What’s included
Skin, cape, authentication, and sound fixes
Compatibility improvements so the client behaves like it would have in 2011.
Proximity Voice Chat
Available on RetroMC and selected servers. Fully optional and can be
disabled.
Cosmetic and QOL features
Various optional enhancements designed to stay true to Beta.
- Custom searchable settings menu
- All keybinds rebindable + can be set to “none”
- Modern-style player list (TAB)
- Chat history, improved color formatting, and full copy & paste support
- Camera zoom (similar to OptiFine zoom)
- New customizable F3 menu (optional)
- Fog distance controls / disable fog
- Front-facing F5 mode (optional)
- Brightness slider
- Cloud height controls / disable clouds
- Change FOV / hand FOV
- Take panoramic screenshots
- Disable overlays (e.g. pumpkin head)
- And much more!
Bug fixes & stability
A variety of fixes to improve overall gameplay experience.
- Mob lag/Entity packet lag fix
- Skin lag fix
- Quick mining fix
- Sign lag fix
If you’re unsure, use the Launcher. It handles updates and reduces “wrong version”
issues.
Download Beta Evolutions 2
Downloads unlock once you accept the agreement below.
View the agreement
By downloading or using Beta Evolutions 2 (“Software”), you agree to these terms.
- Third-party content: The Software is a modification of Minecraft and includes code and assets owned by Mojang Studios and/or Microsoft. All such content remains the property of its respective owners.
- RetroMC content: All original code, modifications, systems, assets, and tooling developed for Beta Evolutions by the RetroMC Development Team remain our intellectual property.
- License to use: We grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable license to download and use the Software for personal gameplay purposes only.
- Restrictions (to the maximum extent permitted by law): You may not decompile, deobfuscate, reverse engineer, modify, extract, reuse, or redistribute the RetroMC-owned portions of the Software, nor create derivative works based on them, without explicit written permission.
- No redistribution: You may not rehost, mirror, or distribute the Software (including modified or patched builds) outside of approved RetroMC channels.
- Termination: We may revoke this license and restrict access (including server access) if these terms are violated.
- Disclaimer: The Software is provided “as is”, without warranties of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the RetroMC Development Team is not liable for damages or data loss arising from use of the Software.
RetroMC is not affiliated with Mojang Studios or Microsoft.
First launch
First launch may take a few minutes while assets are downloaded.
MultiMC/Prism setup
Need help adding a custom JAR in MultiMC/Prism?
RetroMC Wiki
Need help?
Contact the RetroMC development team via
discord.retromc.org