I would like to get my son a guide book for Minecraft PE. He has a good general understaing of the game but wants to learn more advanced tactics. He recently bought "The Advanced Strategy Guide To Minecraft" by Stephen O'Brien but it seems to be for the desktop version of Minecraft, which was a disappointment since he was pretty excited about some of the IndustrialCraft armor, tools, and weapons featured in the book.
Please recommend any good books for learning more about MCPE in the same vein as the book mentioned above.
Also he has an interest in mods which I have no idea anything about or where to even begin learning about, any advice there would be appreciated!
I wouldn't use books, also IndustrialCraft is a mod. Try looking in the Minecraft wiki, asking people in he Minecraft subreddit, or visiting a help site (my personal favorite is minecraft101.net).
There aren't many mods for MCPE, they're hard to install and sometimes may have malware in them. There are add-ons, however, I haven't played with them a lot so look them up.
Thanks TheUnpaidIntern for responding. So my concern with mods was that there might be malware which is why we have not moved forward with them. Will look into the add-ons though.
Will check out the sites you recommended. I understand books probably get out dated kind of quick and the website are probably most up to date, just thought with all the screeen time playing the game might be nice to actually hold a book to read up on the game 😉.
Malware is only an issue if you go through the play store to get your mods.
Mods are NOT hard to install. My kids are 6 and 7, they can both install them without issue.
If you use MCPE Master, with one click, you can install and use mods.
As a parent, I can tell you that any general book on Minecraft will be fine. If you are looking for one on mods, you will be out of luck. However, most mods have great write-ups that you and your child can read and learn about the mod. For instance, any of my Super Something Something 2000 mods will explain how to use the mod, the item ids (for anyone that wants to cheat them in), as well as for my more complex mods, I put a video tutorial together that SHOWS how to use the mod.
There are 3 programs that allow you to MOD Minecraft. Block Launcher, MCPE Master, Toolbox (by MrArm). Those 3 are available from the play store and are malware free. They are the tool you need to use to inject the mod into the game.
As for what TheUnpaidIntern said, if you install the mods using something like MCPE Master (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.groundhog.mcpemaster) in the play store, there is less of a chance of malware, personally I would say 0%, however I cannot obviously say that! Probably 99%+ of the malware comes from the installers that are on the play store, not the mods themselves. Also, those same poor installers typically use mods WITHOUT permission of the authors (ask me how I know), so they use the content created to bait people to install their malware. There are good installers, there are good relationships, but more often I would say that is not the case.
Aside from mods, MCPE Master also allows EASY install of skins, maps, and in general news of what is going on with stuff.
Even without the MCPE Master program, I do not think they are hard to install. I would guide you to MCPEDL.com. I know the webmaster. He is a really great guy and he tests EVERYTHING that goes on that site. You can rest assured that there is no malware in there. he has a really high quality level that a mod / map / etc. must meet. If he cannot get the mod to work, he will generally contact the author to figure out why. Then he will NOTE it on the description page for the mod.
He also has some good guides on HOW to install and work with everything on the site (mods, maps, add-ons, etc.). For instance, here are the Android instructions for working with Offical (unmodded Monecraft) Add-Ons, mods (using Block Launcher) - as well as Video Guides at the very end.
So, if you are worried about malware, mcpedl.com or even directly from this forum. The authors more often than not are willing to assist as most of us are NOT doing this for money. We are doing it as we feel the mod we make gives a unique twist to the game and we want everyone to have fun! Personally, it is how I connect to my kids. We make the mods together. Then I polish them up and release them for public consumption.
If you do twitter, you can contact most of the authors or even the webmaster for mcpedl.com.
There are also MANY good YouTubers that have instructional videos as well as good reviews of most of the higher quality / catchier mods. FOr instance, for MODS, Fuziondroid is a great YouTuber. He does a LOT of mod reviews.
Here are two of his videos, one on how to install mods using Block Launcher, the other installing Add-Ons.
Here is a review he did on a mod I made:
(over 18K views as of this point in time)
I'm also not sure most track downloads, but I know quite a few of my mods have over 4000 downloads worldwide. I think I've only had 3-4 people have issues with the mods. To me, that means that these are pretty easy to download and use.
If you have more questions, please ask. I'll subscribe to this thread and I'll get notified. I hope I've been helpful!
--Ironhead
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To Download my Mods, after you click the download link, select the arrow in the UPPER RIGHT. This will then, download the file to your device
"All minecraft books are primarily for PC. There is a set of 4 'official' books that each specialize in a different aspect. MCPE is becoming so much like the PC version that I wouldn't worry about what the book was originally based on."
So, I think it's pretty much in line with what I said, just about any book will be good and fun to read. As she said, MCPE is getting so close to PC at this point, it won't matter much. In fact, we are in the verge of the latest update going final. That will give the END to MCPE as well as a slew of Ocean stuff. That's the BULK of the remaining things that MCPE was missing from MCPC (although there are some new things in MCPC at this point).
--Ironhead65
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To Download my Mods, after you click the download link, select the arrow in the UPPER RIGHT. This will then, download the file to your device
I would like to get my son a guide book for Minecraft PE. He has a good general understaing of the game but wants to learn more advanced tactics. He recently bought "The Advanced Strategy Guide To Minecraft" by Stephen O'Brien but it seems to be for the desktop version of Minecraft, which was a disappointment since he was pretty excited about some of the IndustrialCraft armor, tools, and weapons featured in the book.
Please recommend any good books for learning more about MCPE in the same vein as the book mentioned above.
Also he has an interest in mods which I have no idea anything about or where to even begin learning about, any advice there would be appreciated!
TIA
Mama Without A Clue
I wouldn't use books, also IndustrialCraft is a mod. Try looking in the Minecraft wiki, asking people in he Minecraft subreddit, or visiting a help site (my personal favorite is minecraft101.net).
There aren't many mods for MCPE, they're hard to install and sometimes may have malware in them. There are add-ons, however, I haven't played with them a lot so look them up.
Thanks TheUnpaidIntern for responding. So my concern with mods was that there might be malware which is why we have not moved forward with them. Will look into the add-ons though.
Will check out the sites you recommended. I understand books probably get out dated kind of quick and the website are probably most up to date, just thought with all the screeen time playing the game might be nice to actually hold a book to read up on the game 😉.
Summary:
Malware is only an issue if you go through the play store to get your mods.
Mods are NOT hard to install. My kids are 6 and 7, they can both install them without issue.
If you use MCPE Master, with one click, you can install and use mods.
As a parent, I can tell you that any general book on Minecraft will be fine. If you are looking for one on mods, you will be out of luck. However, most mods have great write-ups that you and your child can read and learn about the mod. For instance, any of my Super Something Something 2000 mods will explain how to use the mod, the item ids (for anyone that wants to cheat them in), as well as for my more complex mods, I put a video tutorial together that SHOWS how to use the mod.
There are 3 programs that allow you to MOD Minecraft. Block Launcher, MCPE Master, Toolbox (by MrArm). Those 3 are available from the play store and are malware free. They are the tool you need to use to inject the mod into the game.
As for what TheUnpaidIntern said, if you install the mods using something like MCPE Master (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.groundhog.mcpemaster) in the play store, there is less of a chance of malware, personally I would say 0%, however I cannot obviously say that! Probably 99%+ of the malware comes from the installers that are on the play store, not the mods themselves. Also, those same poor installers typically use mods WITHOUT permission of the authors (ask me how I know), so they use the content created to bait people to install their malware. There are good installers, there are good relationships, but more often I would say that is not the case.
Aside from mods, MCPE Master also allows EASY install of skins, maps, and in general news of what is going on with stuff.
Even without the MCPE Master program, I do not think they are hard to install. I would guide you to MCPEDL.com. I know the webmaster. He is a really great guy and he tests EVERYTHING that goes on that site. You can rest assured that there is no malware in there. he has a really high quality level that a mod / map / etc. must meet. If he cannot get the mod to work, he will generally contact the author to figure out why. Then he will NOTE it on the description page for the mod.
He also has some good guides on HOW to install and work with everything on the site (mods, maps, add-ons, etc.). For instance, here are the Android instructions for working with Offical (unmodded Monecraft) Add-Ons, mods (using Block Launcher) - as well as Video Guides at the very end.
http://mcpedl.com/how-to-install-minecraft-pe-mods-for-android/
So, if you are worried about malware, mcpedl.com or even directly from this forum. The authors more often than not are willing to assist as most of us are NOT doing this for money. We are doing it as we feel the mod we make gives a unique twist to the game and we want everyone to have fun! Personally, it is how I connect to my kids. We make the mods together. Then I polish them up and release them for public consumption.
If you do twitter, you can contact most of the authors or even the webmaster for mcpedl.com.
There are also MANY good YouTubers that have instructional videos as well as good reviews of most of the higher quality / catchier mods. FOr instance, for MODS, Fuziondroid is a great YouTuber. He does a LOT of mod reviews.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnPf9f-yQidQA6ByWVkbHVw
http://www.fuziondroid.com/ (although that does not look updated in a while)
Here are two of his videos, one on how to install mods using Block Launcher, the other installing Add-Ons.
Here is a review he did on a mod I made:
(over 18K views as of this point in time)
I'm also not sure most track downloads, but I know quite a few of my mods have over 4000 downloads worldwide. I think I've only had 3-4 people have issues with the mods. To me, that means that these are pretty easy to download and use.
If you have more questions, please ask. I'll subscribe to this thread and I'll get notified. I hope I've been helpful!
--Ironhead
To Download my Mods, after you click the download link, select the arrow in the UPPER RIGHT. This will then, download the file to your device
I asked my wife for any advice for you:
"All minecraft books are primarily for PC. There is a set of 4 'official' books that each specialize in a different aspect. MCPE is becoming so much like the PC version that I wouldn't worry about what the book was originally based on."
So, I think it's pretty much in line with what I said, just about any book will be good and fun to read. As she said, MCPE is getting so close to PC at this point, it won't matter much. In fact, we are in the verge of the latest update going final. That will give the END to MCPE as well as a slew of Ocean stuff. That's the BULK of the remaining things that MCPE was missing from MCPC (although there are some new things in MCPC at this point).
--Ironhead65
To Download my Mods, after you click the download link, select the arrow in the UPPER RIGHT. This will then, download the file to your device