Solar ClientNotes from the team.
What we shipped, what we're working on, and the occasional deep dive into why something works the way it does.
Introducing Solar+
Solar stays free — every mod, the HUD editor, the launcher and the performance are the same for everyone. Today we're adding Solar+, an optional membership for players who want a little more style and want to support the project.
Read · 1 minFriends, voice chat, waypoints and support
The last few updates added more to Solar than everything before them, so here's the short version of what's new and where to find it.
Read · 1 minSolar 0.2: we measured FPS properly
For weeks people kept asking how much FPS Solar actually gains you, so we built a benchmark anyone can repeat: a world with a fixed seed, locked at noon, no…
Read · 1 minServers in the launcher, with live player counts
The launcher now has a Servers tab. It shows how many people are online, your latency from home and each server's message of the day — queried straight from the…
Read · 1 minAnimated capes are here
Aurora, Living Lava, Thunderstorm, Prism, Galaxy, Heartbeat and Code are now in the store.
Read · 1 minSolar 0.1 for 1.8.9 and 1.7.10
The first public build of the client. Cosmetics, a HUD with FPS, CPS, keystrokes and coordinates, zoom, and a brand-new main menu.
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