How to play Minecraft online
Are you a passionate Minecraft gamer and perhaps have been wondering what it's like to play Minecraft online for a long time? Read this guide on how to play Minecraft online.
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What you need:
- Hamachi program
There are two different ways Minecraft play online. Either you play with the free trial version or log in directly with your user account.
Play Minecraft with a trial version
Download the Hamachi program from the website provided for this purpose and install it on your computer and start it. Hamachi is a free program.
- A display window now appears in which you can see your individual Hamachi IP.
- Now click on the option "join an existing network". In this way, you are joining a Minecraft Hamachi network.
- Now a window appears in which you write the Hamachi IP and the associated password.
- Now click on "join".
- In the next step start Minecraft as usual and click on the button "Multiplayer".
- Now write the Hamachi IP in the following line as well.
The computer game Minecraft can be played either alone in single player mode or ...
You are now on a server and can play Minecraft online.
Another way to play online
In the following points you will find another variant of how to play Minecraft online.
- In the first step, start the game as usual.
- Now, unlike usual, do not click on "Singleplayer", but on "Multiplayer".
- A line now appears in which you can enter a desired IP address. A listing with IP addresses and servers can be found on the official Minecraft website. Copy an IP address from this list.
- Now you will automatically join the server.
- As soon as you have joined the server, a small window will appear stating that you are now logged in and have joined the server.
You can now play Minecraft online on this server.
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