Desktop Screens

More Minecraft versions. Each has its own file; pick the one for your version and loader:

• 1.12.2: Forge
• 1.20.1: Forge, Fabric
• 1.21.1: NeoForge, Fabric
• 26.1.2: NeoForge, Fabric
• 26.2: NeoForge, Fabric (OpenGL and Vulkan)
• 26.3: NeoForge (beta, like NeoForge 26.3 itself), Fabric

Changes on every version:

• Shared screens play more smoothly and look sharper: pictures that arrive in bunches still play evenly, a small monitor (like 1024 x 768) is sent at its own size, and video keeps more detail.
• The cursor on screens: the text cursor is black with a white edge, so it stays readable on a small screen. Pointer styles and sizes from Windows' settings show, and changing them back works too.
• A screen's picture shows only on its front; it no longer shows through the block from behind.
• Fullscreen (F11): Alt+Tab to a window on another monitor keeps Minecraft on screen; it used to minimize as soon as the switcher opened.
• A maximized windowed Minecraft is no longer moved a few pixels in from the edges while you use its monitor's desktop.
• The hints at the top of the desktop view fade out instead of vanishing at once.

Good to know:

• 26.1 and newer: using the desktop, watching a screen and picture-in-picture count as activity, so Minecraft's lower frame rate while you're away doesn't slow them.
• NeoForge 26.2 with Vulkan: NeoForge 26.2 itself can't start Vulkan with its loading screen. Set earlyWindowControl = false in config/fml.toml. Fixed in NeoForge 26.3.
• 26.1 and newer: a NeoForge player can't join a Fabric server that has the mod (Fabric API's rule for modded blocks and items). The other way round works.

Please report bugs on GitHub: https://github.com/MagiMigi/desktop-screens/issues