*argh* Just having a chance to get back to this. Yes, we have two separate accounts. Trying the method suggested by AlBravo did work, though - YAY!!! As long as the Win 8 laptop makes a game and the Win 7 laptop joins it. wahoo.
This does not seem to have worked, either. Now neither computer can see a game on the other computer at all, so I've actually taken a step backwards. If I disconnect both computers from our network and just use the crossover cable, the computers see each other fine and can access each other's files. I've still got the firewalls completely turned off. But no joy. All I want is for my two kids to be able to connect to each other in this game without having to join a public server with strangers. It doesn't seem like this should be so hard.
Can I play offline?
Yes you can, the client will auto login you to the login server once you start the launcher. However, if it cannot, it will change the "Play" button into "Play Offline".
My launcher does not do this. If I disconnect from my network, then start the launcher, the login portion still says "Play." When I click that, it tells me my name or password are incorrect, to make sure caps lock isn't on, and offers me the options of "Forgot Password" or "okay." How do I play offline??
Ah.... I didn't know you could do such a thing. I will give that a try. (Though I'll probably just walk down to my friendly local Radio Shak and buy the appropriate cable, lol.) Thanks!!
It seemed easier for testing purposes to just turn the firewall off completely - I figured if that turned out to do the trick, I would turn it back on and add the appropriate permissions.
They are on the same workgroup, they can see each other and share files with each other. We can't physically connect with the router without a lot of trouble - as in, everyone moving to my home office and disconnecting my office equipment which is physically connected to the router. Which isn't *really* an option. I've been considering installing a secondary router/network extender and could potentially physically link the laptops to that if you think it would solve the problem.
Thanks for the suggestions. Anything else to try? I'm highly disappointed that Mojang doesn't seem to offer any actual support for their product.
My two kids would love nothing more than to connect to each other in Minecraft. They've been playing together on the mobile version, but we cannot seem to get the desktop version to allow them to connect.
Both laptops are newer (one is Win 7, one is Win 8). Both are on the same network. I've actually turned the firewalls on both computers completely off to see if that was the issue; it wasn't.
I tried direct connecting, that also did not work.
The Win 8 laptop can see the game on the Win 7 laptop, but when it tries to join, we get the "timed out" error message. The Win 7 laptop can't find the game on the Win 8 laptop at all.
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My launcher does not do this. If I disconnect from my network, then start the launcher, the login portion still says "Play." When I click that, it tells me my name or password are incorrect, to make sure caps lock isn't on, and offers me the options of "Forgot Password" or "okay." How do I play offline??
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They are on the same workgroup, they can see each other and share files with each other. We can't physically connect with the router without a lot of trouble - as in, everyone moving to my home office and disconnecting my office equipment which is physically connected to the router. Which isn't *really* an option. I've been considering installing a secondary router/network extender and could potentially physically link the laptops to that if you think it would solve the problem.
Thanks for the suggestions. Anything else to try? I'm highly disappointed that Mojang doesn't seem to offer any actual support for their product.
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Both laptops are newer (one is Win 7, one is Win 8). Both are on the same network. I've actually turned the firewalls on both computers completely off to see if that was the issue; it wasn't.
I tried direct connecting, that also did not work.
The Win 8 laptop can see the game on the Win 7 laptop, but when it tries to join, we get the "timed out" error message. The Win 7 laptop can't find the game on the Win 8 laptop at all.
Help?