Creating a shortcut containing this line to bypass the launcher and launch the game with more RAM does not work with the new 1.6 launcher:
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe" -Xmx4096M -Xms512M -jar "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\MinecraftDev.exe" username password
Worked fine with the old launcher. There needs to be a fast auto-login alternative to this (already in development? ... I see a greyed-out button in the launcher saying this).
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Ok, options for RAM in the launcher sounds good 🙂
Will there be any fast auto-login option too instead the command line usage of the old launcher? Typing in a long password everytime I start the game gets really annoying after some time.
Nope, but we'll add a token which the client stores on disk that will re-authenticate you. We might consider adding a --version $version too so you can instantly select one.
Just saying ... the old launcher supported quick-launching the game, so the new one should be able to do this too. I don't understand how exactly all the token stuff works, but any option to instantly launch a specified version would be nice. Besides, options to launch the game in maximized window or even in full screen mode would be nice too.
Minecraft should be "ready to play" a few seconds after clicking the desktop icon, without typing in long passwords, clicking Play-buttons, maximizing windows and manually toggling to fullscreen mode. Everything optional, of course, but it should be possible.
I agree, most of that planned when we add profiles to the system. However the reasoning: 'the old launcher did it so the new one must too' is invalid, that is not how it works 😃
Profile system? Sounds nice 🙂
If the argument "the old one did it, so the new one should too" is invalid or not depends more on if we're talking about a good or a bad feature. To correct myself, an always valid argument: "The old one was fast and comfortable, so the new one should be too".
The new one will always have a short delay in finding out of there is an update (optionally downloading and unpacking) and syncing/verifying the resources and unpacking the natives.
It just has to do those things, so yeah on a slow pc it will be slower, on a fast pc, you barely notice it, (takes at most a second)
Sorry, use the launcher.
We'll add options to change ram to it ASAP.