Minecraft – Setting up local Minecraft for multiple player

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My home setup is like this: We have 2 laptops connected wirelessly, 1 laptop connected wired, and 1 desktop connected wired. All are connected to the internet via a wireless router. What we want to do is be able to have the desktop computer "host" the Minecraft "server" and allow the other three laptops access it. Does anyone have instructions on how I set this up?

Best Answer

When you are in-game you can either use the /publish command or use the "Open to LAN" button in the menu

To open your current single player world for other players in your LAN, type the command /publish into the chat (note that this is still very restricted, e.g. you can't adjust the game options using the commandline) or access the Game Menu and click on the "Open to LAN" button. There you can select the gamemode for other players and whether they should be allowed to use Cheats. Both of these methods give you an IP for use, for example: "Local game hosted on hostname:12345". If you type /publish and want to change the default gamemode, type /defaultgamemode 1 for example. Note: two computers using the same Minecraft account name cannot connect with this method.

Now other players can either connect to your game using the link minecraft provided you or they can connect using the multiplayer menu with its new "Scanning for LAN-Worlds" section at the bottom.

Soruce: Multiplayer - Local area network

So to elaborate, on the Desktop Computer you would start up Minecraft, go into the world you're going to host and do what it says in the quote. the Laptops should then be able to use either the link you got or the Multiplayer Menu

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