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MeshMC Update 7.2.0, now available

Published on April 15, 2026 • MeshMC

Highlights

  • Added a full crash reporting and log management system
  • Improved the update pipeline, including feed parsing, version comparison, and updater integration
  • Strengthened error handling during update checks and archive extraction
  • Cleaned up launcher internals, compiler flags, and several code paths for clarity and stability
  • Added initial Pacman packaging
  • Introduced AUR automation through GitHub Actions
  • Improved packaging directory structure and release patching workflow

Changelog

Added

  • Added a new crash reporter application and dialog flow for handling launcher crashes
  • Added CrashReportDialog with QR code support for full logs and paste.ee links
  • Added MeshMCLogsDialog for viewing and managing MeshMC logs
  • Added support for log uploading to paste.ee
  • Added UpdateProgressDialog to show updater progress and logs
  • Added MESHMC_BINARY to BuildConfig for application binary naming
  • Added a shell wrapper for the meshmc binary in portable tarball installations
  • Added unit tests for UpdateChecker
  • Added Pacman package support
  • Added packaging directory placeholders with .gitkeep
  • Added .gitignore for Pacman packaging outputs
  • Added a GitHub Actions workflow for automatic AUR package updates for MeshMC

Changed

  • Refactored version comparison in UpdateChecker to use qint64 for better accuracy
  • Refactored installer behavior to store downloaded archives in the install root
  • Refactored stable feed item parsing in the update system
  • Refactored process management in ModernLauncher
  • Improved applet instantiation in OneSixLauncher
  • Refactored getKernelInfo to use QOperatingSystemVersion
  • Updated Java-related compile flags to use --release
  • Adjusted CMake CXX flags by removing redundant warning flags for MSVC and refining non-MSVC flags
  • Enhanced compiler flags for both MSVC and Unix builds to improve warning coverage and stricter handling
  • Refactored multiple methods, parameters, and internal declarations for improved clarity and maintainability
  • Reformatted MeshMC source code
  • Updated the release workflow patching process by removing an unnecessary copy step

Fixed

  • Fixed updater binary name references in UpdateController

  • Added error handling for update check failures in MainWindow

  • Improved extraction error handling in the installer

  • Fixed type casting issues in several areas, including:

    • rowCount
    • JsonFormat.cpp
    • VersionList::count

  • Fixed warnings in integrated libnbtplusplus code

  • Improved packaging-related workflow structure for release automation

Removed

  • Removed unused MeshMC documentation
  • Removed unused helper functions and variables in several source files
  • Removed unused parameters across multiple methods to simplify interfaces
  • Removed unnecessary packaging-related copy behavior from the release workflow