On my network i'm reasonably confident it's because we block outbound network access by default (as all responsible network admins do), and only have an HTTP proxy. (Other tickets seem to indicate that Minecraft only supports SOCKS5?) Am i understanding the situation correctly? This is really not a good situation as HTTP proxies are the main type in common use.
Paul Gear
This is still affecting me with the current version of the launcher. (I'm not sure how to find out the version since the main URL https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/Minecraft.exe doesn't contain any version number.)
On my network i'm reasonably confident it's because we block outbound network access by default (as all responsible network admins do), and only have an HTTP proxy. (Other tickets seem to indicate that Minecraft only supports SOCKS5?) Am i understanding the situation correctly? This is really not a good situation as HTTP proxies are the main type in common use.