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- Added Resource Pack Sharing support for outdated resource packs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 1.1.1.3 - 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