EaglerForge/README.md

EaglerForge v1.2.2

Play Minecraft 1.8 in your browser, supports singleplayer and multiplayer with a javascript modding API

EaglerForge mods menu screenshot

This repository contains:

• Utilities to decompile Minecraft 1.8 and apply patch files to it
• Source code to provide the LWJGL keyboard, mouse, and OpenGL APIs in a browser
• Patch files to mod the Minecraft 1.8 source code to make it browser-compatible
• Browser-modified portions of Minecraft 1.8's open-source dependencies
• Plugins for Minecraft servers to allow the Eagler client to connect to them
• a javascript modding API

This repository does NOT contain:

• Any portion of the decompiled Minecraft 1.8 source code or resources
• Any portion of Mod Coder Pack and its config files
• Data that can be used alone to reconstruct portions of the game's source code
• Software configured by default to allow users to play without owning a copy of Minecraft

Getting Started:

To compile the latest version of the client, on Windows:

1. Make sure you have at least Java 11 installed and added to your PATH
2. Download (clone) this repository to your computer
3. Double click CompileLatestClient.bat, a GUI resembling a classic Windows installer should open
4. Follow the steps shown to you in the new window to finish compiling

To compile the latest version of the client, on Linux/macOS:

1. Make sure you have at least Java 11 installed
2. Download (clone) this repository to your computer
3. Open a terminal in the folder the repository was cloned to
4. Type chmod +x CompileLatestClient.sh and hit enter
5. Type ./CompileLatestClient.sh and hit enter, a GUI resembling a classic Windows installer should open
6. Follow the steps shown to you in the new window to finish compiling

Launch Options

The EaglercraftX 1.8 client is configured primarily through a variable called window.eaglercraftXOpts that must be set before the client starts up.

The default eaglercraftXOpts values are this:

const relayId = Math.floor(Math.random() * 3);
window.eaglercraftXOpts = {
    demoMode: false,
    container: "game_frame",
    assetsURI: "assets.epk",
    localesURI: "lang/",
    worldsDB: "worlds",
    servers: [
        { addr: "ws://localhost:8081/", name: "Local test server" }
    ],
    relays: [
        { addr: "wss://relay.deev.is/", comment: "lax1dude relay #1", primary: relayId == 0 },
        { addr: "wss://relay.lax1dude.net/", comment: "lax1dude relay #2", primary: relayId == 1 },
        { addr: "wss://relay.shhnowisnottheti.me/", comment: "ayunami relay #1", primary: relayId == 2 }
    ]
};

List of available options

• container: the ID of the HTML element to create the canvas in (required)
• assetsURI: the URL of the assets.epk file (required)
• localesURI: the URL where extra .lang files can be found
• worldsDB: the name of the IndexedDB database to store worlds in
• demoMode: whether to launch the game in Java edition demo mode
• servers: a list of default servers to display on the Multiplayer screen
• relays: the default list of shared world relays to use for invites
• checkShaderGLErrors: enables more verbose OpenGL error logging for the shaders
• enableDownloadOfflineButton: whether to show a "Download Offline" button on the title screen
• downloadOfflineButtonLink: overrides the download link for the "Download Offline" button
• html5CursorSupport: enables support for showing the CSS "pointer" cursor over buttons
• allowUpdateSvc: enables the certificate-based update system
• allowUpdateDL: allows the client to download new updates it finds
• logInvalidCerts: print update certificates with invalid signatures to console
• enableSignatureBadge: shows a badge on the title screen indicating if the digital signature is valid
• checkRelaysForUpdates: proprietary feature used in offline downloads
• mods a list of mods you want to load into the game when it launches