Get Minecraft Running On A Raspberry Pi

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Raspbian is installed on your Raspberry Pi. This will enable you to locate Minecraft Pi in the Games section. Minecraft Pi is a bare-bones version of the popular survival game designed to help teach users various programming languages.



It's certainly entertaining but it's not the Minecraft game we love. A group of Raspberry Pi users has figured out how you can install Minecraft fully-featured on your Raspberry Pi 2, or 3.



There's a lot to edit and tweaking using files and Terminal commands, as with everything else on the Raspberry Pi. You should be patient and go through each step.



Keep in mind Before you start, there are some things you should be aware of:



You will need to know your Mojang account login information, along with your Minecraft username.



You will need an active Minecraft license. Minecraft.net has a place to purchase one.



This guide is only for Minecraft 1.8.9. However, with a minor modification you can run the latest version, which is currently 1.9.4 (more on this below).



The game Minecraft on a computer that costs $35 isn't the most enjoyable experience, but it's certainly playable.



Spend an hour putting everything together.



I suggest opening this guide on the browser on your Raspberry Pi, with the Terminal window right next to it. You'll have to download modified log files from Dropbox. I don't want to share the commands here only to have them modified in the future.



It's a breeze. You will need to copy various Terminal commands from your browser and paste them into the command prompt. After you've entered each command, press the Enter key on the keyboard. Your Pi will handle the rest.



Tips to help make the process more smooth



Raspberry Pi 3 users are exempted from Step 1. At present, you are not able to overclock the Pi 3. The Pi 3 is faster than the Pi 2 out of the box.



After you have completed Step 4, press the arrow keys to highlight Advanced options. Next highlight GL Options, select Enable.



Step 7 of the guide was confusing to me. It states that you need to click "edit profile" however, you actually need to select Profile Editor and then double-click on the first listing. Click on Version Selection next to Use version to select the number of the build. The default guide is 1.8.9. At present, we recommend using the version you have and we can change it after everything is working.



Step 10 instructs you to modify "run.sh" without further instructions. To do this, open the Minecraft folder located in your Pi directory, and right-click on the run.sh file, then select Text Editor.



There are two options to launch Minecraft. To launch Minecraft it is recommended to follow the instructions. instruct you to use "./run.sh". While that works, before entering the command you'll need to type "cd Minecraft" into a Terminal window. Another option is to open Minecraft folder and double-click the run.sh file. Then, select "Execute."



Start with the latest version. Then you are able to play around with the installation. welcome to my hut To upgrade to the latest Minecraft version, you'll need to restart Minecraft.jar.



Enter cd Minecraft in a Terminal window



Next, enter: java -jar Minecraft.jar



Click on Profile Editor, then change the version to 1.9.4 (or whatever the latest version is).



Save your changes, and then click the Play button to force Minecraft to download the most recent version.



Then, start the Minecraft folder.



To avoid problems if you make a mistake, you should take two seconds and create a copy of the run.sh file. Rename it to something alone the lines of "runcopy.sh".



With a copy safely hidden away open the run.sh file by right-clicking it and selecting Text Editor.



Press Ctrl-F on your keyboard, and type 1.8.9 in the text field. There should be at least two instances. Each of them should be replaced with the current Minecraft version (this should match the version number you selected in step 3. welcome to my hut



Save the file, then reboot your Raspberry Pi.



Start Minecraft like you normally and enjoy.