I know it might seem silly to point out... But perhaps turning on snooper and online mode in the multiplayer lan server properties will fix it? I can't say it will work as I'm at my work right now, and I've only just thought about it now. I will update when I get home to see if it helps. From my experience, when my friends and I play, what happens is they start out with steve skins, but when they change their skin in "More Player Models", and then change back to their normal player skin, they appear as they should, rather than a Steve skin.
I've had the exact same issue. My friend and I bought Minecraft when 1.7 was first released, and I figured out that we could play LAN worlds. When I invited her, we were able to see each other's skin. But as the updates pressed on, and we played together, we ended up figuring out that when we play on each other's LAN worlds, I can't see her skin, and she can't see mine. It's frustrating, and what's worse is that in the recent LAN worlds we play in are usually a type of roleplay/survival world, and it sucks not being able to see the character- plus, most mods are for 1.7.10 and I've currently made a FNAF map that my friend and I play on, but we use the FNAF mod- It's too much of a bother to play on 1.7.5. This really sucks, and I hope Mojang can fix it soon. I've seen countless people with the same problem- and even on some servers, everyone else is a Steve skin. Annoying.
If you think all this is bad, when I share my single player plain vanilla 1.8 game on the LAN, I show up as a GIRL in a foresty looking Robin Hood outfit to anyone who joins me. (1) I'm not a girl and (2) My skin is an old fashioned airplane pilot.
Sadness from being mocked by my friends.
Thank goodness this doesn't happen in multiplayer.
I'm going to blame all this on Microsoft. This looks like a typical Microsoft problem.
If you think all this is bad, when I share my single player plain vanilla 1.8 game on the LAN, I show up as a GIRL in a foresty looking Robin Hood outfit to anyone who joins me. (1) I'm not a girl and (2) My skin is an old fashioned airplane pilot.
Sadness from being mocked by my friends.
Thank goodness this doesn't happen in multiplayer.
I'm going to blame all this on Microsoft. This looks like a typical Microsoft problem.
pff I don't think this is a Microsoft problem, It happened before Microsoft bought Mojang. But in all seriousness, I hope they fix it.
If you think all this is bad, when I share my single player plain vanilla 1.8 game on the LAN, I show up as a GIRL in a foresty looking Robin Hood outfit to anyone who joins me. (1) I'm not a girl and (2) My skin is an old fashioned airplane pilot.
Sadness from being mocked by my friends.
Thank goodness this doesn't happen in multiplayer.
I'm going to blame all this on Microsoft. This looks like a typical Microsoft problem.
The skin you are referring to is "Alex". lol yes she is portrayed as the female counterpart to Steve. Google it she shows up in the new posters and stuff.
Sorry if that was supposed to be sarcasm. It's ok to be a girl playing minecraft BTW lol
OKAY! I just figured it out with snapshot 1.8.1 pre2 playing offline. I'm 90% sure it'll work for LAN, unsure if it'll work with multiplayer servers. It's the swapping of the steve.png file when the minecraft file archive is opened in 7-zip. If you're familiar with the swapping process, delete the file INSTEAD of replacing and then add in the new "steve.png" file after.
If you're unfamiliar with the steve.png swapping:
1. Open ".minecraft" folder. If you don't know where it is (and I'm using Windows 7), go to Start, in the search bar at the bottom type, "run" and then press enter. In the, "Open:" menu type, "%appdata%" , press, "Ok" and then the, ".minecraft" folder should be at the top.
2. Open the, "versions" folder.
3. Open which ever version you want to use's folder
4. Then right-click on the version's Executable Jar File, and then go to the 7-zip drop arrow and click, "Open Archive"
5. Open the, "assets" folder; open the, ".minecraft" folder; open the, "textures" folder; and then open the, "entity" folder.
6. Now if you scroll down pass the folders you'll find a, "steve.png" file. I wasn't able to view the image in 7-zip, but if you copy the image to, say, the desktop, it should show in an image previewer. Anyway, go ahead and save a copy somewhere on your C:\ drive if you want the original Steve skin. OTHERWISE, you're going to delete this, "steve.png" image file and then copy your skin image file into this, "entity" folder SO LONG AS your skin file is named, "steve.png".
7. After you delete the, "steve.png" file from the, "entity" folder, copy your skin .png image file you renamed, "steve" and paste it into the, "entity" folder.
***You cannot leave the original steve.png file and copy and paste your renamed skin file over it. Even if you check the file after just "swapping" the image files, it will show your new skin. But if you go into the game, it'll show as Steve. Furthermore, if you go back to the, "entity" folder, and check the steve.png file, it will be the original Steve again.
And that should do it! Try it out, if all else fails, back up your save files/ resource packs and re-install Minecraft to defaults. I'm going to confirm this with my hubby in a little bit. If it doesn't work I'll delete this post or update it or something.. Let me know if it worked for any of you, too! Thanks, Good Luck, and Happy Gaming! ^. ^
******** UPDATE: The file reverted back to Steve once I connected online. I also noticed it created a 1.8 natives folder in my "versions" folder. Hm... So, I'm only assuming that the above method will only work as long as you don't play online. Once online, the Steve skin is reloaded (I went back to check in the entity folder, and sure enough... -glares-). Soooo close. I haven't tested it offline LAN only, too tired going back and forth. Maybe one day.
CAUTION: We have followed above steps, but the game was never able to work. He could seldom enter the game or it'd be too glitchy. We were using our older router though.
its a full release and will update itself. Rename the version like what you would do if you were adding mods to the game.
This is still a problem in 1.7.10 and 1.8 lan games, I cant believe Mojang hasnt fix this yet, not everyone wants to play online multiplayer. Anyone knows a workaround to this problem?
same problem. Worked before 1.7.10, now i cant see the hosts skin and my friend cant see mine when I am the host. Its driving me mad, hope they're fixing it.
It doesn't fix this problem, but you can bypass it by running your game as a private server rather than opening the game to LAN. It's not as simple as 'open to LAN' but it will allow you to play with all of your skins and you can log into your own server on the host computer so you don't need a dedicated PC. As long as you don't distribute your IP only those you give it to will be able to log into your game.
I found the video below the easiest to follow:
I haven't worked out how to load a previously created single-player game via the server (it generates a new world when you first start), if anyone knows how please let me know.
One BIG thing is... here this is my problem Host (me) can see host and friend. Friend can see his but not mine It botheres the Hell out of me i mean really its like being a noob all over again please some one who lives the notch TELL HIM or knows his email.!
If you are using a resource pack you can replace the friend's of the host's steve.png in the resourcepack.zip/assets/minecraft/enity/ folder with the host's desired skin. Not a perfect fix but works especially if theres 2 players.
So is this an issue that is to be fixed or is this now just the way it is post skin-server change?
Also, I don't understand; if skins are now verified through servers, causing the problem of the host skin not appearing in LAN- why aren't ALL the skins of people playing on the LAN appearing as Steve instead of just the host?
Great point. And how is it that I can see me if there's a problem with it contacting the servers. I'm on Lan with my son. He can see his skin. I can see his skin. I can see my skin. He cannot see my skin. I'm hosting. This is BS.
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Hope it helps.
Sadness from being mocked by my friends.
Thank goodness this doesn't happen in multiplayer.
I'm going to blame all this on Microsoft. This looks like a typical Microsoft problem.
pff I don't think this is a Microsoft problem, It happened before Microsoft bought Mojang. But in all seriousness, I hope they fix it.
The skin you are referring to is "Alex". lol yes she is portrayed as the female counterpart to Steve. Google it she shows up in the new posters and stuff.
Sorry if that was supposed to be sarcasm. It's ok to be a girl playing minecraft BTW lol
its a full release and will update itself. Rename the version like what you would do if you were adding mods to the game.
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It doesn't fix this problem, but you can bypass it by running your game as a private server rather than opening the game to LAN. It's not as simple as 'open to LAN' but it will allow you to play with all of your skins and you can log into your own server on the host computer so you don't need a dedicated PC. As long as you don't distribute your IP only those you give it to will be able to log into your game.
I found the video below the easiest to follow:
I haven't worked out how to load a previously created single-player game via the server (it generates a new world when you first start), if anyone knows how please let me know.
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Great point. And how is it that I can see me if there's a problem with it contacting the servers. I'm on Lan with my son. He can see his skin. I can see his skin. I can see my skin. He cannot see my skin. I'm hosting. This is BS.