Get The Full Version Of Minecraft Running On A Raspberry Pi

Installing Raspbian on your Raspberry Pi means you'll find Minecraft Pi in the Games section. Minecraft Pi is a stripped-down version of the popular survival game. It's created to teach users different programming languages.

It's certainly fun but it's not the Minecraft game we love to. 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 on the Raspberry Pi. Make sure you be patient, read through each step and you'll be able to complete the task.

Be aware that prior to you dive in there are some important things you need to be aware of:

You will need to know your Mojang account log-in info and your Minecraft username.

You will need a paid Minecraft license. Minecraft.net offers a way to purchase one.

This guide is for Minecraft 1.8.9. However, with a simple modification you can run the most current version, which is currently 1.9.4 (more on this later).

Although Minecraft is not the most enjoyable experience on an expensive computer It is certainly possible to play it.

Spend an hour putting everything together.

I recommend opening this guide using the browser on your Raspberry Pi, with the Terminal window beside it. You'll need to download altered log files from Dropbox. I don't want to share the commands here only to see them altered later on.

It's a breeze. Minecraft servers You'll need copy various Terminal commands from your browser and paste them into the command prompt. After you have pasted each command you press enter on the keyboard and your Pi takes care of the rest.

Tips to make the process as smooth as it can be Here are some ideas I have come up with to help make the process go as smooth as possible:

Raspberry Pi 3 users are exempted from Step 1. It is not possible to currently overclock the Pi 3 In addition, the Pi 3 is actually faster out of the box than the recommended overclock speed of the Pi 2.

After entering Step 4's command, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to highlight Advanced options and press enter. Then highlight GL Options, select Enable.

I got a bit confused in Step 7 of the guideline, where it says to click on "edit profile," You actually need to click on Profile Editor and then double-click on the first (and only) listing. Under Version Selection click on the drop-down next to Use version and choose the appropriate build number. The default guide is 1.8.9. This version is the one we recommend for now. We will change it after everything is operational.

Step 10 instructs you to modify "run.sh" without further instructions. Open the Minecraft folder inside your Pi directory, right-click the run.sh file and choose Text Editor.

There are two ways to launch Minecraft. To start Minecraft The guide will instruct you to use "./run.sh". However, prior to entering the command, you'll have to type "cd Minecraft" into a Terminal window. The other option is to open the Minecraft folder, double-click on the run.sh file and then choose "Execute."

Run the latest version Alright, so once you get everything up and running you can begin playing with the installation. To upgrade to the latest Minecraft version, you'll have to relaunch Minecraft.jar.

Enter the cd Minecraft in a Terminal window

Next, enter: java -jar Minecraft.jar

Click on Profile Editor to change the version number to 1.9.4 or the latest version.

Save your change and click on the Play button to force Minecraft to download the most current version.

Next step is to open the Minecraft folder.

In order to eliminate any headaches should you make a mistake, you should take two seconds to make a duplicate of the run.sh file. Change the name to "runcopy.sh".

Make sure you have a copy of the file. Then, right-click it and select Text Editor.

Enter 1.8.9 into the text field by pressing Ctrl+F on your keyboard. There should be at most two instances. Replace each of them with the latest version of Minecraft (this is the same version number as you selected in step 3).

Save the file, then restart your Raspberry Pi.

Launch Minecraft the way you normally would, and then play.