[zimpenfish]

> Mojang, even pre microsoft, has never provided any sort of modding support.

I believe Mojang now provides deobfuscation mappings[0] which makes life slightly easier for modders.

[0] Although all I can find are people saying "we should move to Mojang's mappings!" rather than an official Mojang announcement.

[djxfade]

Whats the point of the obfuscation in the first place, if they offer mappings to deobfuscate it?

[zimpenfish]

I suspect it's one of those "this has been in the build process for a decade and there ain't no way we're attempting to change it now" things.