


If you just updated Minecraft for instance, a separately installed Java version may still be used by the game. While that should work out of the box for most Minecraft players, you may run into issues. Once you have downloaded minecraft.exe on your computer and ran it, you will notice that it downloads the Java Runtime Environment and adds it as a folder to the root directory that you ran the file from. You can verify that this is the case right on the download page on the official website where it states under Windows that "you don't need Java installed to run" the Windows versions of Minecraft. Mojang offers standalone versions of Minecraft for Windows that ship with an integrated version of Java that the game uses by default on new installations. cracked_polished_blackstone_bricks.Turns out that this is only partially correct anymore.Note that Java class files have been omitted for brevity. This is the current file list as of Java Edition 1.16.5. version.json: Contains some basic information of this version.log4j2.xml: XML Configuration file for Apache Log4j 2.pack.png: Icon for both the vanilla resource and data packs.Fulfills the requirement for both resource pack and data pack metadata. pack.mcmeta: Metadata for both the vanilla resource and data packs.minecraft folder: Datas for minecraft namespace.mcassetsroot: Used for identifying vanilla datas. Data pack files: Contents that are in the vanilla data pack, located in the data directory.minecraft folder: Resources for minecraft namespace.realms folder: Contains the textures and language files used by Realms.mcassetsroot: Used for identifying vanilla resources. Resource pack files: Contents that are in the vanilla resource pack, located in the assets directory.The META-INF directory: contains meta information about the game files.

However, they can still be disassembled to understand their functionality. These files (classes) have names such as "acq" or "qn" because they have been run through an obfuscation tool to hide the names of methods, variables, and classes.

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.Ĭlient.jar is the main code source for Minecraft.
