Useful Resources
This page is dedicated to useful resources that enhance the Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 experience as a whole.
- 100+ Minecraft Beta Texture Packs Collection by Beezle: https://archive.org/details/minecraft_beta_texture_packs_collection_by_beezle
Exactly what it says on the title; the collection will be updated with new texture packs from time to time.
- Legacy Pack by SpaceFrontier: https://www.planetminecraft.com/texture-pack/legacypack-a-texturepack-for-beta-1-7-3-32x32/Legacypack
A sleek yet still rough and survivalist styled pack, based on the default texture colour palette, which doesn't try to be a higher resolution remake but rather something a bit more unique.
The idea is to create a new look but allow you to build in a colour palette very close to the default so your builds will look good and relatively similar on the default settings too.
- Sound files: https://os-mc.net/files/resources.zip
Launchers can't fetch the old sound files automatically, so you have to manually add them (note that some launchers have this included).
- OptiFine: https://os-mc.net/files/OptiFine_1_7_3_HD_MT_G2.zip
- Historian's OptiFine patch: https://os-mc.net/files/Optifine_MT_G2_Long_Distance_Patch_1.1-1.zip
OptiFine for Beta 1.7.3 was the first version of OptiFine, made by sp614x itself with code from OptiMine and additions like Zoom and SmoothInput.
- Old School Minecraft Launcher (OSML): Available via the download button on https://os-mc.net
You will need to make an account on there in order to use the launcher, and it doesn't work on macOS.
Provides autologin on OSM, adds an FoV slider, and some cosmetic perks (Contributor and above) can only be seen via this client.
- Minecraft Wiki's
b1.7.3page: https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java_Edition_Beta_1.7.3