Re: Does Minecraft + Microsoft account on OpenBSD work?

On 4/5/2021 3:49 AM, Pamela Mosiejczuk wrote:
>
> 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 However there is a problem: this launcher is outdated.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

Pamela, thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I will patiently
await the MultiMC release that support Microsoft accounts.

Cheers,

Mark