I hate to say I absolutely hate the new Technic Launcher. I love the Technic Pack and I have for quite a while, but this new launcher is driving me up the wall, which is very hard to do considering the force of gravity. Between using this new Technic Launcher and installing all the mods by hand, I would very happily install everything by hand, which I'll most likely be doing shortly. Here is my predicament:
I use two separate computers, one a laptop running windows 7 (and linux) the other a desktop running windows vista. I have updated my java to the appropriate versions and everything runs smoothly. The Technic Launcher hates me. It took me 3 hours to set it up on my laptop, and once I was able to get into minecraft, it rendered Minecraft unplayable due to heavy lag. My desktop computer on the other hand rejects the Technic Launcher entirely. I start it up, it gives me an error, I fix error, it gives me another, I fix that one, and I get another. Simply put, this is not my idea of fun.
Now, I am not the most computer savvy person I know, I know a few people who have written their own computer language and who actually make their computer boards from scratch. I do work with computers a bit though, primarily working with creating customized databases from scratch. I am having trouble installing, launching, and playing with the Technic Launcher. The Frequently Asked Questions section that I find lacks information. It says do this, it doesn't specify how or even direct me to another site which provides the answers.
I am sure nobody has sat you guys down at a table and informed you of how customers like their products. Customers like to unwrap the product, install, and run it with as little difficulty and confusion as possible. ((I use the word customers since they are the ones who utilize the service you provide, regardless of any monetary transaction)). Most customers do not know how to fiddle around with things until they work; most do not want to fiddle around with things. In this respect the new Technic Launcher fails. It takes too many involved steps for an average person to install, set up, and run the Technic Launcher.
Don't get me wrong, the Technic Launcher is a great idea. I like the idea of being able to switch between vanilla and technic pack versions. It is easier then switching out the appdata minecraft folders. I like being able to have the option to set how much memory to allocate to minecraft. I think the part where we can choose which mods to run requires a little work, maybe checkboxes to select and information on the mods presented to prevent people from having to constantly look up mod information. The Technic Launcher is a great idea, it just doesn't fully work yet. ((By fully work I mean fully function with minimal errors across a variety of computer systems and users; id est the average computer user can use your program with no problems))
Now you most likely will present with the argument that I have not invested in Minecraft and I use a pirated copy/account and therefore my opinions are of little concern to you. I regret to inform you I am a legitimate user with a legitimate account who bought my Minecraft account through Notch's minecraft.net website on March the 3rd, 2011 for a total of $21.35 (euro to dollar plus a 3% surcharge for converting, if I am reading my bank statement correctly) and would be more then happy to prove it in whatever way you wish.
