Beta 1.7.3 installation guide
JRE links
The official launcher comes with a JRE.
For other launchers (or if you want to use a different Java binary), you can use the OpenJDK builds from either of these vendors:
- Azul Zulu: https://www.azul.com/downloads/?version=java-8-lts&package=jre#zulu
- Adoptium Eclipse Temurin: https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/?version=8
Official launcher
You might have this launcher (and a premium account) installed in most cases.
By default, it doesn't show old versions of the game before Release 1.0, and must be enabled in the settings.
Garsooon has a video guide: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JcBf-yk4TwY
- Select the Settings tab, found in the bottom left corner.
- In the Enable Show Historical versions of Minecraft: Java Edition in the Launcher under Minecraft: Java Edition Settings in the General tab.
- Go back to the Minecraft: Java Edition tab on the sidebar, open the Installations tab and then select New Installation.
- Enter the desired name of the install, and then select
old_beta 1.7.3
in the version dropdown menu, then select Create. - Click on the Minecraft: Java Edition tab on the sidebar again and select the installation you just made from the drop down menu and press Play.
MultiMC/PrismLauncher/Other forks plus BetaEvolutions
- MultiMC: https://multimc.org
- PrismLauncher: https://prismlauncher.org
BetaEvolutions can be used with these launchers.
alephcake has a video for installing this mod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=939CdzZ_5Us
You can deviate at some parts of this guide if you want to use a different fix, or anything else.
⚠️ Disclaimers:
- Due to BetaEvolutions editing a lot of stuff, it is highly recommended that you do not use other mods whilst using it.
- (Language file edits, terrain edits and so on, are compatible, so long as BetaEvo doesn't conflict with it.)
- Make a ticket on the Discord guild if you're encountering issues.
- In the event you encounter an error related to Discord RPC, please reference the BetaEvolutions/Apple Silicon Mac install guide.
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DiscordRPC error.
-
The aformentioned bug wherein the red and blue channels are swapped.
- If the game starts up with broken colors (red is blue, blue is red):
- Download dereku's M1Fix here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/k3pextx6zfdx0vg/M1Fix.zip/file
- On MultiMC/PrismLauncher: Edit your b1.7.3 instance -> Version -> Add to minecraft.jar -> Select
M1Fix.zip
-> Launch the game.
- Don't focus the blank window, it'll make your game unresponsive. Just minimize it.
- Download dereku's M1Fix here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/k3pextx6zfdx0vg/M1Fix.zip/file
- Install either of the aforementioned launchers (MultiMC or PrismLauncher or what have you).
- Download BetaEvolutions - the full jar mod is linked in this very sentence.
- Launch MultiMC (or fork), set up your account by clicking on the account selector in the top right corner, select Manage Accounts..., and then select Add Microsoft.
- Select Add Instance, and select
b1.7.3
as the version by enabling Betas and scroll through the list until you see it. Change the details to your liking and select OK. - Right-click (or left-click; open context menu) the newly created instance, and select Edit, or select the same button on the sidebar after selecting the aforementioned instance.
- Version -> Add to Minecraft.jar -> Add the BetaEvolutions jar mod you downloaded.
- Don't use the Mods tab for this! (Not unless a mod loader is used.)
- Go to: Settings -> Tick Java installation -> Auto-detect if you installed the JRE system wide.
- If you downloaded the zip/tar archive, you simply extract it, select Browse in the instance settings, navigate to the extracted JRE ->
bin/java
and select thatjava
file. - Under MS Windows, use
javaw.exe
instead.
- If you downloaded the zip/tar archive, you simply extract it, select Browse in the instance settings, navigate to the extracted JRE ->
- Launch the game via Launch and pray it works.
BetaCraft launcher
https://betacraft.uk/downloads
On that page, scroll down and you'll see 2 options:
- "Betacraft Launcher v2.0 (alpha)" includes easy mod support, but is generally a bit unstable.
- 1.x (Both the "universal launcher JAR" and "latest Windows version") is generally more stable.
Assuming you have either one (or both) of them installed:
2.x
ℹ️ Notice: As 2.x is in alpha, the launcher can sometimes crash. Pray that it doesn't crash.
- Select Accounts, then Add account and login with your Microsoft account.
- Select Settings, then the Java Installations tab in the left hand column.
- You should see your Java installations here, but there is a menu/button to download and install a Java distribution.
- Select the one prefixed with "
1.8.0
", and in the list's lower left, select Set as default. - Apple Silicon Mac (and non-x86-64 computer/unsupported OS) users only: Settings -> General -> Disable Discord Rich presence
(Because the RPC doesn't have a version for the aforementioned platform(s).)
- Select Instances, then Add instance, then scroll down the list, and select
b1.7.3
.
(Attempting to select the other tabs/searching and then selecting will crash the program.)
And also: name your instance.
Now you can select the instance and hit Play, but for those that want to install BetaEvolutions:
- Download BetaEvolutions - the full jar mod is linked in this very sentence.
- Rename that file to have
.zip
at the end if the mod file picker doesn't allow you to select it.
- Rename that file to have
- Head to the Instances tab, right-click (or left-click if you configured it that way) your b1.7.3 instance, Edit -> Mods -> Add to minecraft.jar -> select the
BetaEvolutionsFull-1.5.0.zip
(or jar) file.
And select Save.
-
Accounts tab with Noggisoggi.
-
Java installations list.
-
Instance creation.
-
Mod installation.
And now you can launch the game (hopefully without crashing).
1.x
- If for some reason your version is not set to
b1.7.3
, hit Select version ->b1.7.3
. - Select Login, and follow the instructions given.
- Once you log in, you can then select Edit instance if you want to change some settings - namely, the Java binary used.
- Windows:
%programfiles%\<Java distributor name>\<Java 8 or something>\bin\javaw.exe
- Arch Linux, via the
jre8-openjdk
package:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/bin/java
- macOS (if JRE is installed system-wide):
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/<name-of-distributor>-8.jre/Contents/Home/bin/java
- Windows:
- Select OK, and select Play.