Changelog

New Features

Minigames

• Added Parkour Jump to the Minigames tab. Climb from block to block all the way to the End while the sky turns from morning to night to space. You run in your own skin, earn advancement toasts at height milestones and might stumble over a few easter eggs
• Added Minesweeper to the Minigames tab. Dig up the meadow and flag the TNT. Each level keeps its own best time

Sharing in Laby Chat

• Send outfits, skins, chat tabs, AutoTexts, your custom cursor, your HUD layout and settings like hit markers or theme colors to friends as cards in Laby Chat. Your friend sees what a card changes before applying it. Skins, HUD layouts and settings can be undone afterwards
• Start a share from the chat composer. The widget editor can also send your HUD layout, and the rows in the Mods menu can send their settings

Performance

• We see 10 to 30% higher frame rates on some systems with this version. The new options below are on by default, and you can turn each one off if something looks wrong
• Added Entity Culling, which skips entities and blocks like chests and signs when solid blocks hide them. It helps most in busy areas. You can also cull armor stand names and, in Minecraft 1.19.4 and newer, text, block and item displays
• Added Faster Entities & Name Tags, which saves work when drawing players, mobs, their name tags and the text Laby Client shows above them
• Added Faster Menus & HUD for Minecraft 1.21.8 and newer. Menus and the HUD only redraw when they change or your monitor shows a new picture. Use Menu & HUD Updates to set how often per second
• Added Lighter Frames for Minecraft 26.3 and newer, which stops the game from repeating work on every frame that it doesn't need to
• Added Faster Clouds for Minecraft 1.8.9 and 1.12.2 without OptiFine. Fancy clouds look the same but no longer get rebuilt every frame
• Minecraft 26.3 and 26.4 render the world faster, Minecraft 1.8.9 and 1.12.2 run smoother, and Laby Client starts faster

Name Tags

• Added new modes to Show Live Streams. Besides On and Off, you can now pick Hide Own Viewer Count, which keeps your own viewer count off your screen, or Hide All Viewer Counts, which shows LIVE alone above everyone

Changes

• The Flux addon is retired. It no longer loads and is gone from the addon store

Bugfixes

Rendering

• Fixed skulls floating in the air and moving with the camera when Faster Chests, Signs & Skulls and Improved Transparency are both enabled in Minecraft 26.3 and 26.4 (IDEA-22528)

Menus

• Fixed clicks in menus landing one row below the button you pointed at in Minecraft 26.4 (IDEA-22513)
• Fixed the Game, World and More tabs having no names on the Create New World screen in Minecraft 26.4 (IDEA-22508)
• Fixed the menu background briefly turning away and back when you open Singleplayer, edit a world or create a new one (IDEA-22510)
• Fixed the first menu after launch opening without the dynamic background. The loading screen now waits for it
• Fixed the Shop tab gaining another link icon every time you open the Laby Client menu
• Fixed setting controls vanishing from a page of the Mods menu while it slides out
• Fixed addons with their own mods also getting an extra addon card in the Mods menu

Resource Packs

• Fixed switching from one resource pack directly to another not applying in Minecraft 1.8.9 and 1.12.2 (IDEA-22411)
• Fixed resource packs made for Minecraft 1.12.2 being marked as incompatible

Other

• Fixed outfits of your previous account showing up on the Outfits screen after switching accounts

New Features

Atmosphere

• Added the Atmosphere mod. Choose the time of day and the weather you see while the server keeps its own. Only you see the changes
• Time Changer sets the time of day by hand. Real Time makes day, night and the moon phase follow the real time at your place
• Weather shows rain, snow, thunderstorms or grey skies. Pick one yourself or follow the real forecast for your place, hour by hour
• Real Sky replaces Minecraft's sun, moon and stars with the real ones above your place, with optional constellation lines. Look at a constellation for a while to see its name
• Aurora shows northern or southern lights in the overworld sky, all the time or only when they would really be seen at your place right now

HUD Widgets

• Added the Weather and Weather Forecast widgets. Search your town by name to set your place. The forecast shows the coming hours or days
• Added the TPS widget. It estimates how many ticks per second the server runs, so you can see when it lags
• Added the Jump Reset widget. It shows how many jump resets you landed and how many ticks early or late you jumped
• Group equipment widgets like armor and main hand into one strip in the widget editor. Drag a box over them, then press ctrl+j or use the right click menu. Strips snap next to and above the hotbar. Alt+drag takes a widget out again
• Added Experience Bar Colors. Color the level number and the bar in one color or a rainbow that flows along them
• The effect duration bars can now also show in the effect list next to your inventory, with Show in Inventory
• Added Pause When Tabbed Out to the Stopwatch widget

Name Tags

• Added a LIVE tag with the viewer count above players who stream on Twitch right now. The player menu shows a LIVE badge on their stream link. Turn it off with Show Live Streams (IDEA-1041, IDEA-1514, IDEA-8674)
• Added partner tags. Creators show their logo next to their name, and so do players who support them with their creator code. Enter a creator code in the account menu
• Added Nametag Background. Turn it off to show only the name without the dark box

Streamer Mode

• Added Streamer Mode. It hides server addresses, your friends' servers, your place, your other accounts, Laby Chat messages and, if you like, coordinates
• It is set to Automatic by default and turns on while OBS or other streaming software like vMix, Meld Studio, Wirecast, TikTok Live Studio or SplitCam runs

Menus

• The back and forward buttons of your mouse now step through Laby Client menus. On macOS, mouse side buttons that drivers like Logi Options+ send as swipes now work in game. Turn this off with Side Buttons from Swipes
• Sliders in the settings now have a number field next to them, so you can type an exact value
• The command palette now lists Minecraft's options screens like Key Binds and Video Settings
• Redesigned the controls in the wardrobe
• Hold shift and press the arrow keys to move the selected resource pack in Minecraft 1.8.9 to 1.18.2 (IDEA-22447)

Chat

• The chat now suggests Laby Client commands and their arguments while you type
• Turn off the unread count of a chat tab in its dialog or its right click menu

Gameplay

• No View Bobbing is now Camera Bobbing and Hand Bobbing. Steady removes the sway to the sides, or turn bobbing off
• Added Shield Scale to make your shield smaller in first person
• Added Raise Shields When They Block. In third person, shields stay lowered until they really block
• Added Hide HUD to the Zoom mod. It hides the HUD and the chat while you zoom
• Added Fix Double Sneak Animation to Minecraft Fixes. Your player no longer crouches twice when you tap sneak quickly (MC-159163)
• Chess duels show the Chess.com ratings next to the players
• The exact ping in the player list now draws at full size. Exact Ping Size makes it smaller again (IDEA-21383, IDEA-22457)
• Servers can now remove the hit penalty for missed attacks

More

• The Laby app now shows your chat tabs and notifications with buttons
• Added support for Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 7
• Minecraft 26.3 starts faster

Changes

• Resource packs from a server no longer show the Fancy Font, Graphics Conflict and Shader Conflict notifications on every join. The Custom Font and Faster Chests switches say when a server pack keeps them off
• The chat window no longer draws a resize symbol at the edge where the mouse cursor already shows it, in Minecraft 1.21.10 and newer

Bugfixes

Rendering

• Fixed sprays only showing half or not showing at all (IDEA-22463)
• Fixed the experience level and glowing sign text looking smeared with the custom font
• Fixed Distant Horizons drawing no distant terrain while Fullbright is on
• Fixed the name tag text shadow being drawn over the text when the ping is shown in the name tag in Minecraft 1.8.9 and 1.12.2 (IDEA-22489)

Other

• Fixed the Laby app finding your PC but not connecting to it when the PC also has virtual network adapters, like those of WSL, VirtualBox, VMware or Docker
• Fixed notifications showing twice (IDEA-22365)
• Fixed number fields in the settings changing what you type, like 5 into 5.0
• Fixed addon resource packs getting saved into the data packs of worlds you create or load
• Fixed the copy button in the screenshot viewer being pressable again while it copies, and the date in its header getting cut off
• Fixed the menus only filling part of the window after switching to fullscreen in Minecraft 1.8.9 and 1.12.2 (IDEA-22485)
• Fixed OptiFine's Fullscreen Mode setting having no effect in Minecraft 1.8.9 and 1.12.2
• Fixed mods and HUD widgets that the server does not allow still looking available in the Mods menu. They are now grayed out and show the reason when you hover them
• Fixed the Sneaking option of Classic PvP not showing that it is blocked on servers that do not allow it, such as Hypixel

New Features

Camera

• Added the AFK Camera, off by default. After a while without input it films your player from different angles like a movie. Any input gives you the view back. Servers can turn it off, and it is off on Hypixel
• Added Cinema Bars to the Zoom mod, off by default. They slide in while you are zoomed in

Chat

• Added a "New tab" wizard. Pick Mentions of me, From a player, Laby friends, Contains, Channel tag, Players only, Server messages, Whole chat or Custom rule, or start from a suggestion or a message in your chat, and see a live preview of your recent messages
• Chat rules can now also show messages in a tab of their own and match mentions of you, Laby friends, a player, player chat only or server messages only. New or changed tabs and rules now also sort the messages already in your chat
• Hover a chat message and click "..." or right click it to copy the message, the username or a link, reply privately, open the laby.net profile, add the sender as a Laby friend or start a new tab or rule from it
• Added a player card when you hover a sender's name in the open chat. Turn it on under Ingame Chat > Player card

Fonts

• The custom font now also draws Minecraft's own text, on every Minecraft version. Glyphs from resource packs keep their look. Turn off Ingame Custom Font under Appearance > Font to keep Minecraft's font
• Pick any installed font or your own .ttf, .otf or .ttc file under Appearance > Font > Your Own Font. The font list shows every font name in its own font and can be searched
• Turn on In Every Theme to use the custom font in the Vanilla theme too

Hotkeys

• Pick hotkeys on a keyboard popup that shows which keys are free and what each key is bound to. It supports key combinations and ISO, ANSI and other keyboard layouts
• The Minecraft key binds screen has a keyboard button next to every key bind too

Player List

• Added new options to the Custom Player List, all off by default. Sort players, group them by team, hide yourself or NPCs, highlight yourself, your friends and your party, and show who joins and leaves
• Added a ping trend, game mode icons and a server info line. Show Distance and Direction shows how far away nearby players are, in singleplayer and on servers that allow it
• Added Interactive Mode, off by default. While the player list is open, press the Interactive Mode Key (right click by default) to search the list or click a player to pin them, message them, open them in Laby Chat, teleport to them in spectator mode, copy their UUID or hide them or their cosmetics. A player card and Double-Tap to Lock Open are optional
• Added Toggle Mode, Scale, Vertical Position, Row Spacing, Row Padding, Corner Roundness, Opacity, Animations and own background colors for the header and footer
• Tall player lists now spread over more columns so they fit on the screen

Vanilla Theme

• The mods menu, wardrobe, minigames, Laby Chat and its dialogs, server directory, screenshots, Laby Commander, world sharing, cursor editor and popups now sit in windows like the game's own dark popup windows. Resource packs can replace their cards (IDEA-22339)
• Added Window Colors to pick the frame, background and accent color of these windows, or the Dark or Light preset
• The multiplayer and wardrobe tabs use the game's tab textures in Minecraft 1.19.4 and newer

More

• Added support for Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 4
• Settings are now saved shortly after you change them, so they are no longer lost when the game closes unexpectedly
• Added support for servers that use the Apollo server API. Their mod restrictions and teams now work in Laby Client, and team markers follow their teams. You can turn this off with Apollo Server API in the multiplayer settings
• Wearing an outfit now also puts on its cape, and its skin goes on right away instead of asking first. The wardrobe previews the outfit's skin and cape on your player
• Skin and cape changes made in the launcher or on the Minecraft website now show up in game without a restart
• Added a sound picker to Custom Sound (Kill Sounds), Custom Hit Sound (Hit Markers) and Custom Disable Sound (Shields). Search every sound of the game and your resource packs and listen to it before picking
• Added an Accent Color to the Laby theme. The highlighted buttons and the sky behind the menus follow it
• Show Own Name has a new Respect Vanilla mode that hides your name when your team on the server hides name tags
• Added Swipe to go back on macOS. Swipe right with two fingers on the trackpad to go back in Laby Client menus

Changes

• Moved the Laby Chat notification settings into the Notifications settings, in a new Social group
• The search bar of the Laby Chat friend list now stays visible when you have many friends, also after switching tabs

Bugfixes

Crash

• Fixed a crash on startup when Fabric API and the Framework mod are installed (IDEA-21985)
• Fixed the game crashing at launch in Minecraft 1.8.9 with Forge (IDEA-22338)
• Fixed a crash at startup when the main monitor reports no display mode
• Fixed crashes on PCs where a system library can't be loaded, both at startup and in the HUD widgets that show CPU and memory usage
• Fixed the client not starting when a settings file is damaged, and settings files getting damaged when the PC turns off while they are saved
• Fixed crashes after an incomplete or outdated asset download. Outdated asset files are now replaced on the next start
• Fixed a crash when joining a world in Minecraft 1.8.9 and 1.12.2 on graphics cards without uniform buffer support
• Fixed a crash when a 3D preview in a menu has no space to be drawn
• Fixed a second crash while Minecraft saves the world after a crash in Minecraft 26.1 and newer

Widget Editor

• Fixed the Paper Doll widget ignoring its configured size in game on Minecraft 1.21.6 and newer (IDEA-21386)
• Fixed the Paper Doll glitching while playing an emote like Werewolf in first person (IDEA-14545)
• Fixed the F-Direction widget showing the wrong direction between 352 and 360 degrees (IDEA-11240)
• Fixed the Main Hand and armor widgets briefly showing the previous item after switching from an empty slot (IDEA-13687)
• Fixed the Inventory Tracker and Item Counter treating colored variants like stained clay as one item in Minecraft 1.8.9 (IDEA-14484)
• Fixed HUD widget backgrounds having blurry edges at high GUI or widget scales

Rendering

• Fixed light sources leaving rendering artifacts with shader packs like Rethinking Voxels or Complementary when using Iris on Minecraft versions before 26.2 (IDEA-22352)
• Fixed tall resource pack symbols, like the player heads some servers send, being covered by the lines below them in Advanced Chat and the Scoreboard (IDEA-22332)
• Fixed motion blur not showing at high frame rates (IDEA-13822)
• Fixed the fishing line not attaching to the rod tip while zoomed in first person (IDEA-12031)
• Fixed your own name tag in the inventory tilting up or down with the camera (IDEA-19388)
• Fixed your own name tag still showing with F1 or while invisible (IDEA-14064)
• Fixed players standing on one leg after an emote in Minecraft 1.16.5 to 1.21.1 (IDEA-22341)
• Fixed markers below y 0 floating in the air (IDEA-14268)
• Fixed lines in menus drawing as zigzags in Minecraft 26.2 (IDEA-21593)
• Fixed text disappearing when the text shader of a resource pack fails to load
• Fixed text with non-breaking spaces or resource pack spaces not showing with a custom font
• Fixed menus staying broken after one of their elements failed to draw
• Fixed blurred buttons inside popups blurring the wrong part of the screen

Mod Compatibility

• Fixed OptiFine K1 and K2 not working with Minecraft 26.1.2 and 26.2
• Fixed the custom block outline not applying with OptiFine in Minecraft 26.2
• Fixed other mods' changes to the fire overlay being ignored while Clear View is on
• Fixed conflicts with other mods in Minecraft 26.2 and newer

Classic PvP

• Fixed the 1.7 sneaking animation no longer working on servers with Intave after switching servers (IDEA-21170)
• Fixed the 1.7 food animation breaking when the main hand is set to left (IDEA-9998)
• Fixed hearts still flickering while regenerating with the 1.7 heart animation in Minecraft 1.20.2 and newer (IDEA-10000)

Chat

• Fixed advanced chat indenting the lines of multi-line server messages as if they were wrapped (IDEA-19454)
• Fixed hidden messages showing up in the chat history when an addon changes them (IDEA-13271)
• Fixed changes in the chat tab dialog getting lost when leaving it with Back, X or Escape, which brought deleted rules back
• Fixed the color preview on chat tab rules being off-center and looking different from the color field in the rule dialog
• Fixed switches and color fields in the chat tab dialog not lining up, and switches in the Vanilla theme being larger than other vanilla switches

Laby Chat

• Fixed Laby Chat still showing the old server after being sent to another server with /transfer (IDEA-19849)
• Fixed friends without a rank showing as "Legacy" (IDEA-22008)
• Fixed outgoing friend requests that could not be cancelled because the server no longer knew them (IDEA-21809)
• Fixed screenshots from tools like Greenshot being sent as blank images (IDEA-21117)
• Fixed the arrow keys not moving the emoji suggestion selection while the mouse is over the list (IDEA-22044)
• Fixed "Show connected server" not being greyed out while your status is invisible (IDEA-14537)
• Fixed joining friends and party members on IPv6 servers (IDEA-13576)
• Fixed the friend list for sending a screenshot running off the screen. It is now a searchable list (IDEA-21210)
• Fixed creating or joining a global party not opening its chat in Laby Chat
• Fixed the global party info showing group options instead of the host, invites and leaving the party
• Fixed the server name being cut off in the prompt to follow the party host
• Fixed the game covers in the Laby Chat minigames tab showing up late after opening it

Menus

• Fixed the Minecraft music toast in the pause menu being hidden behind the navigation bar (IDEA-21781)
• Fixed the achievements screen in Minecraft 1.8.9 having no background and drawing outside its frame (IDEA-20926)
• Fixed world icons resetting to the default icon when switching back to the Singleplayer tab (IDEA-20674)
• Fixed the Options tab on servers showing world creation settings after creating a world (IDEA-13224)
• Fixed the Realms tab still showing the previous account after switching accounts (IDEA-21479)
• Fixed the language and accessibility buttons on the title screen showing their name next to the icon in Minecraft 1.16.5 (IDEA-18423)
• Fixed the resource pack loading screen ignoring the dark loading screen setting in Minecraft 1.16.5 (IDEA-12524)
• Fixed long links in the open link confirmation covering the buttons (IDEA-13135)
• Fixed tab list scores overlapping the ping bars (IDEA-20079)
• Fixed the chroma speed resetting when picking a shade or typing a hex color (IDEA-13824)
• Fixed line break spam in addon reviews stretching the review card (IDEA-13514)
• Fixed disabled buttons not showing the "not allowed" mouse cursor (IDEA-22299)
• Fixed buttons, cards and rows in the Discovery not playing a click sound (IDEA-22298)
• Fixed the tabs at the top of the wardrobe playing a click sound when they are already selected (IDEA-22296)
• Fixed the main menu buttons staying invisible or half transparent when the dynamic background finished loading during the fade-in
• Fixed the dynamic background missing in menus that open before the title screen, like the server list after quick play from the Laby Launcher
• Fixed notifications covering the account and the buttons next to it in the navigation bar. In the Vanilla theme they also no longer cover the buttons at the top of Laby Chat and open menus
• Fixed the navigation bar over the singleplayer world list sitting on a lighter strip than the screen's header
• Fixed the back button of the addon store drawing its icon too large in the Vanilla theme

Other

• Fixed "Unknown Host" errors when joining a server after the internet connection came back (IDEA-21433)
• Fixed getting kicked for illegal characters after inviting an NPC through the interaction menu (IDEA-14166)
• Fixed a strange box character after pasting text into books in Minecraft 1.8.9 and 1.12.2 (IDEA-14436)
• Fixed the emote wheel using the spray wheel's blur setting (IDEA-21939)
• Fixed settings sometimes not being saved on Windows while a virus scanner or the search indexer held the file open
• Fixed the client not warning about a full disk on some systems when settings can't be saved
• Fixed some slim skins being detected as wide when uploading a skin with the Automatic skin type

LabyMod is now Laby Client.

The new name comes with a lot of new things to play with. There's a new default theme in the style of laby.net, a Command Palette on Ctrl/Cmd + K that finds any setting, mod or friend, and a mods menu with the addon store built in. Laby Chat got a full redesign with parties and minigames, and there's a long list of new mods for PvP, your inventory and visuals.

New Features

A new name and a new look

The new Laby theme brings the style of laby.net into the game and is now the default. If you like pixels, turn on the optional Pixel Style. Fancy is still there. It's called Glass now.

• Added icon packs, including a new monochrome Modern pack. Resource packs can ship their own
• The navigation moved completely into the header, and the footer is gone

Command Palette

Press Ctrl/Cmd + K and start typing. The Command Palette searches mods, every setting, friends, addons, servers and screens at once. It can also toggle settings, wear cosmetics and play emotes, and it works as a calculator too.

Mods menu

The new mods catalog is now the default, with three tile layouts and live previews for 29 more mods. Store addons live right inside it, so you can browse and install them without leaving the menu, and every addon has its own page.

Some mods got names that are easier to find: CPS (formerly Click Test), Reach Display (formerly Range) and Hit Color (formerly Damage).

Laby Chat

We redesigned Laby Chat to match laby.net and the app. It has read receipts, reactions, replies, group avatars and new dialogs for friends and groups. And GIFs play now.

Friends and chats have their own tabs, and you can pin friends to the top. The chat header has keys to join a friend's server, invite them or challenge them to a game. Group owners can add and remove members and hand the group over to someone else.

• Parties: Temporary groups whose members follow the host across servers, even into the host's singleplayer world. The chat tells you when someone joins, leaves or switches servers
• Chat Minigames: 6 solo games and 6 duels against friends, including Chess, Tetris and Battleship, all built from Minecraft textures

Minecraft Chat

The chat tools got an overhaul. AutoText, Name History, Symbols & Emoji, chat tabs and filters are much easier to set up now. Ctrl/Cmd + F searches the chat, and Ctrl + R searches the messages you sent.

Inventory mod

The new Inventory mod bundles 20 features in one place: Inventory Search, Container Preview for shulker boxes and ender chests, Inventory Locks, Hotbar Links, Durability Warning, New Item Marks, Rarity Background, an Open Animation and a separate Inventory Size.

PvP & Combat

• Added Hit Markers, Kill Sounds, a Low Health Warning and a TNT Timer
• Added Team Markers, visible through walls. Servers have to allow them
• Added Shields with status colors. Turn on Side Shield and the lowered shield lies flat at the edge of the screen
• Added Attack Indicator styles with ready sounds
• Name Tags can now show ping and a text shadow, and Totems got a pop counter

HUD Widgets

• New widgets: PvP Stats, Damage Direction, Totem Pops and Stopwatch
• Added Hearts in One Row, Armor Bar colors and a Minecraft style with duration bars for Potion Effects

Visuals

• Added Item Appearance to move, resize and change the swing of held items and to resize dropped items
• Added Enchantment Glint color, including chroma
• Added Clear View for less fire, a lower shield, clear glass and fewer overlays
• Added Particles with a multiplier, size and color for every particle type
• Added Wingtip Vortices, vapor trails behind elytra wings

Performance

• Added Dynamic FPS, which lowers the frame rate, volume and graphics in the background, while idle or on battery
• Added Custom GUI Scale with finer steps like 2.5
• Menus open and switch noticeably faster

More

• Loot boxes are now a tab in the wardrobe, and the Skin tab was reworked
• The wardrobe now has the cosmetic options that used to be on the laby.net dashboard only, like the eyes of Snoxh, your own images on cloaks and bandanas, and names for pets and the Minime
• Added Laby+ prestige frames that grow with your Laby+ streak
• The dynamic background is now a fully rendered block world with shadows and colored light
• Draw your own mouse cursor in a new cursor editor
• Laby Voice Chat now supports servers with Simple Voice Chat installed, so you can hear each other
• Added panorama screenshots. The new Panorama Screenshot hotkey takes a 360-degree screenshot, and you can look around in it in the screenshot viewer. Send one in Laby Chat and your friends can look around too

Bugfixes

And on top of all that, we fixed many, many, many bugs. A few of them:

Crash

• Fixed Minecraft 26.2 not starting on Windows with Smart App Control turned on
• Fixed the game crashing on startup with Sodium in Minecraft 1.16.5 to 1.20.6 (IDEA-22214)
• Fixed a crash on startup on macOS when Laby Client could not create its folder
• Fixed Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.17.1 and 1.18.2 crashing or timing out when you start the game with a server to join right away
• Fixed the game freezing when leaving a singleplayer world in Minecraft 1.8.9 and 1.12.2

Rendering

• Fixed speech bubbles showing emoji as text codes
• Fixed the emote, spray and interaction wheels covering the crosshair in first person
• Fixed possible text glitches in the Twitch, YouTube and TikTok widgets in Minecraft 26.3

Cosmetics

• Fixed the old cape staying visible in game after choosing no cape in Minecraft 1.20.4 and newer
• Fixed a cosmetic you are only previewing disappearing from your player model after changing one of its options

Other

• Fixed the game not returning to fullscreen after closing a file selection window