Minecraft is most fun when played with friends. Almost every 'lan party' I host (or go to) involves Minecraft. In some of these 'parties', we don't have access to the web. In cases like these, it might be a bit confusing to get Minecraft to work in multiplayer. So the purpose of this post is to show you how to play Minecraft over lan without internet.
- How To Play Minecraft With Friends
- How To Play Minecraft With Someone Else
- How To Play Minecraft With Someone Else Using Discord
- How To Play Minecraft With Someone Else On A Pc
- How Do I Play Minecraft
How To Play Minecraft With Friends
The first step is to connect all the computers together through a router. If you only have two computers, then you can connect them through a LAN cable.
Minecraft is a great game to play with friends, and you can cross-play with them no matter the platform, as long as you have the same version. This means that if you own the Java Edition of. Click the Start button, click Settings (cogwheel), go to Accounts, and then press Other Users. Click Add someone else to this PC and fill in their information. You can choose to create a user with a Microsoft account or make a local user without an account. Do not use an exclamation mark or Minecraft will not run.
- Step One: Set a Static IP for Your Gaming Computer First things first, you need to assign a static IP address to the computer that is hosting your Minecraft session. By doing this, you avoid having to look up the IP address of your computer on the local LAN every time you want to play with your friends online.
- My brother plays Minecraft on his computer and I was wondering if I could play with him while on my iPad. Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 176 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.
Step 1 – Create a server if you don't already have one
The next step is setting up a server (if this isn't already done). The easiest way to do this is to start the MC client (you'll need to select the 'play offline' box to be able to play). Next, click the singleplayer button and select/create the world which you want to play.
Once your world is created/opened, you need to make it accessible over LAN. To do so, press enter, then 'Open to LAN'. Choose your preferred settings and press 'Start LAN World'.
Notice the message that appears 'Local game hosted on 0.0.0.0:7762″ you needn't remember the zeros, but write down the numbers after that. They correspond to the port through which other people can connect to our server.
Note that you might also need to turn off your firewall to allow other people to connect.
Step 2 – Getting the required IP Address
Now, you need to determine the IP address of your computer. Go to the Windows start menu and click on run (if you're on XP) or type 'run' in the search bar if you're on Windows Vista/7/8.
Once the Run program opens, type 'cmd.exe' (without the double quotes) in the text box.
How To Play Minecraft With Someone Else
This will pop up a Command Prompt window, which might look intimidating to those of you who are less computer literate. But fear not, what we will do is completely harmless.
In the command prompt windows, type ipconfig, and press ENTER. This will pop up a bunch of different series of numbers. Now, the one you want to give your friend(s) depends on whether you're using a router or a direct LAN cable.
If you're using a direct LAN Cable, you need the IP address that is identified as 'Autoconfiguration IP Address'
On the other hand, if you're connected through a router, you need to look for 'IP Address'
How To Play Minecraft With Someone Else Using Discord
Step 3 – Connecting to the server
How To Play Minecraft With Someone Else On A Pc
Now, connecting to our server is quite straightforward, you (or your friend(s)) need to open Minecraft and click on Multiplayer. Then, click on 'Direct Connect' and, in the text box, enter the IP Address obtained previously followed by a colon and the port number we get in step 1:
That's it; you should now be able to play Minecraft over LAN without internet!
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to comment below!
How Do I Play Minecraft
As always, thanks for reading and have a nice day,
-Icosebyte
