Essential 1.2.3.1 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed using high resolution resource packs causing the main and pause menus to freeze temporarily
- Fixed an issue where marking a group of messages as unread would attempt to mark your own messages as unread
- Fixed the option to use the Minecraft button textures on 1.20.2
- Fixed an issue where enabling cheats when creating a world, but disabling them when sharing to your friends would still allow them to execute commands
- Fixed emotes still playing on the pause screen when they are disabled through the Essential Settings menu
Essential 1.2.3 - The Chit-Chat Update
Social menu improvements and Essential button texture setting!
Social Menu
- Redesigned the message input field and reply banner
- Added ability to attach screenshots to messages
- Added ability to edit messages
- Added last message sent timestamp to chat list
- Added muted indicator on friends and groups to chat list
- Added ability to save shared pictures
- Updated image embed design
- Updated background color of sent messages
- Updated color of links
- Updated world/server invite and join buttons
- Minor bug fixes
Pictures
- Added the option to run a quick-action after taking a screenshot
- Added a better placeholder for pictures which couldn't be loaded
- Updated default bottom-left screenshot quick action to "Copy Picture"
Appearance
- Added the option to use the vanilla button texture for Essential menu buttons
- Added support for resource packs to override the Essential menu button texture
Modals
- Added a "Create New World" button to the host world modal
- Added information to empty friend invite, make group, and share screenshot modals
Settings
- Updated the layout of all settings
- Updated the name and description of all settings
Essential 1.2.2.4 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where scrolling in certain menus would cause the game to crash
- Fixed a bug causing excessive memory allocation on the multiplayer screen, potentially leading to crashes
Essential 1.2.2.3 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Improvements
- Updated bundled MixinExtras to 0.2.0
UI Changes
- Improved friend indicators on server entries and hosted worlds in the Multiplayer menu
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where the "Cheats" option wouldn't have the correct value when sharing a Singleplayer world for the first time
- Fixed Add Friend modal showing "Username doesn't exist" error when typing longer usernames
- Fixed the modal fade-in transition not showing on some systems
- Fixed an issue where the Essential logo wasn't appearing on Fabric when using Mod Menu
- Fixed search in Wardrobe sometimes showing incorrect items
- Fixed an issue where muting or un-muting a player in the social menu would show an error
- Fixed a bug where the Essential screenshot sound would still play when Essential is disabled in settings
- Fixed a bug where disabling Essential wouldn't remove Essential capes
- Fixed an issue where disabling Essential through the toggle in settings would cause body parts with cosmetics on them to disappear
Compatibility
- Fixed Plasmo Voice 2.x not working with World Hosting
- Fixed Essential World Hosting, chat and other issues when using Vivecraft
- Fixed an issue where Essential's online indicator wouldn't show on certain servers
Essential 1.2.2.2 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
New Versions
- Added support for 1.20.2 Fabric
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug in the game (MCL-3732) resulting in a crash when receiving a resource pack on 1.8.9
- Fixed a crash when inviting players to a server under certain circumstances
Essential 1.2.2.1 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Improvements
- Updated bundled Kotlin to stdlib 1.9.10, coroutines 1.7.3 and serialization 1.6.0 on Fabric and 1.8.9/1.12.2 Forge
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where text inside messages wouldn't get unselected properly
- Fixed a bug in the game where player data would load incorrectly when sharing your world with your friends
- Fixed an issue with drawing onto screenshots on macOS
- Fixed modals not showing on title screen with FancyMenu
Essential 1.2.2 - Update Update
Automatic updates are now opt-in!
Automatic Updates
- Automatic updates are now opt-in for everyone
- Added manual update option
Improvements
- Added ability to directly share screenshots with friends
- Screenshot quick actions are now fully configurable
- Various minor UI improvements
Compatibility
- Fixed Essential not showing on main menu when FancyMenu is enabled
- Fixed crashes with ViaFabric and Draggable Lists in the multiplayer menu
- Fixed proxied server pings failing with ViaFabric
- Fixed the Essential diamond being black in the player list with Iris installed
- Fixed the player's hand still being visible when zooming in with Iris installed
Bug Fixes
- Default trusted hosts will load properly when Essential is disabled
- Fixed avatar images not loading on older Minecraft versions
Essential 1.2.1.8 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed toggle button colors not updating in modals when clicked
Essential 1.2.1.7 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Improvements
- Cheat option has new behaviour on Essential World Hosting:
- When enabled: Host gets OP and they can choose who to OP
- When disabled: No one gets OP
- Added a scrollbar to the account switcher
- Added confirmation modal when opening untrusted links in Social Menu
- Added telemetry about operating system information
Misc
- Removed the keybind for adding the player that you are looking at as a friend
Bug Fixes
- Fixed cape rendering incorrectly in pause menu while using emotes on Minecraft 1.19.3 and above
- Fixed confirm via Enter key on text modals such as the Add Friend modal
- Fixed game rule text not wrapping correctly on the World Host Settings screen
- Removed broken third party image embeds
- Removed localization of dates in the screenshot browser
- Fixed first person emote preview sometimes appearing when the "Play emotes in third person view" setting is enabled
- Fixed first person emote preview disappearing too early
- Fixed screenshots overlapping in the Screenshot Browser list view on certain resolutions
- Fixed
Copy Image
not functioning correctly with some applications on MacOS - Fixed
Copy Image
not functioning reliably on Linux - Fixed "Show friends what server you play on" dialog showing multiple times if screen is resized
- Fixed avatar images not loading
- Fixed spacing in "Loading cosmetics" modal
- Removed toast blocking access to Wardrobe via keybind when cosmetics are disabled
- Fixed long world names and descriptions in Select World modal
- Fixed a crash that occurred when failing to get hardware information for telemetry
- Fixed Discord usernames not being handled correctly when the user has migrated to the new username system
- Fixed markdown renderer crashing on some texts
- Fixed cosmetics not rendering in the Wardrobe when cosmetics are disabled in settings
- Fixed color of hovered links
- Fixed occasional crash when switching away from Owned Only in the Wardrobe
Compatibility
- Fixed position of Essential button in settings menu with NoChatReports installed
- The Screenshot Browser now works correctly with the Shared Resources mod
Essential 1.2.1.6 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
New Versions
- Added support for 1.20.1 Forge
Improvements
- Added a new loading animation for image embeds in the Social Menu
Bug Fixes
- Stopped showing changelog modal on fresh install
- Fixed Essential Menu showing when game is paused with F3 + Esc
Essential 1.2.1.5 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed failure to connect via Essential World Hosting on 1.20.1
Essential 1.2.1.4 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
New Versions
- Added support for 1.20.1 Fabric
Essential 1.2.1.3 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Show a notification when the Blossom and Sniffer capes are unlocked
- Fixed Essential menu alignment in Pause Menu in Minecraft 1.19.3
Misc
- Reworded cosmetic and armor conflict settings, removed
Always hide armor
option
Essential 1.2.1.2 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
New Versions
- Added support for 1.20 Fabric
- Unlock the Sniffer and Blossom Capes when playing with friends on MC 1.20.x using Essential World Hosting
Improvements
- Added setting to hide your cosmetics for yourself and other players (toggled by existing key binding)
- Messages that are still sending are now marked by a different color
- Minor UI improvements in Social Menu
Bug Fixes
- Fixed cosmetics in Wardrobe disappearing when emote is dragged onto them
- Fixed messages being sent out of order when connection is unstable
Essential 1.2.1.1 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed crash when rendering certain cosmetics on Minecraft 1.8.9
Essential 1.2.1 - Minor Improvements
Various fixes and improvements.
Improvements
- Social Menu: Added reply button to messages
- Added Resource Pack Sharing support for outdated resource packs
- Screenshot Manager: Added option to view and delete screenshots uploaded to media.essential.gg
- Made "Show my Armor" setting also hide Elytra when applicable
- Unbind the Save Hotbar Activator keybind for new users to avoid conflict with Zoom hotkey
- Updated friend selection modal when inviting friends to a world
- Stopped sending a client settings packet on all cosmetic updates to avoid falsely triggering some Anti Cheats
- Various UI improvements and bug fixes
Compatibility
- Fixed incompatibility with Show Me Your Skin mod
- Fixed incompatibility with Not Enough Gamerules mod
- Fixed random crash with Serene Seasons mod
- Added support for FreeBSD
Essential 1.2.0.14 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Player Hosting
- Added warning when MacOS firewall state blocks Player Hosting connections
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Optifine breaking some screenshot functionality on Fabric 1.19.4
- Fixed Optifine breaking typing in modal inputs on Fabric 1.19.4
- Fixed crash when using Optifine on Forge 1.19.4
- Misc minor UI/Other fixes
Essential 1.2.0.13 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Player Hosting sessions starting on adventure mode when opening from the main menu
Essential 1.2.0.12 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
New Versions
- Added support for 1.19.4 Forge
User Interface Tweaks
- Moved Essential settings button
Bug Fixes
- Fixed crash with malformed player signature
- Misc UI fixes and tweaks
Essential 1.2.0.11 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
New Versions
- Added support for 1.19.4 Fabric
Bug Fixes
- Fixed some issues relating to IPv6 with Player Hosting
- Fixed cosmetic unavailable on offline mode servers toast showing when staring a Player Hosting session
- Fixed World Share Settings GUI allowing the changing of difficulty when it is locked
- Fixed 3rd party capes showing in emote previews
- Fixed synchronization of friend request privacy across installs
- Fixed skins flashing for 1 frame in player previews
- Misc UI fixes
Compatibility
- Fixed game freezing with Forge-Client-Reset-Packet
- Fixed menu player sometimes using wrong model (Steve when it should be Alex) with OptiFine
- Show warning about cosmetics being unavailable when connecting to offline mode servers
Wardrobe
- Temporarily removed "Gift" button because it did not quite work as one would expect, you can still use the web store to gift cosmetics to your friends
Essential 1.2.0.10 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Social menu
- Ignore embed handling for links wrapped in <>. For example, https://essential.gg
- Fixed 'Failed to load image' error showing on links that successfully loaded but did not contain an image embed
- Fixed extra toast when an announcement is edited
Player Hosting
- Removed 'friends' privacy setting. All sessions are now invite only
- Fixed host resource pack being zipped even when share resource pack is disabled
Wardrobe
- Improved loading speed of visible items inside the Wardrobe
- Adjusted minimium width of player preview to allow more content to be shown
- Fixed some keys toggling cosmetics in Wardrobe when toggle cosmetics hotkey was unbound on 1.8.9 and 1.12.2
- Fixed Wardrobe being empty on first openening in some cases
Bug Fixes
- Verify user has accepted terms of service before attempting to upload screenshot via upload button on toast
- Misc minor UI fixes
Compatibility improvements
- Fixed conflict with NotEnoughAnimations on 1.16
- Fixed parrots not animating on emotes on 1.16+ Forge with OptiFine
Essential 1.2.0.9 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Compatibility
- Fix emote incompatibility with NotEnoughAnimations on 1.19.x
Bug Fixes
- Fixed 'Loading Cosmetics' modal closing way too early while some cosmetics may still be loading
- Fixed emotes breaking elytra position
- Fixed taking a screenshot while in a text input clearing search results on MacOS
- Fixed Forge bug on 1.12.2 causing difficulty to reset when changing dimensions
- Misc UI fixes
Essential 1.2.0.8 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed various connection issues with Player Hosting
- Fixed cape misbehaving when emotes are disabled in the settings
- Fixed log spam when emote keybind is pressed with no emote bound
Compatibility
- Fixed compatibility with emotes with Quark mod
Essential 1.2.0.7 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
New Versions
- Added support for 1.19.3 Fabric and Forge
Bug Fixes
- Fixed some emote bugs
- Prevent emote wheel from being opened when not authenticated on the Essential Network
- Allow escape to close modals while they are fading in
- Fixed new friend request indicator in the Social Menu persisting when accepting friend requests through a toast
- Fixed crashes in the Screenshot Browser relating to corrupted data files
- Fixed non armor items in the head armor slot not hiding when using the 'Always hide armor' setting
- Misc UI fixes and tweaks
Compatibility
- Resolved incompatibility with Orange Marshall's 1.7 animations mod when using the 'Hide conflicting armor' setting
- Resolved incompatibility with morechathistory mod
- Resolved incompatibility with new Kotlin4Forge versions
- Fixed typing in modals not working on 1.16.5 Fabric with Optifine
Essential 1.2.0.6 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Wardrobe closing when searching for items that don't exist
- Fixed collections showing outside their availability window
- Fixed fallback player renderer not looping emote animations
- Fixed typing in popups on 1.16.5 Fabric with Optifine
Compatibility
- Fixed compatibility between emotes and Orange Marshall's 1.7 animations
- Fixed compatibility with KotlinForForge 3.8+
Essential 1.2.0.5 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes
- Minor bug fixes relating to emotes
Essential 1.2.0.4 - Bug Fix Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes
- Improved compatibility with Optifine
- Minor bug fixes in Emote Wheel
Essential 1.2.0.3 - Bug Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed mod conflict with optifabric
- Fixed unpurchased emotes staying on the emote wheel after leaving the wardrobe in some cases
Essential 1.2.0.1 - Bug Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed emotes canceling while holding an item on MC 1.8.9 Forge
Essential 1.2.0 - The Emote Update
Added emotes and overhauled wardrobe
Emotes
- Added emotes!
- Added an emote wheel to play emotes (default keybind:
R
)
Wardrobe
- Wardrobe redesign
- Increased amount of outfits to eight
- Added option to customize multiple emote wheels
Misc
- Improved clarity around pressing escape in Player Hosting modals
- Added a notification when the Discord Cape is removed from your account after leaving the Essential Discord server
- Resolved some cosmetic loading issues
- Did we mention that we added emotes?
Essential 1.1.1.3 - Bug Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Compatibility
- Improved compatibility of hosting and joining worlds on old Mac OS versions
Essential 1.1.1.2 - Bug Patch
Minor Bug Fixes
Compatibility
- Fixed compatibility with Dynamic Player Progression and Difficulty mod
Bug Fixes
- Fixed screenshot editor size on retina displays
- Fixed accessing of Wardrobe via hotkey when cosmetics are disabled
- Fixed
/inviteworld
and other commands opening modals not working - Misc minor UI fixes and tweaks
Essential 1.1.1.1 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Social Menu opened randomly
Essential 1.1.1 - The Yummy Update
Sidebar main menu, message replies, and general UI improvements.
General
- Added setting to collapse the Essential main menu into a sidebar, or turn it off entirely
- In-game chat can now be scrolled while peeking
- Added a setting to remove quick action bar from Essential menu
Social Menu
- Overhauled parts of the social menu’s chat interface
- Right click to copy and paste in text input fields
- Added ability to reply to messages
- Added option to mark messages as read
- Friend requests tab now displays amount of unread requests
Design
- Fixed some design inconsistencies
- Updated design of on/off toggles
- Updated the folder icon
- Updated the friend request notification
- Updated the cosmetic purchase notification
- Added fancy icons to context menu actions
Fixes
- Gray links in “open link” modals are now clickable
- Fixed player names occasionally not resolving
- Message notifications are now properly cut off after three lines
- Modals now close when the screen changes
- Modals can now be closed with the Enter and Esc keys
Essential 1.1.0.10 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Wardrobe
- Added Spooky collection
- Added "Featured" sort option
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a Forge bug breaking Player Hosting
Essential 1.1.0.9 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Compatibility
- Improved compatibility with the player display and Figura mod
Bug fixes
- Removed ModCore warning setting on platforms ModCore wasn't released on
- Fixed TOS modal immediately showing on first boot. It now shows when players interact with a feature that requires the TOS to be accepted.
- Fixed sorting not working in some situations in the Wardrobe
- Misc minor UI fixes and changes
- Fixed the displayed sale percentage in the Wardrobe
Essential 1.1.0.7 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed cosmetic previews sometimes applying outside the Wardrobe
Essential 1.1.0.6 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Commands
- Rename
/invite
to/einvite
and/session
to/esession
to avoid conflicting with server commands
Essential 1.1.0.5 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Cosmetics
- Discord cape now shows in the owned tab
- Fixed cosmetic animations animating relative to an incorrect position
Compatibility
- Fixed 1.17 forge crash due to mixin error
- Improved compatibility with player display
Essential 1.1.0.4-2-g6b07567ce - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Settings
- Disable sharing current server IP on Discord by default
Essential 1.1.0.3 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed some modals having inconsistent height
- Fixed resource packs not being shared on 1.16+
- Fixed crash in legacy forge dev env
- Fixed World Settings screen being accessible in multiplayer
Essential 1.1.0.2 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug fixes
- Fixed changelogs modal not showing update description
- Fixed a crash involving certain resource packs
Essential 1.1.0.1 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- Fixed crash on world join on some Forge installs
- Fixed Discord cape being unlockable in Wardrobe without joining Discord
Essential 1.1.0 - Player Hosting Update
Discord integration and improvements to Player Hosting
Player Hosting
- Added "Host world" button to the main menu to quickly invite friends to a world
- New world settings screen to manage gamerules, player permissions, and other settings
- Added PvP gamerule to toggle player combat
- Added support for Plasmo Voice and Simple Voice Chat mods
- Last used world settings are now remembered for each world
- Added commands for the host to invite, kick, and op other players
- Improvements in connection quality using regional proxies where a direct connection is not possible
- Ability to share your Resource Pack when hosting a world
Discord Integration
- Essential is now shown in the Activity Status on Discord if enabled
- Invite friends to your world over Discord using the + button next to the message input field
- Added a free cape unlocked by joining the Essential Discord
Other
- Added setting to disable Essential entirely
- Added setting to disable cosmetics and control how they interact with armor
- Updated "Friend online" notification
- Set privacy settings for each server individually
- Fixed player UUIDs instead of names being displayed in some GUIs
Essential 1.0.0.10.1 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
- Fix 1.0.0.10 using incorrect jar for Fabric 1.19.1
Essential 1.0.0.10 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
New platform
- Added support for Forge 1.19.2
Compatibility
- Avoid log spamming when encountering compatibility conflicts with player display
Essential 1.0.0.9 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Misc
- Use Mojang profiles API to resolve names ahead of API changes
- Allow tab navigation of modals
- Fix SPS issues when the language was not English
- Minor UI fixes
Essential 1.0.0.8 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Cosmetics
- Introduce a new cape option to display any 3rd party capes another mod may add to your character
- Fixed log spam when loading cosmetics for the first time on some platforms
- Improved cosmetic loading sometimes causing game stuttering
Invite Friends
- A toast is now sent to all friends when you share a world on the friends privacy setting
- Improved the calculation of the best route for a lower latency connection in some situations
Misc
- Minor UI fixes
- Create a setting to bypass the link confirmation modal for trusted hosts
Essential 1.0.0.6 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Misc
- Import previous TOS accept/deny state on new installs
- Add link confirmation modal to Social Menu
- Minor UI fixes
Account Manager
- Fixed account manager not refreshing profile public keys
Essential 1.0.0.5 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Cosmetics
- Fixed cosmetics sometimes appearing white or with incorrect texture
Essential 1.0.0.4 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Compatibility
- Fixed crashes starting the game with certain mods for other Minecraft versions in the mods folder
Compatibility
- Improved compatibility of the player display in the main menu
Misc
- Provide default trusted hosts when TOS is denied
- Updated the default keybind for the Screenshot Browser to I
- Minor UI fixes
Essential 1.0.0.3 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Misc
- Fixed changelog or experimental features modals showing more than once
- Added right click menu to groups in the Social Menu
- Fixed typing in the Screenshot Browser causing screenshots to become white
- Improved media embeds in the messenger
- Removed erroneous "Unhandled error" logs
- Removed keybinds when the user did not accept the Essential Terms of Service
- Fixed Screenshot Browser breaking with large amounts of screenshots
- Minor UI fixes
Account Manager
- Improved saving and loading
- Removed Mojang accounts
Misc
- Fixed keybind category lingering when Essential was disabled
Essential 1.0.0.2 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Compatibility
- Fixed crash when opening the controls screen with Essential disabled
- Fixed Essential not showing up in the mod list
Compatibility
- Fix Optifine conflict with Essential screenshots
Misc
- Minor UI fixes
- Fixed Essential indicator improperly showing through walls under some circumstances
Invite Friends
- Fixed Invite Friends not working on dual-stack networks
Essential 1.0.0.1 - Bug Patch
Minor bug fixes
Wardrobe
- Optifine capes now show over Mojang capes equipped through the Wardrobe
- Fixed sorting options not applying when changing categories
Misc
- Fixed crash when entering Minecraft controls with Essential disabled
- Fixed crash from corrupted screenshot metadata
- Fixed changelogs modal not showing up after major or minor version update
- Fixed crash when tabbing out of Screenshot Editor
- Fixed incorrect version showing in the Essential Menu
- Fixed back button getting cut off at some aspect ratios
- Fixed failure to connect to the Essential Network if Minecraft took longer than 60 seconds to launch
Invite Friends
- Fixed Invite Friends not working on 1.16.5
Compatibility
- Fixed crash with BetterFPS Mod
- Fixed crash with MinecraftCapes Mod
Essential 1.0.0 - Full Release
Redesign of all UIs and improved Screenshot experience
Screenshots
- (1.8.9 & 1.12.2 only) Screenshots are now taken asynchronously without lag
- Browse all screenshots you've taken in Minecraft and sort them by world or server
- Draw on and crop your screenshots in the Screenshot Editor before saving them
- Upload screenshots to share a link
- Taking a screenshot now provides a preview and quick hover actions including Upload, Copy, Edit, and Favorite
Invite Friends
- Reduced latency whenever a direct connection is not possible
- Improved connection quality
- Fixed some issues causing players to time out
Wardrobe
- Renamed Customizer to Wardrobe
- Redesigned Wardrobe UI
- Show Capes on the player in Wardrobe and Menu
- Add Cape selector for official Mojang Capes
- Added gifting - gift cosmetics to your friends!
New Platforms
- Add support for 1.16.5 on Forge and Fabric
- Add support for 1.18.2 Forge
Other
- Redesigned all UI screens
- Added "Open Minecraft Folder" button
- Added the Essential Menu with Changelogs and Legal Notices
- Display Changelogs after version updates
- Improvements to Purchase Notification
- Changed onboarding to be more user-friendly
- Added button to refresh session when "Invalid Session" screen is encountered
- Bugfixes and improvements