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Version selector/switcher for Bedrock Edition (downgrader/upgrader)

Java has the ability to pick the version you want to play in since... ever.

What bedrock edition is really lacking is some sort of launcher or version selector. If a launcher can't be implemented, then just a version selector in the game options menu would be fine!

Why? It would help a lot:

- Multiplayer servers
- Mods and packs

Need more reasons? Simply giving the power of choice to players is the best idea. That's why I (personally) prefer Java edition compared to Bedrock. The freedom of choice.

Always remember what made Minecraft so great!

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    This could also make it easier to leave the Beta if implemented correctly.

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    I think this is quite complicated to implement because of the console editions etc. Java has a version.jar for every version you play but Bedrock just has one executable which is the game. If you would implement such a version changer you would either have to make the version executables downloadable or you needed to stuff every version that ever existed into the executable which would make it unbelievably big

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    Please servers no error

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    they could make it to if you want to play an older version you could just download it whilst deleting the current one. only the version no world data deleted just the version

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    It's not that difficult after all...

    1. You download the Minecraft launcher from Play and App Store
    2. From the launcher, you download game files using Mojang servers, not from Google and Apple servers allowing you to pick version including betas and snapshots

    Cmon Mojang you can do it!!

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    Perhaps this would work like it does in console edition (sorta).

    In the main menu, theres the button to go back to "old minecraft". If we added this for other parts of the bedrock platform, it could work similar, only with an older version of that platform's game. Only downside I see is that the file size change would probably be a lot larger between some versions such as the initial change from 1.17 to 1.18.

    I do like the idea tho :D 
    +1 from me

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    I do wish that this was a thing

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    A low traffic realms server I play with family on is constantly out of date, and thus my constantly up to date client refuses to connect to it. Currently the third party version switchers are broken for me as well.