Hello again!

Following a short hibernation and a few unpublished releases, the Prism Launcher team is proud to announce 11.0! 🍾

With it being ~3 months since 10.0, 11.0 is our fastest major release yet. But not to worry! We’ve been working on an awesome amount of features - and especially fixes! - for everybody to have some fun with. As always, we also can’t thank our dedicated contributors enough for the work they’ve done in this cycle.

Run to grab the latest download here, and read on to see all the new stuff!

Highlights

• Restored FTB support!
  • This was previously removed back in 7.0. Now it’s back!
• Account List improvements:
  • You can now change the ordering of accounts in the list
  • Accounts now have cool icons next to them
  • Accounts with errors will show an indicator in the top-right dropdown
• Support for downloading versions of IBM Semeru
• Dependency tracking for mods!
• Logging improvements:
  • All platforms will now more consistently log system information
  • Custom environment variables are logged during game launch
• Automatic updates enabled by default
  • We figured this was a more sensible option for most users
  • To opt-out, go to Settings>General, and uncheck “Check for updates automatically”
• Fix potential .zip file path traversal
  • Thanks to Thinkseal for reporting this!
• Developer Changes:
  • Hardened compiler flags and static analysis
    • This is meant to help us avoid more preventable mistake and errors from getting into any regular release
    • The launcher now strictly enforces all compiler warnings during build
    • clang-tidy is used in CI to catch more complex errors. Our configuration for it may become stricter in the future
  • Development container for Linux
    • This is meant to give developers on Linux an easier time building and developing for the launcher.
    • See the newly updated build instructions for a guide on how to set it up
  • LLVM-based builds
    • Nix and the above mentioned development container both default to LLVM-based environments
• Endless bug fixes and performance improvements
• No age verification!

Changelog

And for those who are a bit more curious (or just like reading long lists), here’s our full changelog. You can also see the individual changes here.

Until next time! 🌈

Added

• Add CLI option to open main window when launching instance by @MatthewCash in #5107
• Add a development container by @getchoo in #5091
• Add back FTB modpack support by @Trial97 in #3559
• Add back drag and dropping to screenshots page by @leia-uwu in #5300
• Add configurable option on ScrollMessageBox by @dsch7705 in #4335
• Add icons in settings account list by @TheKodeToad in #4684
• Allow moving accounts in list by @Octol1ttle in #4647
• Allow overriding URL for downloading legacy FML libs by @Octol1ttle in #4862
• Ask before deleting saves as part of a Modpack update by @Trial97 in #4622
• Highlight resources incompatible with the Minecraft version by @TheKodeToad in #5010
• Add Javachecker support for ppc64 and ppc64le architectures by @runlevel5 in #5212
• Log OS, CPU, RAM and GPUs on all systems by @Octol1ttle in #5169
• Mark accounts with errors in dropdown by @Octol1ttle in #5181
• Print custom environment variables during instance launch by @Octol1ttle in #4832
• Track dependencies in Mods page by @Trial97 in #3738
• URL protocol modpack import for any encoded URL by @Dan4oby in #4990
• Updated Resource Pack Formats by @Trial97 in #5199
• Warn user on launch if there is not enough available RAM by @Octol1ttle in #5249
• Rework modrinth fallback for blocked mods a bit by @DioEgizio in #4499
• Curseforge modpack downloading via binaryname:// uri by @2lay in #4872
• IBM Semeru Runtime Open Edition support (openj9 jvm) by @ludgie in #5138
• Update local pack by URL by @Trial97 in #4474

Changed

• Cache news feed by @Scrumplex in #4964
• Don’t manually format UUIDs by @Octol1ttle in #5045
• Download game files during instance creation by @Octol1ttle in #4944
• Enable automatic update checking by default by @Octol1ttle in #5259
• Enable warnings as errors by @Trial97 and @Octol1ttle in #5101 and #5158
• Improve NetJob failure dialog by @TheKodeToad and @Octol1ttle in #5260
• Make Minecraft resource URL override consistent with other overrides by @Octol1ttle in #4860
• Modrith API optional changelog by @Ryex in #5197
• Refactor global C/CXX flags in CMake by @getchoo in #5133
• Use LLVM-based stdenv for Nix build/shell by @getchoo in #5155
• Use Launcher_ENVName for launcher environment variable names by @DioEgizio in #5226
• Handle mod formatting codes by @Trial97 in #4550
• Mod versions now list in newest first order by @Trial97 in #5194 and #5213
• Make trackpad scrolling smoother across all listing views by @peenutdev in #5029

Fixed

• Actually check for updates on launch by @Octol1ttle in #5076
• Allow -Duser.language to be overriden by @TheKodeToad in #5017
• Do not delete LaunchController before we’re done using it by @Octol1ttle in #4822
• Don’t show progress dialog when automatically checking for updates by @Octol1ttle in #5075
• Update java path label and tooltip by @metehanCekci in #5198
• Fix CurseForge recommended RAM check by @f-schnabel in #5310
• Fix backface culling re-enabling with elytra preview on by @Octol1ttle in #5093
• Fix infinite update by @Trial97 in #5187
• Fix weird utf archive by @Trial97 in #5186
• LaunchController: fix double task finish by @Octol1ttle in #5301
• NewsDialog: Save and restore geometry by @Octol1ttle in #5077
• Open correct wiki URL when opened from main window by @Octol1ttle in #5130
• OtherLogsPage: Fix some strings not being translatable by @Octol1ttle in #5074
• OtherLogsPage: Remove CR when removing LF by @Octol1ttle in #5073
• Overwrite component update task when it has different network mode by @Octol1ttle in #5216
• Skin renderer: Do not enable backface culling by @Octol1ttle in #5078
• Stop showing a star on the oldest java by @TheKodeToad in #5056
• Use an owning QByteArray in ByteArraySink by @TheKodeToad in #5050
• fix %INST_JAVA% incorrect path format on windows by @deiseil in #5072
• fix crash with skin format by @Trial97 in #5000
• fix incorrect mod side beeing saved by @Trial97 in #5283
• fix no name instances by @Trial97 in #5055
• fix tweakers by @Trial97 in #4913
• fix world import by @Trial97 in #5282
• fix zip path traversal by @Trial97 in #5034
• fix(flame): avoid double-fail assert in file resolving by @m0nstrum in #5043
• fix: URL import fix for Linux by @Dan4oby in #5141
• fix: allow disabling gl and vulkan features with an envvar and disable it by default on appimage/portable by @DioEgizio in #5224
• fix: also export LIBGL_KOPPER_DRI2=1 on zink by @DioEgizio in #5222
• fix: parse world_gen_settings.dat for seed by @Trial97 in #5071
• fixes crash on servers with invalid packet by @Trial97 in #5289
• launcher/minecract/auth/AccountList.cpp: add missing QIcon include by @parona-source in #4956

Removed

• Remove XboxProfileStep by @Octol1ttle in #4957
• Remove retrieving Xbox API token for gamertag by @Octol1ttle in #4958