Launch Minecraft from command line - username and password as prefix
I'm trying to make a simple custom Minecraft launcher thing.
According to the Minecraft Wiki page for the Launcher, it should be possible to run the Minecraft launcher using username and password prefixes from the command line and go directly to the game instead of through the launcher.
I've tried various versions of java -cp -u=username -p=password minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame, and what it says is the old method:
java -cp minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame <username> <password>
The old method opens the minecraft launcher, just as if I double clicked the jar file, however it does not go directly to the menu screen.
The new way (using password and username as prefix), gives me an error message saying the prefix -u=username or -p=password don't exist.
Any help on this? I'm really stuck.
You can do this, you just need to circumvent the launcher.
In %appdata%\.minecraft\bin (or ~/.minecraft/bin on unixy systems), there is a minecraft.jar file. This is the actual game - the launcher runs this.
Invoke it like so:
java -Xms512m -Xmx1g -Djava.library.path=natives/ -cp "minecraft.jar;lwjgl.jar;lwjgl_util.jar" net.minecraft.client.Minecraft <username> <sessionID>
Set the working directory to .minecraft/bin.
To get the session ID, POST (request this page):
https://login.minecraft.net?user=<username>&password=<password>&version=13
You'll get a response like this:
1343825972000:deprecated:SirCmpwn:7ae9007b9909de05ea58e94199a33b30c310c69c:dba0c48e1c584963b9e93a038a66bb98
The fourth field is the session ID. More details here. Read those details, this answer is outdated
Here's an example of logging in to minecraft.net in C#.
To run Minecraft with Forge (change C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/to your MineCraft path :) [Just for people who are a bit too lazy to search on Google...]
Special thanks to ammarx for his TagAPI_3 (Github) which was used to create this command.
Arguments are separated line by line to make it easier to find useful ones.
java
-Xms1024M
-Xmx1024M
-XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump
-Djava.library.path=C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/versions/1.12.2/natives
-cp
C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.12.2-14.23.5.2775/forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2775.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/minecraft/launchwrapper/1.12/launchwrapper-1.12.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/ow2/asm/asm-all/5.2/asm-all-5.2.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/jline/jline/3.5.1/jline-3.5.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/jna/4.4.0/jna-4.4.0.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/typesafe/akka/akka-actor_2.11/2.3.3/akka-actor_2.11-2.3.3.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/typesafe/config/1.2.1/config-1.2.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-actors-migration_2.11/1.1.0/scala-actors-migration_2.11-1.1.0.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.11.1/scala-compiler-2.11.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/plugins/scala-continuations-library_2.11/1.0.2/scala-continuations-library_2.11-1.0.2.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/plugins/scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1/1.0.2/scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1-1.0.2.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.11.1/scala-library-2.11.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-parser-combinators_2.11/1.0.1/scala-parser-combinators_2.11-1.0.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-reflect/2.11.1/scala-reflect-2.11.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-swing_2.11/1.0.1/scala-swing_2.11-1.0.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-xml_2.11/1.0.2/scala-xml_2.11-1.0.2.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/lzma/lzma/0.0.1/lzma-0.0.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/sf/jopt-simple/jopt-simple/5.0.3/jopt-simple-5.0.3.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/java3d/vecmath/1.5.2/vecmath-1.5.2.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/sf/trove4j/trove4j/3.0.3/trove4j-3.0.3.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/maven/maven-artifact/3.5.3/maven-artifact-3.5.3.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/patchy/1.1/patchy-1.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/oshi-project/oshi-core/1.1/oshi-core-1.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/jna/4.4.0/jna-4.4.0.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/platform/3.4.0/platform-3.4.0.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/ibm/icu/icu4j-core-mojang/51.2/icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/sf/jopt-simple/jopt-simple/5.0.3/jopt-simple-5.0.3.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecjorbis/20101023/codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecwav/20101023/codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/libraryjavasound/20101123/libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/librarylwjglopenal/20100824/librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/soundsystem/20120107/soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/io/netty/netty-all/4.1.9.Final/netty-all-4.1.9.Final.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/guava/guava/21.0/guava-21.0.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.5/commons-lang3-3.5.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/commons-io/commons-io/2.5/commons-io-2.5.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.10/commons-codec-1.10.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jinput/jinput/2.0.5/jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jutils/jutils/1.0.0/jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.8.0/gson-2.8.0.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/authlib/1.5.25/authlib-1.5.25.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/realms/1.10.22/realms-1.10.22.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.8.1/commons-compress-1.8.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.3.3/httpclient-4.3.3.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.1.3/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpcore/4.3.2/httpcore-4.3.2.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/7.1.0/fastutil-7.1.0.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.8.1/log4j-api-2.8.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.8.1/log4j-core-2.8.1.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl_util/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl_util-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl-platform/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl-platform-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl/2.9.2-nightly-20140822/lwjgl-2.9.2-nightly-20140822.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl_util/2.9.2-nightly-20140822/lwjgl_util-2.9.2-nightly-20140822.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/text2speech/1.10.3/text2speech-1.10.3.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/text2speech/1.10.3/text2speech-1.10.3.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/ca/weblite/java-objc-bridge/1.0.0/java-objc-bridge-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/ca/weblite/java-objc-bridge/1.0.0/java-objc-bridge-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/versions/1.12.2/1.12.2.jar
net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch
--width
854
--height
480
--username
Ishikawa
--version
1.12.2-forge1.12.2-14.23.5.2775
--gameDir
C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft
--assetsDir
C:\Users\nov11\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft/assets
--assetIndex
1.12
--uuid
N/A
--accessToken
aeef7bc935f9420eb6314dea7ad7e1e5
--userType
mojang
--tweakClass
net.minecraftforge.fml.common.launcher.FMLTweaker
--versionType
Forge
Just when other solutions don't work. accessToken and uuid can be acquired from Mojang Servers, check other anwsers for details.
Edit (26.11.2018): I've also created Launcher Framework in C# (.NET Framework 3.5), which you can also check to see how launcher should work Available Here
For anyone meaning to do this more reliably for different Minecraft versions, I have a Python script (adapted from parts of minecraft-launcher-lib) that does the job very nicely
Besides setting some basic variables near the top after the functions, it calls a get_classpath function that reads for example ~/.minecraft/versions/1.16.5/1.16.5.json, and loops over the property libraries array, checking to see if each object (within the array), is supposed to be added to the classpath (cp variable). whether this library is added to the java classpath is governed by the should_use_library function, deterministic based on the computer's architecture and operating system. finally, some jarfiles that are platform specific have extra things prepended to them (ex. natives-linux in org/lwjgl/lwjgl/3.2.1/lwjgl-3.2.1-natives-linux.jar). this extra prepended string is handled by get_natives_string and is empty if it doesn't apply to the current library
tested on Linux, distribution Arch Linux
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import json
import os
import platform
from pathlib import Path
import subprocess
"""
Debug output
"""
def debug(str):
if os.getenv('DEBUG') != None:
print(str)
"""
[Gets the natives_string toprepend to the jar if it exists. If there is nothing native specific, returns and empty string]
"""
def get_natives_string(lib):
arch = ""
if platform.architecture()[0] == "64bit":
arch = "64"
elif platform.architecture()[0] == "32bit":
arch = "32"
else:
raise Exception("Architecture not supported")
nativesFile=""
if not "natives" in lib:
return nativesFile
if "windows" in lib["natives"] and platform.system() == 'Windows':
nativesFile = lib["natives"]["windows"].replace("${arch}", arch)
elif "osx" in lib["natives"] and platform.system() == 'Darwin':
nativesFile = lib["natives"]["osx"].replace("${arch}", arch)
elif "linux" in lib["natives"] and platform.system() == "Linux":
nativesFile = lib["natives"]["linux"].replace("${arch}", arch)
else:
raise Exception("Platform not supported")
return nativesFile
"""
[Parses "rule" subpropery of library object, testing to see if should be included]
"""
def should_use_library(lib):
def rule_says_yes(rule):
useLib = None
if rule["action"] == "allow":
useLib = False
elif rule["action"] == "disallow":
useLib = True
if "os" in rule:
for key, value in rule["os"].items():
os = platform.system()
if key == "name":
if value == "windows" and os != 'Windows':
return useLib
elif value == "osx" and os != 'Darwin':
return useLib
elif value == "linux" and os != 'Linux':
return useLib
elif key == "arch":
if value == "x86" and platform.architecture()[0] != "32bit":
return useLib
return not useLib
if not "rules" in lib:
return True
shouldUseLibrary = False
for i in lib["rules"]:
if rule_says_yes(i):
return True
return shouldUseLibrary
"""
[Get string of all libraries to add to java classpath]
"""
def get_classpath(lib, mcDir):
cp = []
for i in lib["libraries"]:
if not should_use_library(i):
continue
libDomain, libName, libVersion = i["name"].split(":")
jarPath = os.path.join(mcDir, "libraries", *
libDomain.split('.'), libName, libVersion)
native = get_natives_string(i)
jarFile = libName + "-" + libVersion + ".jar"
if native != "":
jarFile = libName + "-" + libVersion + "-" + native + ".jar"
cp.append(os.path.join(jarPath, jarFile))
cp.append(os.path.join(mcDir, "versions", lib["id"], f'{lib["id"]}.jar'))
return os.pathsep.join(cp)
version = '1.16.5'
username = '{username}'
uuid = '{uuid}'
accessToken = '{token}'
mcDir = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), '.minecraft')
nativesDir = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), 'versions', version, 'natives')
clientJson = json.loads(
Path(os.path.join(mcDir, 'versions', version, f'{version}.json')).read_text())
classPath = get_classpath(clientJson, mcDir)
mainClass = clientJson['mainClass']
versionType = clientJson['type']
assetIndex = clientJson['assetIndex']['id']
debug(classPath)
debug(mainClass)
debug(versionType)
debug(assetIndex)
subprocess.call([
'/usr/bin/java',
f'-Djava.library.path={nativesDir}',
'-Dminecraft.launcher.brand=custom-launcher',
'-Dminecraft.launcher.version=2.1',
'-cp',
classPath,
'net.minecraft.client.main.Main',
'--username',
username,
'--version',
version,
'--gameDir',
mcDir,
'--assetsDir',
os.path.join(mcDir, 'assets'),
'--assetIndex',
assetIndex,
'--uuid',
uuid,
'--accessToken',
accessToken,
'--userType',
'mojang',
'--versionType',
'release'
])