up mc it says 'Mod WE CUI ACTIVE'

Koolio i need help :3

So I had a look at installing forge specifically the windows .exe launcher ( http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.7.2-10.12.2.1127/forge-1.7.2-10.12.2.1127-installer-win.exe ) with my launcher while its in the default .minecraft folder....

Looks like there was 2 problems, one it won't let you install anything without "launcher_profiles.json" file, which the official launcher creates to store profile data in.

my launcher uses its own profile storage, so I'll just add a dummy file that fools the forge installer for now.

The other issue is after forge is installed, my launcher sets the gamedir folder to that of the minecraft version, by default minecraft will create that folder if it doesn't exist, but with forge it checks the gamedir to find any mods, but because it loads before minecraft does, the folder doesn't exist so it crashes.

So those things are fixed, I imagine the litemod installer has similar problems to that of forge, so I'll check that next.

In future though, you should goto [Settings] and make sure the [Debug] checkbox is ticked.. then try launching any versions, it will generate any errors during launch or while playing, I left it optional as some errors aren't really errors, just notices and they can be annoying. So if u have issues getting something to work do that in future and then copy any error you get.

Not sure if this is a global 'problem' or just me, but i run the debug, i get a whole list of nerd stuff, i close it, then my kraftzonelauncher window bugs out and i cant click anythings and so i have to manually close the java.exe service and i get a java error box in the kz application.  Like i said, not sure if its an everyone problem or its just my shitty vista...

Java.exe crash report- (yea yea my usernames hilarious, i made it when i was younger)

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Java Error
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Jun 20, 2014 2:41:39 PM com.mumfrey.liteloader.launch.LiteLoaderTweaker preInit

INFO: Bootstrapping LiteLoader 1.7.2

Jun 20, 2014 2:41:39 PM com.mumfrey.liteloader.launch.LiteLoaderTweaker preInit

INFO: Beginning LiteLoader PreInit...

LiteLoader> LiteLoader 1.7.2_01 starting up...
LiteLoader> Active Pack: Development version (NOT FOR RELEASE)
LiteLoader> Java reports OS="windows vista"
LiteLoader> Enumerating class path...
LiteLoader> Class path separator=";"
LiteLoader> Class path entries=(
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesoptifineOptiFine1.7.2_HD_U_A7OptiFine-1.7.2_HD_U_A7.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescommumfreyliteloader1.7.2liteloader-1.7.2.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesnetminecraftlaunchwrapper1.9launchwrapper-1.9.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesorgow2asmasm-all4.1asm-all-4.1.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesjava3dvecmath1.3.1vecmath-1.3.1.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesnetsftrove4jtrove4j3.0.3trove4j-3.0.3.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescomibmicuicu4j-core-mojang51.2icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesnetsfjopt-simplejopt-simple4.5jopt-simple-4.5.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescompaulscodecodecjorbis20101023codecjorbis-20101023.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescompaulscodecodecwav20101023codecwav-20101023.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescompaulscodelibraryjavasound20101123libraryjavasound-20101123.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescompaulscodelibrarylwjglopenal20100824librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescompaulscodesoundsystem20120107soundsystem-20120107.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesionettynetty-all4.0.10.Finalnetty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescomgoogleguavaguava15.0guava-15.0.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesorgapachecommonscommons-lang33.1commons-lang3-3.1.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescommons-iocommons-io2.4commons-io-2.4.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesnetjavajinputjinput2.0.5jinput-2.0.5.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesnetjavajutilsjutils1.0.0jutils-1.0.0.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescomgooglecodegsongson2.2.4gson-2.2.4.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariescommojangauthlib1.3authlib-1.3.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesorgapachelogginglog4jlog4j-api2.0-beta9log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesorgapachelogginglog4jlog4j-core2.0-beta9log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesorglwjgllwjgllwjgl2.9.0lwjgl-2.9.0.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesorglwjgllwjgllwjgl_util2.9.0lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesorglwjgllwjgllwjgl-platform2.9.0lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1librariesnetjavajinputjinput-platform2.0.5jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar
  classpathEntry=C:UsersZeldaFanAppDataRoamingMINECR~1versionsLiteLoader1.7.2LiteLoader1.7.2.jar
)
LiteLoader> Discovering tweaks on class path...

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OK 
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hmm this from a clean 1.7.2 version that you have installed liteloader etc on?

Yeh the issue is that "Minecraft 1.7.2"  modpack I did is old now, and all the mods used in it are old(like 3months+)  so any mods for forge or liteloader that you try to install on that version will not work.

A new modpack and fix to install forge will be in next release.

Do "Check Updates" in the launcher to download the latest update.

----v1.31---- 20/6/2014 ----
- A fake launcher_profile.json added if the file does not already exist,
required so forge installer works.
-Create gamedir folder in kz launcher incase minecraft doesn't (prevents
a crash if forge loader is installed as it loads up before minecraft and looks
for mods in the gamedir when starting up)

Omg it was working fine yesterday. Now it wont even start

I get a .NET Framework chrash error

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
  at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
  at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)
  at Minecraft_Launcher.Main.Main_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18052 built by: FX45RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Minecraft Launcher
    Assembly Version: 1.31.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.31
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/ZeldaFan/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/Minecraft%20Launcher.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18036 built by: FX45RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18021 built by: FX45RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18021 built by: FX45RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18060 built by: FX45RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

hmm try renaming "Minecraft Launcher.xml"  in the same dir as the launcher... see if that works after setting up a new profile.

This page has gone from v1.30 to v1.32 😮

because each reply takes a copy of the current thread title at the time of posting.... and i changed the main thread title to represent the new version, but it doesn't change all existing reply titles.

Load of horse shit. My launcher finally took a dump so I deleted all of it. I'm redoing all my mods I worked my ass of on installing. I'll be on in about half an hour

Coming real soon now...

And the mod list tab next to it will show a list of all minecraft mods available for any particular version of minecraft like 1.7.2 or 1.7.10...

A bit like http://modlist.mcf.li/version   ... only built in directly to the kz launcher with maybe a few extra features.

It would be a step to far to provide automatic download and installation of these mods, however it will provide link to the actual mod listing page...