Hi NotTarts I tried your portable today, when I click the minecraft.exe shows login window and upon entering user/pass it downloads the files and plays well. Thx for the convenience.
I am worried for one fact that it creates 2 folders one being .minecraft with which I have no issues
It also creates folders Dropbox\shellext\l and randomly generates some extensionless files each run.
Can you please tell that this is safe and no probs I am thinking that my username and password is encrypted in them LoL O_O just kidding, but please tell what's with this whole Dropbox folder thing. Thx.
I've done some searching, and it looks like Dropbox creates that folder to store caches. Not sure if you have Dropbox or not, but I'm guessing that Dropbox changed something in the instant that you ran the program, so the data it changed was stored in the same place as the Minecraft data, instead of the usual AppData folders. It should be safe to delete :smile.gif:
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This looks like a problem on Notch's end, sorry. What you could try, though, it using Java portably instead of the Java installed on your system, and see if it works.
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i Used to have the problem... i used a program removal tool called revo-uninstaller to remove several installaations of java that seemed to pile up over the last 6 major java updates...
after the full java wipe i re-installed java and minecraft worked fine from then on.
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This looks like a problem on Notch's end, sorry. What you could try, though, it using Java portably instead of the Java installed on your system, and see if it works.
I can confirm this. Minecraft Portable works fine at home but when I take it to another PC with an integrated Intel video GPU, I receive that error.
It works great, but can anyone get it to work reliably -without- removing it from their thumb-drive? im thinking its my thumb-drive or some issue its having but it will start, and as soon as the world loads its locks up for a few seconds every few seconds lol, yes its in a USB 2.0 slot
There is a easier solution than a specific jar-file if you only want to start the game from a specific folder that has the saves. (this works on windows)
1. copy the saves to a folder (c:\minecraft\.mincraft)
2. copy the minecraft.exe to same folder (c:\minecraft\minecraft.exe
3. create a .bat file named startMinecraft.bat containing this
set APPDATA=%cd%
Minecraft.exe
5. run the bat file
6. ...
7. profit
Does this allow the game to run off of a portable Java installation also?
There is a easier solution than a specific jar-file if you only want to start the game from a specific folder that has the saves. (this works on windows)
1. copy the saves to a folder (c:\minecraft\.mincraft)
2. copy the minecraft.exe to same folder (c:\minecraft\minecraft.exe
3. create a .bat file named startMinecraft.bat containing this
set APPDATA=%cd%
Minecraft.exe
5. run the bat file
6. ...
7. profit
Does this allow the game to run off of a portable Java installation also?
No, I don't think so. The code he posted is only a tiny portion of what my app does. I don't really see how it's easier, either, as using a separate .bat requires you to have 2 files.
Anyway, fixed an error with the portable Java when the file name (or path) had spaces in it. I've also moved the downloads to Dropbox.
I can confirm that this works on my school's computers.
Would there be a way to make this look for portable java first by default? Or does it already do this?
If you want to make the game portable download java portable and java portable launcher install both to your USB pen and create a shortcut to the launcher in the main USB directory, then start it and select all files and oil minecraft done and enjoy.
Sorry about the broken links. It should be fixed now.
Also, you can now allow other applications to access the Minecraft portable saves by dragging-and-dropping the application onto 'minecraft.exe'. It looks like this only works with certain applications, though (AlphaVescuppi, c10t, mcmap, Cartographer, eg, all work), so you'll need to experiment a bit.
Uhhh... You just gave out the launcher for minecraft. This is exactly the reason why Notch doesn't want people to mess with the code, because then thousands get the game he worked so hard on for free. If you want the Halloween update, well, im gonna let you think about it.
I've done some searching, and it looks like Dropbox creates that folder to store caches. Not sure if you have Dropbox or not, but I'm guessing that Dropbox changed something in the instant that you ran the program, so the data it changed was stored in the same place as the Minecraft data, instead of the usual AppData folders. It should be safe to delete :smile.gif:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic ... 17&t=38068
This looks like a problem on Notch's end, sorry. What you could try, though, it using Java portably instead of the Java installed on your system, and see if it works.
after the full java wipe i re-installed java and minecraft worked fine from then on.
I can confirm this. Minecraft Portable works fine at home but when I take it to another PC with an integrated Intel video GPU, I receive that error.
http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTExNTA1ODI3OQ
Does this allow the game to run off of a portable Java installation also?
No, I don't think so. The code he posted is only a tiny portion of what my app does. I don't really see how it's easier, either, as using a separate .bat requires you to have 2 files.
Anyway, fixed an error with the portable Java when the file name (or path) had spaces in it. I've also moved the downloads to Dropbox.
Download the updated version
Would there be a way to make this look for portable java first by default? Or does it already do this?
Also, you can now allow other applications to access the Minecraft portable saves by dragging-and-dropping the application onto 'minecraft.exe'. It looks like this only works with certain applications, though (AlphaVescuppi, c10t, mcmap, Cartographer, eg, all work), so you'll need to experiment a bit.
Download the updated version
Does this install affect mods like painterly's graphics or runecraft or the grass update?
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It doesn't install anything. Minecraft Portable has it's own separate folder - but you can still install mods as usual.