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What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
I took a day or two away from studying to build a minimal Python script which fetches the entire game files for different Minecraft versions using the manifest- so that I don't have to fuss around with Microsoft's add-laden launcher, and then I experimented until I got game launching working with an even simpler script.
Now I'm experimenting with Drasl, a Yggdrasil (the Minecraft auth stack) compatible third-party authentication backend for Minecraft- which works fine with builds of Paper (the server).
I've owned a Minecraft account since early beta- at this point, roughly half my life ago- and I'm really not certain I enjoy Microsoft as a corporation. Now I have a solution which excises Microsoft from the equation- to an extent. They still develop the game, of course.
Very interesting. I had been doing similar work for a Valheim server. However, that uses the PlayFab/built in Steam system.
It works, but it would be nice to not be reliant on Steam (even though I like them as a company more than most).
Do you know if your solution is agnostic enough to front a Valheim server?