How to play 2 instances of Minecraft on one computer in one server (‘LAN’ multiplayer) with Vivecraft and modpack support, with only one copy of the game GUIDE.
Disclaimer: as far as I know, using one copy of the game for LAN multiplayer has always been ‘supported’ by Mojang, and does not go against Terms and Conditions. This practice was commonplace in older games, around when Minecraft first materialized. In Minecraft, it simply amounts to changing your displayname in the launcher profile to make it work. If you can provide me with evidence that this goes against Mojang's terms and conditions, let me know and I’ll edit the guide accordingly. You can also just buy a second copy of the game and still use this guide.
Requirements:
VR headset (I’ve only tested this with Oculus)
VR-ready PC (this guide is for Windows, but might work on other OS)
16gb of ram minimum (though if you don’t need modpack support, you can probably get away with 8gb)
A controller set for 2 people (eg. 1 xbox controller and oculus touch; or 2 xbox controllers)
One copy of Minecraft Java (as of this guide, version 1.12.2 is released)
Who is this guide for?
If you want to play Vivecraft with mods with your partner or child or whoever, but they don’t have a good enough computer to run modded Minecraft via LAN or online play, then this is the guide for you.
If you don’t want mods, you can still use this guide, but don’t install Forge or Twitch, and ignore modpack related steps.
Alternatively, if you want to play Vivecraft with a modpack by yourself, you can ignore the steps relating to double instances of the game.
Layout: Each step is summarized in italics, but instructions are non-italicized.
Step 1)
Install Minecraft
Install most up-to-date Minecraft (install directory does not matter) and login to your account at least once. (note: the most up-to-date Minecraft still contains previous versions within it, which will be created with custom launcher profiles via Vivecraft if your modpack needs it.)
Step 2)
Choose a modpack. (don’t download it yet). IMPORTANT: you have to make sure all the versions of Minecraft, Forge, and Vivecraft align, or this guide won’t work. Modpacks are updated to a certain version of the game, so pay attention to what version of Minecraft the modpack you chose is meant for.
For this guide, I will choose The Simple Life 2 modpack as an example (I recommend this if you haven’t played modded Minecraft before), found at the following link:
At the time of this guide, the newest Game Version of Minecraft supported by this The Simple Life 2 is 1.10.2. Make sure you know the version specified for whatever modpack you choose!
Step 3)
Download appropriate version of Vivecraft BUT DO NOT INSTALL IT YET.
Note that even though Vivecraft for 1.12.X is out, we cannot use that version because the Simple Life 2 only allows for Minecraft 1.10.2. So we download the older version of Vivecraft that supports 1.10.2. Yes, this means we don’t get the newest features of Vivecraft 1.12.X! Not a big deal in my opinion.
Run the setup but DO NOT INSTALL IT YET. Look at the box “Install Vivecraft with Forge [version number]”. Take note of that version number. The one I downloaded says “Install Vivecraft with Forge 12.18.3.2511”. Exit the setup, DO NOT INSTALL IT YET.
Important Note: The Simple Life 2 has mods that Vivecraft 1.10.2 can’t interact with. For instance, if you open your inventory in VR, you’ll see an inventory selection screen on the right, but you won’t be able to use the search bar. This might be fixed in newer versions of Vivecraft, and for that reason, you might want to stick with a 1.12.2 friendly modpack. I avoid this issue because I have a second xbox 360 controller that I use whenever I want to interact with that part of the mod. – so I use both oculus touch controllers and an xbox controller together.
Step 4)
Download and install the appropriate version of Forge, as specified by the Vivecraft installer. (Most mods and modpacks require Forge to be installed).
Since I’m going to be using Minecraft 1.10.2, I go to the left menu and choose that version. Notice that the page still provides 2 options: “download latest” and “download recommended.” According to our Vivecraft installer, we want Forge 12.18.3.2511. So we choose “Download Latest 1.10.2 - 12.18.3.2511” since our version is specified in that range.
Run the Forge installer and click “Ok”. It should install to the default directory: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft.
Step 5) (the annoying step)
Download and install Modpack via Twitch desktop app (yes, you have to install Twitch – I think you can uninstall Twitch after everything works, but I haven’t tested that).
Open the Twitch app and login to your new account. Click the “Mods” tab at the top. You should see Minecraft at the top left. Click on it. Click “Browse all Modpacks” and find the modpack you’ve chosen and install it. You can try clicking “play” in Twitch just to make sure the mod works.
When you’re done, exit everything and exit Twitch.
Step 6) (now it starts to get fun)
Create (copy) a second .minecraft directory within your Curse directory.
A bit of explanation: Twitch installed your modpack to a unique folder, NOT the .minecraft folder found in roaming. You can find this unique folder in: C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances
In this directory, you’ll find a folder called “The Simple Life 2” or whatever the name of your modpack is. Make a copy of this folder in the same directory. By default, you’ll now see two folders, e.g. “The Simple Life 2” and “The Simple Life 2 – Copy.” I recommend renaming these folders to include the names of you and your partner, so for instance, “The Simple Life 2 – Andrew VR” and “The Simple Life 2 – Veronika Non-VR.”
Step 7a)
Install Vivecraft VR Client
Open the Vivecraft installer you downloaded in Step 3.
The path at the top should be C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft.
Every box should be checked. If you have 16gb of ram, choose 6gb ram allocation (you can easily change this later). For the name, type something like “VR Andrew.”
The modpack directory should point to the folder from the previous step, so for instance, C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Andrew VR
Download the Vivecraft Non-VR client installer from the Vivecraft website. It still needs to match the same version e.g. “Companion 1.10.2” is the one we want for The Simple Life 2.
Repeat the exact same procedure in Step 7a to install this, with three changes:
-change the name to something like Non-VR Veronika
-Change the modpack directory to the other folder you made in step 6, so for instance, C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Veronika Non-VR
-And you can uncheck enable binaural audio.
Click install.
Step 7c) (the most important step of all)
Change the launch profiles to correspond to the correct instances folder – this allows you to run two instances of the game at the same time.
Open the Minecraft launcher (should be on your desktop). In the launcher, click “Launch Options” and choose your VR launcher, specified in step 7a, so for instance “VR Andrew”.
I recommend turning on resolution and putting it to something like 640x480 (this won’t impact your in-VR resolution).
Necessary: change game directory to your instance folder, so for example, C:/Users\Andrew\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Andrew VR
Finally, if you want to change your ram allocation, you can click JVM arguments and change the numbers from Xmx6G to Xmx8G for 8gb of ram allocation, for instance. You might want to play with these settings later to max out performance without freezing up your overall computer memory when you have 2 instances running together.
Click save.
NOW click on the other launcher profile, for instance, “Non-VR Veronika”.
Change the resolution to your native monitor resolution, eg. 1080 or 1440p. I find anything smaller than native resolution actually causes worse performance – you’ll want to run it fullscreen too.
Change the game directory to the other instance, for example,
C:/Users\Andrew\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Veronika Non-VR
Click save.
Step 8) (almost done – just a few more steps)
Delete mods that are unsupported in Vivecraft.
This step is tricky, and took me awhile. Go back to the “News” tab of the launcher and click the little green up arrow in the bottom middle to choose the VR version, so for instance, “VR Andrew” as specified in step 7a. Click play.
If you are using an Oculus, you’ll need Steam VR running in the background. Put on your VR headset and create a new world. See if everything is working. If you notice a crash or graphical issues, it’s likely there is an unsupported mod in the modpack. There are 2 ways to resolve this:
Go to http://www.vivecraft.org/forge-mod-compatibility/ and see if any of the unsupported mods are in your modpack. You can find the mods in your modpack by looking at the mods official website page, or looking in the mods folder, so for instance, C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Andrew VR\mods
The other possible way to resolve this is to manually take out some mods from the \mods folder (put them in a temporary folder somewhere else) and keep testing with different mod combinations and narrow them down until you’ve found the culprit, then delete it.
If you’re using The simple Life 2, I’ll save you the effort: delete the “betterAcheivements” mod and the “betterFPS” mod, by simply deleting their folders from the /mods folder.
IMPORTANT: You have to do this on both instances of the game! So for example delete the same mods in C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Veronika Non-VR\mods
Step 9)
Install Minecraft Joypad Mod so your non-VR partner can use a controller, like an Xbox 360 controller, to play (this is needed because Vivecraft ‘uses’ the mouse. If your non-VR partner tries to play with keyboard and mouse while you use VR, they will find their controls messed up whenever you are in a menu or inventory. It’s possible to play like this, but frustrating.)
Make sure you download the correct version corresponding to your Minecraft version! So for us Simple Lifers, 1.9.4-1.10.2.
Put the downloaded .jar file is in the mod folder OF BOTH INSTANCES OF THE GAME, so both Andrew VR and Veronika Non-VR /mods folders!
Step 10a) The final step.
Run two instances of Minecraft on the same LAN server, on the same computer. Note: if you own a second copy of Minecraft, you can ignore the DisplayName change step. Instead just login into one account, choose the VR instance and play. Then minimize the game, open the launcher again, sign into your second account, and choose the Non-VR instance and click play. This should also allow you to play together online, but I haven’t tested any of that.
Go to the following folder in windows: C:\Users\Andrew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
Find the file called “launcher_profiles.json” and right click, choose “send to desktop (create shortcut)”. On your desktop you can now easily open this file. Open it now. If it asks you what you want to open it with, choose notepad and click remember this setting.
When it’s opened in notepad, scroll over until you see "displayName": "[account name]”. Type in the name of the non-VR player, so for instance, “Veronika”. Save the file.
Open the Minecraft launcher. At the top right it should say “Veronika”. Now click the green arrow at the bottom, choose your non-VR player instance, and then click Play.
Important step: the non-VR player should go to options, controller, and then at the top enable their xbox (or whatever) controller. They should now be able to play without keyboard and mouse.
Now minimize the game.
Go back to launcher_profiles.json and change the display name to the other player, eg. “Andrew”. Save the file.
Open the Minecraft launcher, and it should say “Andrew” in the top right.
Choose the VR instance, and then click play.
Step 10b)
Once both instances of the game are loaded, the non-VR player should click “start new world”. Once they are in the world, they should go to the menu, and click “open to lan”. Once it is open to lan, the VR player should go to multiplayer, and they should see the LAN world appear on the list. Join it.
If everything goes well, you should both be in the same world, playing together.
Important extra step:
I find the best way to play like this is to have the non-VR player running fullscreen, but press control-alt-delete and click task manager. Minimize all other windows EXCEPT for the fullscreen Non-VR instance and task manager, so minimize the VR version (which shouldn't be fullscreened). You might also want to end the ‘Windows explorer” task in task manager to get rid of the start menu bar at the bottom (you can reopen windows explorer at the end of the play session in task manager by clicking file--> start new task - > explorer.exe). Move task manager to the bottom right until you can barely see it. The reason for this is that you don’t want the NON-VR player’s instance as the 'focused window', because that can mess with controls, but you still want it fullscreen to maximize performance and be able to see it (this might vary depending on your PC build).
A few additional remarks:
-disable Oculus headphones, use windows default, otherwise you might get stuttering
-every time you restart a play session, you need to edit the launcher_profile.json display name for both instances of the game. Make sure you use the same names every time, otherwise you'll start as a new player with no items.
-I am aware of MultiMC but the newest version wasn’t working with Vivecraft for me, so I couldn’t use it. It might make things a bit easier if you want to check it out.
-If the game is crashing randomly, try turning off anti-virus shields and/or firewalls.
-You'll probably want to really turn down your video settings on your VR instance (lowering settings is a lot less noticeable in VR). I found turning off mipmapping helped a lot and draw distance to 6. If you still have trouble with performance, turn down video settings on the non-VR client as well, but that will suck for them.
-The Simple Life 2 has mods that Vivecraft can’t interact with. For instance, if you open your inventory in VR, you’ll see an inventory selection screen on the right, but you won’t be able to use the search bar. This might be fixed in newer versions of Vivecraft, and for that reason, you might want to stick with an updated modpack. How do I get around this issue? I have a second xbox 360 controller that I use whenever I want to interact with that part of the mod. – so I use both touch controllers and an xbox controller.
How to play 2 instances of Minecraft on one computer in one server (‘LAN’ multiplayer) with Vivecraft and modpack support, with only one copy of the game GUIDE.
Disclaimer: as far as I know, using one copy of the game for LAN multiplayer has always been ‘supported’ by Mojang, and does not go against Terms and Conditions. This practice was commonplace in older games, around when Minecraft first materialized. In Minecraft, it simply amounts to changing your displayname in the launcher profile to make it work. If you can provide me with evidence that this goes against Mojang's terms and conditions, let me know and I’ll edit the guide accordingly. You can also just buy a second copy of the game and still use this guide.
Requirements:
VR headset (I’ve only tested this with Oculus)
VR-ready PC (this guide is for Windows, but might work on other OS)
16gb of ram minimum (though if you don’t need modpack support, you can probably get away with 8gb)
A controller set for 2 people (eg. 1 xbox controller and oculus touch; or 2 xbox controllers)
One copy of Minecraft Java (as of this guide, version 1.12.2 is released)
Who is this guide for?
If you want to play Vivecraft with mods with your partner or child or whoever, but they don’t have a good enough computer to run modded Minecraft via LAN or online play, then this is the guide for you.
If you don’t want mods, you can still use this guide, but don’t install Forge or Twitch, and ignore modpack related steps.
Alternatively, if you want to play Vivecraft with a modpack by yourself, you can ignore the steps relating to double instances of the game.
Layout: Each step is summarized in italics, but instructions are non-italicized.
Step 1)
Install Minecraft
Install most up-to-date Minecraft (install directory does not matter) and login to your account at least once. (note: the most up-to-date Minecraft still contains previous versions within it, which will be created with custom launcher profiles via Vivecraft if your modpack needs it.)
Step 2)
Choose a modpack. (don’t download it yet). IMPORTANT: you have to make sure all the versions of Minecraft, Forge, and Vivecraft align, or this guide won’t work. Modpacks are updated to a certain version of the game, so pay attention to what version of Minecraft the modpack you chose is meant for.
You should pretty much definitely use this website to find a modpack: https://minecraft.curseforge.com/modpacks
For this guide, I will choose The Simple Life 2 modpack as an example (I recommend this if you haven’t played modded Minecraft before), found at the following link:
https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/the-simple-life-2-hqm/files
At the time of this guide, the newest Game Version of Minecraft supported by this The Simple Life 2 is 1.10.2. Make sure you know the version specified for whatever modpack you choose!
Step 3)
Download appropriate version of Vivecraft BUT DO NOT INSTALL IT YET.
http://www.vivecraft.org/downloads/
Note that even though Vivecraft for 1.12.X is out, we cannot use that version because the Simple Life 2 only allows for Minecraft 1.10.2. So we download the older version of Vivecraft that supports 1.10.2. Yes, this means we don’t get the newest features of Vivecraft 1.12.X! Not a big deal in my opinion.
Run the setup but DO NOT INSTALL IT YET. Look at the box “Install Vivecraft with Forge [version number]”. Take note of that version number. The one I downloaded says “Install Vivecraft with Forge 12.18.3.2511”. Exit the setup, DO NOT INSTALL IT YET.
Important Note: The Simple Life 2 has mods that Vivecraft 1.10.2 can’t interact with. For instance, if you open your inventory in VR, you’ll see an inventory selection screen on the right, but you won’t be able to use the search bar. This might be fixed in newer versions of Vivecraft, and for that reason, you might want to stick with a 1.12.2 friendly modpack. I avoid this issue because I have a second xbox 360 controller that I use whenever I want to interact with that part of the mod. – so I use both oculus touch controllers and an xbox controller together.
Step 4)
Download and install the appropriate version of Forge, as specified by the Vivecraft installer. (Most mods and modpacks require Forge to be installed).
https://files.minecraftforge.net/
Since I’m going to be using Minecraft 1.10.2, I go to the left menu and choose that version. Notice that the page still provides 2 options: “download latest” and “download recommended.” According to our Vivecraft installer, we want Forge 12.18.3.2511. So we choose “Download Latest 1.10.2 - 12.18.3.2511” since our version is specified in that range.
Run the Forge installer and click “Ok”. It should install to the default directory: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft.
Step 5) (the annoying step)
Download and install Modpack via Twitch desktop app (yes, you have to install Twitch – I think you can uninstall Twitch after everything works, but I haven’t tested that).
https://app.twitch.tv/download
Create a Twitch account (it’s quick)
Open the Twitch app and login to your new account. Click the “Mods” tab at the top. You should see Minecraft at the top left. Click on it. Click “Browse all Modpacks” and find the modpack you’ve chosen and install it. You can try clicking “play” in Twitch just to make sure the mod works.
When you’re done, exit everything and exit Twitch.
Step 6) (now it starts to get fun)
Create (copy) a second .minecraft directory within your Curse directory.
A bit of explanation: Twitch installed your modpack to a unique folder, NOT the .minecraft folder found in roaming. You can find this unique folder in: C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances
In this directory, you’ll find a folder called “The Simple Life 2” or whatever the name of your modpack is. Make a copy of this folder in the same directory. By default, you’ll now see two folders, e.g. “The Simple Life 2” and “The Simple Life 2 – Copy.” I recommend renaming these folders to include the names of you and your partner, so for instance, “The Simple Life 2 – Andrew VR” and “The Simple Life 2 – Veronika Non-VR.”
Step 7a)
Install Vivecraft VR Client
Open the Vivecraft installer you downloaded in Step 3.
The path at the top should be C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft.
Every box should be checked. If you have 16gb of ram, choose 6gb ram allocation (you can easily change this later). For the name, type something like “VR Andrew.”
The modpack directory should point to the folder from the previous step, so for instance, C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Andrew VR
Click install.
Step 7b)
Download and install Vivecraft Client (Non-VR).
http://www.vivecraft.org/downloads/
Download the Vivecraft Non-VR client installer from the Vivecraft website. It still needs to match the same version e.g. “Companion 1.10.2” is the one we want for The Simple Life 2.
Repeat the exact same procedure in Step 7a to install this, with three changes:
-change the name to something like Non-VR Veronika
-Change the modpack directory to the other folder you made in step 6, so for instance, C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Veronika Non-VR
-And you can uncheck enable binaural audio.
Click install.
Step 7c) (the most important step of all)
Change the launch profiles to correspond to the correct instances folder – this allows you to run two instances of the game at the same time.
Open the Minecraft launcher (should be on your desktop). In the launcher, click “Launch Options” and choose your VR launcher, specified in step 7a, so for instance “VR Andrew”.
I recommend turning on resolution and putting it to something like 640x480 (this won’t impact your in-VR resolution).
Necessary: change game directory to your instance folder, so for example, C:/Users\Andrew\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Andrew VR
Finally, if you want to change your ram allocation, you can click JVM arguments and change the numbers from Xmx6G to Xmx8G for 8gb of ram allocation, for instance. You might want to play with these settings later to max out performance without freezing up your overall computer memory when you have 2 instances running together.
Click save.
NOW click on the other launcher profile, for instance, “Non-VR Veronika”.
Change the resolution to your native monitor resolution, eg. 1080 or 1440p. I find anything smaller than native resolution actually causes worse performance – you’ll want to run it fullscreen too.
Change the game directory to the other instance, for example,
C:/Users\Andrew\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Veronika Non-VR
Click save.
Step 8) (almost done – just a few more steps)
Delete mods that are unsupported in Vivecraft.
This step is tricky, and took me awhile. Go back to the “News” tab of the launcher and click the little green up arrow in the bottom middle to choose the VR version, so for instance, “VR Andrew” as specified in step 7a. Click play.
If you are using an Oculus, you’ll need Steam VR running in the background. Put on your VR headset and create a new world. See if everything is working. If you notice a crash or graphical issues, it’s likely there is an unsupported mod in the modpack. There are 2 ways to resolve this:
Go to http://www.vivecraft.org/forge-mod-compatibility/ and see if any of the unsupported mods are in your modpack. You can find the mods in your modpack by looking at the mods official website page, or looking in the mods folder, so for instance, C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Andrew VR\mods
The other possible way to resolve this is to manually take out some mods from the \mods folder (put them in a temporary folder somewhere else) and keep testing with different mod combinations and narrow them down until you’ve found the culprit, then delete it.
If you’re using The simple Life 2, I’ll save you the effort: delete the “betterAcheivements” mod and the “betterFPS” mod, by simply deleting their folders from the /mods folder.
IMPORTANT: You have to do this on both instances of the game! So for example delete the same mods in C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Curse\Minecraft\Instances\The Simple Life 2 – Veronika Non-VR\mods
Step 9)
Install Minecraft Joypad Mod so your non-VR partner can use a controller, like an Xbox 360 controller, to play (this is needed because Vivecraft ‘uses’ the mouse. If your non-VR partner tries to play with keyboard and mouse while you use VR, they will find their controls messed up whenever you are in a menu or inventory. It’s possible to play like this, but frustrating.)
http://retro-hack.blogspot.ca/p/minecraft-joypad-mod.html
Make sure you download the correct version corresponding to your Minecraft version! So for us Simple Lifers, 1.9.4-1.10.2.
Put the downloaded .jar file is in the mod folder OF BOTH INSTANCES OF THE GAME, so both Andrew VR and Veronika Non-VR /mods folders!
Step 10a) The final step.
Run two instances of Minecraft on the same LAN server, on the same computer. Note: if you own a second copy of Minecraft, you can ignore the DisplayName change step. Instead just login into one account, choose the VR instance and play. Then minimize the game, open the launcher again, sign into your second account, and choose the Non-VR instance and click play. This should also allow you to play together online, but I haven’t tested any of that.
Go to the following folder in windows: C:\Users\Andrew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
Find the file called “launcher_profiles.json” and right click, choose “send to desktop (create shortcut)”. On your desktop you can now easily open this file. Open it now. If it asks you what you want to open it with, choose notepad and click remember this setting.
When it’s opened in notepad, scroll over until you see "displayName": "[account name]”. Type in the name of the non-VR player, so for instance, “Veronika”. Save the file.
Open the Minecraft launcher. At the top right it should say “Veronika”. Now click the green arrow at the bottom, choose your non-VR player instance, and then click Play.
Important step: the non-VR player should go to options, controller, and then at the top enable their xbox (or whatever) controller. They should now be able to play without keyboard and mouse.
Now minimize the game.
Go back to launcher_profiles.json and change the display name to the other player, eg. “Andrew”. Save the file.
Open the Minecraft launcher, and it should say “Andrew” in the top right.
Choose the VR instance, and then click play.
Step 10b)
Once both instances of the game are loaded, the non-VR player should click “start new world”. Once they are in the world, they should go to the menu, and click “open to lan”. Once it is open to lan, the VR player should go to multiplayer, and they should see the LAN world appear on the list. Join it.
If everything goes well, you should both be in the same world, playing together.
Important extra step:
I find the best way to play like this is to have the non-VR player running fullscreen, but press control-alt-delete and click task manager. Minimize all other windows EXCEPT for the fullscreen Non-VR instance and task manager, so minimize the VR version (which shouldn't be fullscreened). You might also want to end the ‘Windows explorer” task in task manager to get rid of the start menu bar at the bottom (you can reopen windows explorer at the end of the play session in task manager by clicking file--> start new task - > explorer.exe). Move task manager to the bottom right until you can barely see it. The reason for this is that you don’t want the NON-VR player’s instance as the 'focused window', because that can mess with controls, but you still want it fullscreen to maximize performance and be able to see it (this might vary depending on your PC build).
A few additional remarks:
-disable Oculus headphones, use windows default, otherwise you might get stuttering
-every time you restart a play session, you need to edit the launcher_profile.json display name for both instances of the game. Make sure you use the same names every time, otherwise you'll start as a new player with no items.
-I am aware of MultiMC but the newest version wasn’t working with Vivecraft for me, so I couldn’t use it. It might make things a bit easier if you want to check it out.
-If the game is crashing randomly, try turning off anti-virus shields and/or firewalls.
-You'll probably want to really turn down your video settings on your VR instance (lowering settings is a lot less noticeable in VR). I found turning off mipmapping helped a lot and draw distance to 6. If you still have trouble with performance, turn down video settings on the non-VR client as well, but that will suck for them.
-The Simple Life 2 has mods that Vivecraft can’t interact with. For instance, if you open your inventory in VR, you’ll see an inventory selection screen on the right, but you won’t be able to use the search bar. This might be fixed in newer versions of Vivecraft, and for that reason, you might want to stick with an updated modpack. How do I get around this issue? I have a second xbox 360 controller that I use whenever I want to interact with that part of the mod. – so I use both touch controllers and an xbox controller.