I'm an old school old man, I have a hard time paying money and not getting something tangible...like a CD in a case. I'm thinking about Java edition and maybe Win10 too, but just don't like the ethereal feel to the whole code download thing ..
Some young whippersnappers please help me out...
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I'm not sure what you want us to do here. The code thing works fine, actually if you buy directly from Minecraft.net or the Win10 store you don't even get a code iirc, it just binds the account to your email or Microsoft account or what have you. You should still get a transaction ID in your email (at least for Java Edition) in case your account gets compromised.
I've been playing for almost 8 years and only on Java. I've had no problems. It really isn't a big deal to do it this way, and is going to be happening more and more in the future. You can hold out as long as possible but eventually you'll have to adapt or severely limit games that you play.
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I'm an old school old man, I have a hard time paying money and not getting something tangible...like a CD in a case. I'm thinking about Java edition and maybe Win10 too, but just don't like the ethereal feel to the whole code download thing ..
Some young whippersnappers please help me out...
Well, I'm not a whippersnapper. I remember well the days when my shelves were full of CD cases and boxed software. I am so glad those days are over! Nowadays even expensive professional software is delivered only in the form of a download. The important thing is not the physical medium, but your account credentials. Feel comfortable about spending your money on an intangible download, but be sure to write down your account credentials and keep them in a safe place.
It may help you to remember that physical CDs and DVDs can degrade and become unreadable. And keep in mind that the only thing you are purchasing is a license to use the program, not the program itself. So you don't "own" more if you have a CD on your shelf.
Purchased CDs often don't contain the most recent or updated version of the product, so the first thing that happens when you install the software from a CD is that the program looks for updates and downloads the updates from the Internet anyway.
Take the plunge and you won't regret it. And you'll enjoy having less cluttered shelves!
The java edition is a completely separate program with a completely separate data structure (your world and player data). The analogy here is that you own a garage and Minecraft: Java, Minecraft Bedrock, and whatever version was used on the PS3 are all different cars parked there. They do not interact with each other in any way, and you can do serious damage to the thing if you try swapping parts between them.
The Win10 version is Bedrock, it was specifically written (at the time) to provide a desktop interface that can connect with non-desktop platforms. That has since been reworked a little bit to get rid of the specific-machine aspect, and in that regard your PS4 saves will probably safely update to the new Bedrock format. PS3 may simply be too old of a platform to get the Bedrock update, but assuming it can then the same would probably apply to your PS3 worlds. They will not update to Java, however there may or may not be a third-party tool that converts them. This tool would be entirely unsupported so it might do something that irreparably breaks/ruins your world; make sure to make 2 backups, one to keep in a safe place (because you should already be backing up your worlds) and one to do things to to see if they work or not.
As far as the first question goes, technically speaking one purchase means one account. However, you can legally install Minecraft on however many machines you like and use this one account at any of them. Naturally, only one device at a time will be able to play because Minecraft phones home to make sure your account is valid AND not currently in use (if it is, I think that other connection gets dropped in favor of the one you're using right now). If you want to be able to have multiple of your computers playing minecraft at the same time, you have to have more than one account.
If you want to be able to have multiple of your computers playing minecraft at the same time, you have to have more than one account.
I don't think that's entirely true, not for the Java edition anyway.
When testing things I sometimes have different versions (1.12.2 and 1.13.2 for instance) running at the same time (on the same computer, but I doubt that makes a difference), online play may be different or that might work as well, as long as it's not on the same server. And I'm pretty sure that once you've verified your account you can play without an internet connection.
(And of course Java and Win-10 are different editions and don't interfere, though of course they _do_ use different accounts.)
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First and foremost, make a file somewhere to keep all of your internet passwords in. If you do this, you will not need to worry about not having a physical disc to install your software. Example, you buy MC Java but 5 years from now you want to reinstall it after a 4 year break. You don't have a physical disc to install with, but you do have your log in and password sheet that you created. Simply refer to the sheet, go to the web address and redownload it.
I'm an old school old man, I have a hard time paying money and not getting something tangible...like a CD in a case. I'm thinking about Java edition and maybe Win10 too, but just don't like the ethereal feel to the whole code download thing ..
Some young whippersnappers please help me out...
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around...
Could be worse, could be raining...
What I do.
I'm not sure what you want us to do here. The code thing works fine, actually if you buy directly from Minecraft.net or the Win10 store you don't even get a code iirc, it just binds the account to your email or Microsoft account or what have you. You should still get a transaction ID in your email (at least for Java Edition) in case your account gets compromised.
I've been playing for almost 8 years and only on Java. I've had no problems. It really isn't a big deal to do it this way, and is going to be happening more and more in the future. You can hold out as long as possible but eventually you'll have to adapt or severely limit games that you play.
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Well, I'm not a whippersnapper. I remember well the days when my shelves were full of CD cases and boxed software. I am so glad those days are over! Nowadays even expensive professional software is delivered only in the form of a download. The important thing is not the physical medium, but your account credentials. Feel comfortable about spending your money on an intangible download, but be sure to write down your account credentials and keep them in a safe place.
It may help you to remember that physical CDs and DVDs can degrade and become unreadable. And keep in mind that the only thing you are purchasing is a license to use the program, not the program itself. So you don't "own" more if you have a CD on your shelf.
Purchased CDs often don't contain the most recent or updated version of the product, so the first thing that happens when you install the software from a CD is that the program looks for updates and downloads the updates from the Internet anyway.
Take the plunge and you won't regret it. And you'll enjoy having less cluttered shelves!
Thx to both.
1. How many seats come with these downloads?
2. Can any of my saved games (maps?) from PS3 and PS4 be migrated to either Java or Win10?
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around...
Could be worse, could be raining...
What I do.
The java edition is a completely separate program with a completely separate data structure (your world and player data). The analogy here is that you own a garage and Minecraft: Java, Minecraft Bedrock, and whatever version was used on the PS3 are all different cars parked there. They do not interact with each other in any way, and you can do serious damage to the thing if you try swapping parts between them.
The Win10 version is Bedrock, it was specifically written (at the time) to provide a desktop interface that can connect with non-desktop platforms. That has since been reworked a little bit to get rid of the specific-machine aspect, and in that regard your PS4 saves will probably safely update to the new Bedrock format. PS3 may simply be too old of a platform to get the Bedrock update, but assuming it can then the same would probably apply to your PS3 worlds. They will not update to Java, however there may or may not be a third-party tool that converts them. This tool would be entirely unsupported so it might do something that irreparably breaks/ruins your world; make sure to make 2 backups, one to keep in a safe place (because you should already be backing up your worlds) and one to do things to to see if they work or not.
As far as the first question goes, technically speaking one purchase means one account. However, you can legally install Minecraft on however many machines you like and use this one account at any of them. Naturally, only one device at a time will be able to play because Minecraft phones home to make sure your account is valid AND not currently in use (if it is, I think that other connection gets dropped in favor of the one you're using right now). If you want to be able to have multiple of your computers playing minecraft at the same time, you have to have more than one account.
I don't think that's entirely true, not for the Java edition anyway.
When testing things I sometimes have different versions (1.12.2 and 1.13.2 for instance) running at the same time (on the same computer, but I doubt that makes a difference), online play may be different or that might work as well, as long as it's not on the same server. And I'm pretty sure that once you've verified your account you can play without an internet connection.
(And of course Java and Win-10 are different editions and don't interfere, though of course they _do_ use different accounts.)
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First and foremost, make a file somewhere to keep all of your internet passwords in. If you do this, you will not need to worry about not having a physical disc to install your software. Example, you buy MC Java but 5 years from now you want to reinstall it after a 4 year break. You don't have a physical disc to install with, but you do have your log in and password sheet that you created. Simply refer to the sheet, go to the web address and redownload it.