just purchased minecraft yesterday. I am very new to it and, as a dad, mainly purchased it for my 3 kids. I never browsed this forum before. We have 3 machines here and as someone who played extensively games for 20 years, I was basically expecting to be able to put my copy on my 3 machines, set one as server, and connect 3 clients, and they can play together. This is what we are able to do with all the games we payed on LAN. Isn't it considered a minimum nowadays for multiplayer games?
What do I read now? Each player must have his account and purchase his license? And there is a trick to add one (no more) "Player" player in offline mode. No players can change their name...
I'm so disappointed. No, there is now 4 disppointed heads in the family!!
Yeah, the way Minecraft works is not that you buy the game but that you activate the account. It seems that most multiplayer games have something of the sort, although perhaps not when it comes to LAN.
Well you could download a cracked version (illegal) and that would mean that you would get to change your name, but you would need t change the sever properties:
online-mode=false
so then anyone can join.
GL HF
I could make a mod for you that would allow you to change you name on offline servers :biggrin.gif: Being 12 myself I would be glad to help :smile.gif:
U should have hotten it while it was discounted. If u had gotten it yesterday, it would habe been chaeaper. Timing fail dude
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Shhhhh. Just wait till he steps on the pressure pad, then watch the fireworks. Steve:La dee da im walking home so i can eat some cake. *click* *pshhhhhhhhhhh* Steve:oh s**t *ba-boom* there, wasnt that fun little creeper baby. You are going to be able to do that too some day.
THEY ARE LEARNING? STOP THE MADNESS!
We have 3 machines here and as someone who played extensively games for 20 years, I was basically expecting to be able to put my copy on my 3 machines, set one as server, and connect 3 clients, and they can play together. This is what we are able to do with all the games we payed on LAN.
Well, that's how things used to work. These days almost all multiplayer games make you pay for an account for each player, not just one copy for everyone. Hardly any of them even let you run your own server.
If you really must play, and can't afford to pay for the full version you can play the Alpha version totally free. You'll still need to setup accounts for each person, but they don't cost anything.
If you want to take up on my offer of a mod that allows you to change you name I have just finished it :biggrin.gif: It adds a new command with this syntax "/name [name you want]" and it works on any server with online set to false. Private message me if you are interested :biggrin.gif:
Well, actually my goal is not to start a hacking topic (I don't teach piracy to my kids). I was just observing that when you purchase the game, this is not clear at all that this limitation exists. The author should clearly indicate that one license only buys one seat in a LAN party.
just purchased minecraft yesterday. I am very new to it and, as a dad, mainly purchased it for my 3 kids. I never browsed this forum before. We have 3 machines here and as someone who played extensively games for 20 years, I was basically expecting to be able to put my copy on my 3 machines, set one as server, and connect 3 clients, and they can play together. This is what we are able to do with all the games we payed on LAN. Isn't it considered a minimum nowadays for multiplayer games?
What do I read now? Each player must have his account and purchase his license? And there is a trick to add one (no more) "Player" player in offline mode. No players can change their name...
I'm so disappointed. No, there is now 4 disppointed heads in the family!!
Yes it is annoying, but if you've been playing games extensively for the past 20 years, you would know that for the last 10 of those 20 years, PC gaming has been fraught with digital rights management. It's hardly been possible to do what you describe for most PC games since the late 90s. You would think with a start-up developer like Mojang this would be different, but no. The industry is strongly anti-LAN-play these days, especially in the format that you're describing, because it's not financially convenient for them.
I also used to play cooperative games heavily with my family this way, but generally don't anymore due to the cost.
"When we release a pure bugfix update, people get VERY upset ("NOTHING CHANGED!").. Adding features gives us much happier users. But I do realize that it's only happier users in the short term." - Notch
You expect an illegal exploit to be "minimum" nowadays? Not sure why you act as if this is some sort of standard you expect from Mojang.
Don't be surprised, but before you were born, a software license typically entitled you to use the software on multiple machines at once. However, like airlines and European bathrooms, developers eventually realized that it wasn't in their business interests to give their consumers more freedom, since they knew that video game fans generally roll over and take anything these days.
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"When we release a pure bugfix update, people get VERY upset ("NOTHING CHANGED!").. Adding features gives us much happier users. But I do realize that it's only happier users in the short term." - Notch
Don't be surprised, but before you were born, a software license typically entitled you to use the software on multiple machines at once. However, like airlines and European bathrooms, developers eventually realized that it wasn't in their business interests to give their consumers more freedom, since they knew that video game fans generally roll over and take anything these days.
I've done something similar on older games. I guess it's just difficult for me to wrap my head around around the fact that Mojang making you purchase a copy of the game for every person who wishes to play is a "disappointment".
I've done something similar on older games. I guess it's just difficult for me to wrap my head around around the fact that Mojang making you purchase a copy of the game for every person who wishes to play is a "disappointment".
Probably because the game barely deserves to be bought once, much less multiple times
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"When we release a pure bugfix update, people get VERY upset ("NOTHING CHANGED!").. Adding features gives us much happier users. But I do realize that it's only happier users in the short term." - Notch
If you want to take up on my offer of a mod that allows you to change you name I have just finished it :biggrin.gif: It adds a new command with this syntax "/name [name you want]" and it works on any server with online set to false. Private message me if you are interested :biggrin.gif:
just purchased minecraft yesterday. I am very new to it and, as a dad, mainly purchased it for my 3 kids. I never browsed this forum before. We have 3 machines here and as someone who played extensively games for 20 years, I was basically expecting to be able to put my copy on my 3 machines, set one as server, and connect 3 clients, and they can play together. This is what we are able to do with all the games we payed on LAN. Isn't it considered a minimum nowadays for multiplayer games?
What do I read now? Each player must have his account and purchase his license? And there is a trick to add one (no more) "Player" player in offline mode. No players can change their name...
I'm so disappointed. No, there is now 4 disppointed heads in the family!!
just purchased minecraft yesterday. I am very new to it and, as a dad, mainly purchased it for my 3 kids. I never browsed this forum before. We have 3 machines here and as someone who played extensively games for 20 years, I was basically expecting to be able to put my copy on my 3 machines, set one as server, and connect 3 clients, and they can play together. This is what we are able to do with all the games we payed on LAN. Isn't it considered a minimum nowadays for multiplayer games?
What do I read now? Each player must have his account and purchase his license? And there is a trick to add one (no more) "Player" player in offline mode. No players can change their name...
I'm so disappointed. No, there is now 4 disppointed heads in the family!!
I do maps and stuff.
Sorry to disappoint though.
online-mode=false
so then anyone can join.
GL HF
Thank you ail_t for the awesome signature
THEY ARE LEARNING? STOP THE MADNESS!
Well, that's how things used to work. These days almost all multiplayer games make you pay for an account for each player, not just one copy for everyone. Hardly any of them even let you run your own server.
If you really must play, and can't afford to pay for the full version you can play the Alpha version totally free. You'll still need to setup accounts for each person, but they don't cost anything.
Thank you ail_t for the awesome signature
Yes it is annoying, but if you've been playing games extensively for the past 20 years, you would know that for the last 10 of those 20 years, PC gaming has been fraught with digital rights management. It's hardly been possible to do what you describe for most PC games since the late 90s. You would think with a start-up developer like Mojang this would be different, but no. The industry is strongly anti-LAN-play these days, especially in the format that you're describing, because it's not financially convenient for them.
I also used to play cooperative games heavily with my family this way, but generally don't anymore due to the cost.
"When we release a pure bugfix update, people get VERY upset ("NOTHING CHANGED!").. Adding features gives us much happier users. But I do realize that it's only happier users in the short term." - Notch
Click me!!! Don't Let me die. T.T
Don't be surprised, but before you were born, a software license typically entitled you to use the software on multiple machines at once. However, like airlines and European bathrooms, developers eventually realized that it wasn't in their business interests to give their consumers more freedom, since they knew that video game fans generally roll over and take anything these days.
"When we release a pure bugfix update, people get VERY upset ("NOTHING CHANGED!").. Adding features gives us much happier users. But I do realize that it's only happier users in the short term." - Notch
I've done something similar on older games. I guess it's just difficult for me to wrap my head around around the fact that Mojang making you purchase a copy of the game for every person who wishes to play is a "disappointment".
Probably because the game barely deserves to be bought once, much less multiple times
"When we release a pure bugfix update, people get VERY upset ("NOTHING CHANGED!").. Adding features gives us much happier users. But I do realize that it's only happier users in the short term." - Notch
Ask for a refund then