Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3

Re:Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3 by LtdJorge on Sunday July 19, 2026 @07:43PM (#48972750)

Bedrock has much better performance so it was used for consoles, but there were already hundreds of thousands of mods for Java edition, thus the split.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3 by 0x3444ac53 on Sunday July 19, 2026 @08:25PM (#48973021)

Bedrock does have better performance but it is also hella buggy and unstable.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3 by LtdJorge on Sunday July 19, 2026 @08:46PM (#48973160)

Yes it is. The lack of mods was already a dealbreaker for me, though.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3 by avarun on Monday July 20, 2026 @03:32PM (#48983777)

And also it has worse performance than Java if you just install a basic optimization modpack like Adrenaline on Java, which many players do. There's effectively ~zero reason to use Bedrock if you're on PC.

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