Re: Does Minecraft + Microsoft account on OpenBSD work?

On 4/4/21 12:06 PM, Parodper wrote:
> O 04/04/21 ás 16:34, Mark Hesselink escribiu:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Minecraft Java Edition can be easily installed on OpenBSD using the
>> games/minecraft port (see e.g. https://openports.se/games/minecraft).
>> Before I buy the game, which at 17.95 GBP is reasonably priced IMHO,
>> I wanted to ask the OpenBSD community whether anyone has been able to
>> get the Minecraft port to work using a Microsoft account: Since 1
>> December 2020 one needs a Microsoft account to buy and play Minecraft
>> Java Edition.
>>
>> I have attempted to start the games/minecraft port in demo mode using
>> the instructions posted at
>> https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Demo_mode: Supposedly passing the
>> --demo argument to minecraft.jar should launch the demo. Assuming
>> these instructions are correct, I have not been able to log in to
>> Minecraft using my Microsoft account despite registering the account
>> for a free trial.
>>
>> Would anyone know the magic trick to play Minecraft Java Edition on
>> OpenBSD using a Microsoft account?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>
> I have an account with the paid game. For me it runs perfectly.
> However there is a problem: this launcher is outdated. Now there is a
> new one that runs from a native executable, and the Java one is
> deprecated. This means that you can't run the newer versions (haven't
> tried it, but after a bit of searching I can find complains from
> version 1.14.4).
>
> And I can't find what are you saying about that «Demo mode page». It
> clearly says that for launching the demo you only need to login as an
> account without the game bought. The «--demo» option is for servers.
>

To handle the newer versions we have games/multimc for a more
feature-rich launcher or you can tinker with
games/py-minecraft-launcher-lib (kmos@ has scripts for different
versions here: https://github.com/kmosiejczuk/minecraft-launchers). But
no, neither currently handles Microsoft accounts. I believe multimc
plans that for their 0.7 release.

-pamela