Much longer time to launch the game

[The Scyphozoa]

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.

[LexManos]

Files should not be downloaded every time you connect.

It *should* be downloaded once. This is a Mojang launcher issue, not us.

[The Scyphozoa]

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

[LexManos]

Again, launcher issue. It only happens when Forge is installed because Forge tells the launcher it needs more files.

However, the launcher needs to cache the files, and read metadata properly.

it doesn't, this is nothing we can do. It's up to Mojang to update there launcher.

[The Scyphozoa]

Oh, alright. Thank you anyway.