The Scyphozoa

Oh, alright. Thank you anyway.

It doesn't happen if Forge isn't installed. I'm using version 8.9.0.764. Here's the log from the launcher: Launcher 1.0.8 (through bootstrap 4) started on windows... System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7' System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1' System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64' System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_21' System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation' Loaded 2 profile(s); selected 'Forge' Trying to log in... Logging in with access token Logged in successfully Delta time to compare resources: 331 ms Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download Job 'Resources' finished successfully Getting syncinfo for selected version Queueing library & version downloads Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (8 threads, 25 files) Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\lzma\lzma\0.0.1\lzma-0.0.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraftforge\minecraftforge\8.9.0.764\minecraftforge-8.9.0.764.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Couldn't connect to server (responded with 404) but have local file, assuming it's good Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.3\launchwrapper-1.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\Forge8.9.0.764\Forge8.9.0.764.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Couldn't connect to server (responded with 403) but have local file, assuming it's good Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-library\2.10.2\scala-library-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Didn't have etag so assuming our copy is good Finished downloading C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-compiler\2.10.2\scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Didn't have etag so assuming our copy is good Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully Launching game Looking for old natives to clean up... Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\Forge8.9.0.764\Forge8.9.0.764-natives-38609171275867 Launching in C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft Running C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -Xmx1G -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\Forge8.9.0.764\Forge8.9.0.764-natives-38609171275867 -cp C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraftforge\minecraftforge\8.9.0.764\minecraftforge-8.9.0.764.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.3\launchwrapper-1.3.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-library\2.10.2\scala-library-2.10.2.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-compiler\2.10.2\scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\lzma\lzma\0.0.1\lzma-0.0.1.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar;C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\Forge8.9.0.764\Forge8.9.0.764.jar net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch --username the_scyphozoa --session token:a9e1ad9bbbbc44f19d2fe29a2689033c:523313c9f5f1493e8d3950df27e5d78c --version Forge8.9.0.764 --gameDir C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft --assetsDir C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets --tweakClass cpw.mods.fml.common.launcher.FMLTweaker ---- YOU CAN CLOSE THIS LAUNCHER IF THE GAME STARTED OK ---- ---- YOU CAN CLOSE THIS LAUNCHER IF THE GAME STARTED OK ---- ---- YOU CAN CLOSE THIS LAUNCHER IF THE GAME STARTED OK ---- ---- (We'll do this automatically later ) ---- Client> Jul 03, 2013 8:24:26 PM net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LogWrapper log Client> INFO: Using tweak class name cpw.mods.fml.common.launcher.FMLTweaker Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:26 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Forge Mod Loader version 6.1.33.764 for Minecraft 1.6.1 loading Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:26 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Java is Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, version 1.7.0_21, running on Windows 7:amd64:6.1, installed at C:\Program Files\Java\jre7 Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:26 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Loaded 39 rules from AccessTransformer config file fml_at.cfg Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:26 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Loaded 106 rules from AccessTransformer config file forge_at.cfg Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:27 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Found valid fingerprint for Minecraft Forge. Certificate fingerprint de4cf8a3f3bc15635810044c39240bf96804ea7d Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:27 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Launching wrapped minecraft Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:28 [iNFO] [Minecraft-Client] Setting user: the_scyphozoa Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:28 [iNFO] [Minecraft-Client] (Session ID is token:a9e1ad9bbbbc44f19d2fe29a2689033c:523313c9f5f1493e8d3950df27e5d78c) Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:29 [iNFO] [Minecraft-Client] LWJGL Version: 2.9.0 Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:29 [iNFO] [Minecraft-Client] Reloading ResourceManager: Default Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Starting up SoundSystem... Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [MinecraftForge] Attempting early MinecraftForge initialization Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] MinecraftForge v8.9.0.764 Initialized Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] MinecraftForge v8.9.0.764 Initialized Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Replaced 101 ore recipies Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [MinecraftForge] Completed early MinecraftForge initialization Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Reading custom logging properties from C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\config\logging.properties Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [OFF] [ForgeModLoader] Logging level for ForgeModLoader logging is set to ALL Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Initializing LWJGL OpenAL Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org) Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] OpenAL initialized. Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Searching C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\mods for mods Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:30 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:31 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Forge Mod Loader has identified 3 mods to load Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:31 [iNFO] [mcp] Activating mod mcp Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:31 [iNFO] [FML] Activating mod FML Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:31 [iNFO] [Forge] Activating mod Forge Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:31 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Registering Forge Packet Handler Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:31 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Succeeded registering Forge Packet Handler Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:31 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Configured a dormant chunk cache size of 0 Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:31 [iNFO] [Minecraft-Client] Reloading ResourceManager: Default Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:31 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:31 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] SoundSystem shutting down... Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:32 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Author: Paul Lamb, www.paulscode.com Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:32 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:32 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:32 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Starting up SoundSystem... Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:32 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Initializing LWJGL OpenAL Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:32 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org) Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:32 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] OpenAL initialized. Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:32 [iNFO] [sTDOUT] Client> 2013-07-03 20:24:32 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Forge Mod Loader has successfully loaded 3 mods

I used Forge in 1.5.2, and there was always a short delay when I launched Minecraft, while it synced with a server I presume. But with 1.6.1, and Forge installed, the launcher has to download about 21MB of stuff every time I launch the game. Is this supposed to happen? With my slow connection it takes about two minutes to launch the game, and I'm almost tempted to just disconnect from the internet before I launch the game to save some time.