Hi,
So I just bought minecraft, which I tried to do several times and didn't work until I called my bank and told them to pre-authorize an international purchase. And I have a few questions.
My son has games in his "saves" folder from the old edition, and now we have the newer one I just bought. Can I just copy/paste?
Also, I used some programs in the past, because some people on the forums suggested, called like mc-patcher and minecraft Forge.
Are those still necessary/helpful with the new 1.7.9?
How tricky are mods? I am not planning on doing alot of mods, but my son keeps talking about tons of them he wants. I am thinking of letting him pick one (although I'm sure it will lead to the desire for 100). I don't want to ruin our copy of the game.
Also, I just bought the game, and there is a download called minecraft.exe. But each time I click it, (owner/downloads/minecraft.exe) it launches this box like it's trying to install. In my "Owner/.minecraft" folder, there is only an executable jar file called "launcher" which doesn't do anything. And in my ".minecraft/versions/1.7.9/" there is a file called "1.7.9" but its also an executable jar file, which doesnt open the game. Am I missing something??
Firstly, saves can be copied just fine from old .minecraft folders to new
MCPatcher and Forge are for modifying the game files to either increase performance or add features. They're entirely optional, but, as you may have noticed this is "unmodified" client support.
Mods can break things badly, but on the other hand, lots of people use them fine and enjoy them a lot
If it gets screwed up, you can revert Minecraft to a clean slate with a right-click and a push of the "rename" option on the .minecraft folder - name it something else, and Minecraft will re-download the files in pristine condition.
Minecraft.exe is the file you use to launch Minecraft. Not using it is a very complicated process and is really not worth your time, to be honest. If there's a specific problem you have with it, please elaborate and we can help you
Hope I got everything, if not, just ask
Edit - yeah, missed something. Mods are generally easy to install, if you use packs such as Feed The Beast, Technic packs, or other pre-made sets. Installing individual ones yourself is relatively easy until you start getting errors, then it gets... "fun".
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So I just bought minecraft, which I tried to do several times and didn't work until I called my bank and told them to pre-authorize an international purchase. And I have a few questions.
My son has games in his "saves" folder from the old edition, and now we have the newer one I just bought. Can I just copy/paste?
Also, I used some programs in the past, because some people on the forums suggested, called like mc-patcher and minecraft Forge.
Are those still necessary/helpful with the new 1.7.9?
How tricky are mods? I am not planning on doing alot of mods, but my son keeps talking about tons of them he wants. I am thinking of letting him pick one (although I'm sure it will lead to the desire for 100). I don't want to ruin our copy of the game.
Also, I just bought the game, and there is a download called minecraft.exe. But each time I click it, (owner/downloads/minecraft.exe) it launches this box like it's trying to install. In my "Owner/.minecraft" folder, there is only an executable jar file called "launcher" which doesn't do anything. And in my ".minecraft/versions/1.7.9/" there is a file called "1.7.9" but its also an executable jar file, which doesnt open the game. Am I missing something??
Thanks!!!!!!!
MCPatcher and Forge are for modifying the game files to either increase performance or add features. They're entirely optional, but, as you may have noticed this is "unmodified" client support.
Mods can break things badly, but on the other hand, lots of people use them fine and enjoy them a lot
If it gets screwed up, you can revert Minecraft to a clean slate with a right-click and a push of the "rename" option on the .minecraft folder - name it something else, and Minecraft will re-download the files in pristine condition.
Minecraft.exe is the file you use to launch Minecraft. Not using it is a very complicated process and is really not worth your time, to be honest. If there's a specific problem you have with it, please elaborate and we can help you
Hope I got everything, if not, just ask
Edit - yeah, missed something. Mods are generally easy to install, if you use packs such as Feed The Beast, Technic packs, or other pre-made sets. Installing individual ones yourself is relatively easy until you start getting errors, then it gets... "fun".