MCSwitch Wiki

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About

MCSwitch is for switching minecraft version. It's very simple tool.

How to install MCSwitch

You can install MCSwitch from source code or osx binary. You should use Binary way if there is not a reason.
You can get binary from here.

Compiling from source code

you have to use cmake way if you want to compile MCSwitch from source code.

1. Install dependents
   MCSwitch depends on Qt5. Building it, It depends on CMake.
   Qt5,CMake and compiler(e.g. gcc,clang) must be installed to your system.
   

2. Download MCSwtich's source code
You can get from github.
For example:

    $ git clone https://github.com/opamp/MCSwitch.git

3. Run cmake command
   Run cmake command on terminal.
   

    $ cd mcswitch
    $ cmake .
   

4. Compile it
   Run make command.
   

    $ make
   

5. Finish
   

How to use MCSwitch

You must start(login) minecraft once before installing MCSwitch.
Start MCSwitch.app after logining to minecraft. Your minecraft environment is added as `Main' environment in initial state.
You can add new environment using Add button, And then choose upper left combobox item,change current(enabled) environment.
Push OK button if you are ok, And close MCSwitch.
Don't run minecraft and MCSwitch simultaneously!

If you want to install mods to minecraft,Open $HOME/MCSwitchEnvironments directory(symlink).
You're able to see environments added by you. It's minecraft data directory.
You can install mods with general way.
(There isn't Current Environment in MCSwitchEnvironments directory. You've to change Current Environment if you want to instal mod to it.)


Enjoy.