Introducing the GBAtemp Minecraft server! Party like it’s 2013, because we’ve decided to have fun by renting a Minecraft server, for GBAtemp users to come mine, craft, and chill out in. Hopefully, the community can have some fun together there!

Server Details

Minecraft 1.16.5
IP: mc.chary.tv

You’ll need Minecraft, of course, as well as CurseForge, which handles the automatic download of all the needed mods to play. After installing CurseForge, just grab the “TempCraft” pack by searching for it on CurseForge, and you’ll be all set.

CurseForge Download

A step-by-step guide
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Info

This is Java Minecraft, and there are mods! The consensus was to keep things fairly vanilla, but with a bit of spice here and there to keep things interesting. You can expect to see the following mods:

• Aquaculture
• Better Caves
• JEI
• Chisel and Bits
• Enhanced Vanilla
• Genetic Animals
• Quark
• Pam’s Harvestcraft 2
• Gravestone Mod
• Biomes ‘o Plenty

And other neat tweaks and additions to make the normal Minecraft experience funner! (You can check the full mod list in CurseForge). General forum decency rules apply--don't grief, don't cheat, and try to have a good time!

We look forward to seeing who stops by!

 

[Sono]

people just are infatuated with the legacy Java version of minecraft for some reason. one i hear the most is better mod support but in my research its just a matter of 2 different roads to the same path. you can do the same on both but its just a different coding language.
Feel free to enlighten me on key differences.

Minecraft runs everywhere (I could probably even join the server on my phone if I wanted).

Bedrock on the other hand... does it even exist for Linux? Or macOS?
I don't even have Microsoft Store, so I can't even play Bedrock, despite owning it...
I won't get started on the heavy monetization either...

 

[Kirgane]

The only thing interesting about Bedrock is that it performs more smoothly than the Java edition and supports some extra graphical froth (raytracing) that personally isn't to my taste - even if I had a graphics card to support it, I prefer the look of shaders.

I would think it's extremely unlikely that the modding community will be moving away from Java edition any time in the near future. The PC community is too deeply rooted there - there's been many years of work before Bedrock even came to exist.

If Bedrock modding was so great, it would have seen more interest by now.

I was hugely interested in Hytale's gameplay and supposed approach to modding, but with recent news about that game's release plans, I'm more doubtful and disappointed rather than hyped any more. Don't get me started on it :S

 

[Nerdtendo]

The only thing interesting about Bedrock is that it performs more smoothly than the Java edition and supports some extra graphical froth (raytracing) that personally isn't to my taste - even if I had a graphics card to support it, I prefer the look of shaders.

I would think it's extremely unlikely that the modding community will be moving away from Java edition any time in the near future. The PC community is too deeply rooted there - there's been many years of work before Bedrock even came to exist.

If Bedrock modding was so great, it would have seen more interest by now.

I was hugely interested in Hytale's gameplay and supposed approach to modding, but with recent news about that game's release plans, I'm more doubtful and disappointed rather than hyped any more. Don't get me started on it :S

I haven't heard any updates on Hytale... What happened?

 

[Kirgane]

I haven't heard any updates on Hytale... What happened?

Well, I'm not sure when you last looked up on the game. I'll try to keep it fairly short but you can always check up on their website for the details.

They announced that Riot had acquired the dev team as an independent studio in April 2020. There were a few more monthly updates up to August 2020 when they announced they'd be posting news less often as they concentrated harder on working on the actual game. In general, the trend was they were evolving from modders into actual game developers - moving into an office, hiring more people etc., which is fine and I understand that takes time (and of course Covid had some impact). Since then, there's been a whole lot of silence until last month when they made another news post. If you read just that I'd recommend it, but to summarise...

No release until 2023 at the earliest, and they're now aiming to release on all platforms - including mobile - as close together as possible, whereas before they'd given the impression a PC launch would be first and consoles / other platforms would be later. What you make of that is up to you, but I'm seriously doubting that modding functionality will be as powerful as the 2018 trailer suggested. I'm really afraid now that the game will get gutted because of mobile.

 

[chrisrlink]

Well, I'm not sure when you last looked up on the game. I'll try to keep it fairly short but you can always check up on their website for the details.

They announced that Riot had acquired the dev team as an independent studio in April 2020. There were a few more monthly updates up to August 2020 when they announced they'd be posting news less often as they concentrated harder on working on the actual game. In general, the trend was they were evolving from modders into actual game developers - moving into an office, hiring more people etc., which is fine and I understand that takes time (and of course Covid had some impact). Since then, there's been a whole lot of silence until last month when they made another news post. If you read just that I'd recommend it, but to summarise...

No release until 2023 at the earliest, and they're now aiming to release on all platforms - including mobile - as close together as possible, whereas before they'd given the impression a PC launch would be first and consoles / other platforms would be later. What you make of that is up to you, but I'm seriously doubting that modding functionality will be as powerful as the 2018 trailer suggested. I'm really afraid now that the game will get gutted because of mobile.

and we all know who owns Riot...... the damn commies ( is this Riot Games we're talking abut here?)

 

[Crazynoob458]

why did this thread slowly devolve into people complaining about bedrock and java

 

[Hells Malice]

why did this thread slowly devolve into people complaining about bedrock and java

Tis the GBAtemp way

Fall for troll bait, lol

 

[MikaDubbz]

Forgive my extreme Minecraft noobness, but is the Wii U version able to connect to java servers? I'm not sure how all the Minecraft builds can function, but I though I had heard that the Wii U version is essentially the Java version, and that's the version I have, so I'd totally be down to connect if I can.

 

[Sono]

Forgive my extreme Minecraft noobness, but is the Wii U version able to connect to java servers? I'm not sure how all the Minecraft builds can function, but I though I had heard that the Wii U version is essentially the Java version, and that's the version I have, so I'd totally be down to connect if I can.

Pretty sure WiiU is just console edition.

Besides, there are some quality-of-life mods so you sadly need the modpack.

However, if you have a phone, and can acquire the mods and configs folder from a PC, you could attempt to join from a phone.

Edit: not MCPE, but desktop Java on phone

 

[xdarkmario]

Minecraft runs everywhere (I could probably even join the server on my phone if I wanted).

Bedrock on the other hand... does it even exist for Linux? Or macOS?
I don't even have Microsoft Store, so I can't even play Bedrock, despite owning it...
I won't get started on the heavy monetization either...

Oooh, you have a point there, didn't even bother noticing that bedrock is technically windows only for pc.

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Forgive my extreme Minecraft noobness, but is the Wii U version able to connect to java servers? I'm not sure how all the Minecraft builds can function, but I though I had heard that the Wii U version is essentially the Java version, and that's the version I have, so I'd totally be down to connect if I can.

Unless something changed in the last couple years I don't think the Wii u version connects to anything or has any kind of online whatsoever. And "IF" it did it's not quite the bedrock edition it would be exclusively to Wii u players online only.

 

[Baoulettes]

here a little progress of my castle

The fact I need more cobble is already painful I made a generator with piston and quite good pickaxe but it still take forever to get enough cobble ahah.
At the moment there is nothing in the interrior

 

[Maq47]

Can we please replace Xaero's Minimap with Journeymap? I like the ability to have zoom levels less than 1x.

Edit: Modpack permissions: https://journeymap.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about/licensing/
Edit 2: Just got this today. Is it worth it?

 

[8BitWonder]

Can we please replace Xaero's Minimap with Journeymap? I like the ability to have zoom levels less than 1x.

Edit: Modpack permissions: https://journeymap.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about/licensing/
Edit 2: Just got this today. Is it worth it?

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I'm pretty sure minimaps are client-side.
You should be able to just remove Xaero's and put in Journeymap.

 

[Mikemk]

Edit 2: Just got this today. Is it worth it?

View attachment 272727

Oh, they've finally started migration? Was supposed to start 1.5 years ago.

It's worth it if you want to keep your account. Also you'll get a free cape.

 

[Maq47]

I'm pretty sure minimaps are client-side.
You should be able to just remove Xaero's and put in Journeymap.

Doesn't work:

Edit:

 

[8BitWonder]

Doesn't work:
View attachment 272733

Ah, my bad then.

 

[Maq47]

@Hells Malice, can you look into this? Thanks.

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Fixed. I had to edit the config file for Xaero's Minimap to disable the minimap, then enable both that mod and Journeymap.

 

[Chary]

Xaeros is better, but I keep losing my way points. Idk why. Maybe journeymap is more stable.

 

[Hells Malice]

The issue is fixed now. I had Xaero on the server in case it had some server-only functions like Journeymaps. It doesn't as far as I can tell so I just removed it. A byproduct of it being on the server meant it made itself a required mod rather than optional.

And yeah I still like it more because it's way more lightweight but it sure isn't stable.

 

[Mikemk]

Journeymap also integrates nicely with other mods, but I don't think there's any such mods on the server.