I host my own Minecraft server and have online-mode set to false in serer.properties.
Now, I want others to join but I don’t expect them to buy a legitimate copy of Minecraft. Isn’t that why we use this setting online-mode?
In the ol’ days (1.8 and post), I remember using some copy of Minecraft where I could just change my username on every start of this client, and join my server. Period. Done. I want the same again. Is this possible? In a non-illegal way? What about grey-area? I don’t care about security or impersonation (partly).
@dysprosium Pretty sure online-mode=false doesn’t prevent players with purchased copies of Minecraft from joining the server, they will just have different UUID which means their inventories will be separate from when server is in online-mode=true, did you try joining an offline mode server with your legitimate copy of Minecraft?
Yea I just did that before posting. Joined with my legitimate copy on my offline mode srv. The inventories are indeed different, and/or they reset.
It’s np if some players have legitimate accounts. I want to allow both kinds. The loss of the skin is unfortunate with offline mode, though.
I don’t understand, what are you asking then? Everything seems to work?
Didn’t you read the post, did OP change it fully or am I hallucinating? They’re asking how someone without an MC account can get and launch the game. All normal launchers require at least one legit account to log in and download the game.
You’d need a cheating client with a launcher, which usually allows you to use unauthenticated accounts. As that’s pretty weird, they’re asking for some other alternative.
Ok, it seems like he’s asking how someone can play on the server non-illegally without getting a copy of the game, which just seemed incredibly weird to me because of course that’s impossible.
Either you buy a copy or you get a client illegally.
Maybe not, I think. If third party launchers are legal, and one of these supports offline playing, then it can be used for all online-mode=false servers. But this requires one initial login from a legitimate account. This means you have to give your password to whomever wants to join your server.
Third party launchers that do not check for an official account are certainly not legal. Just do piracy, it’s completely fine.
As I said in the post title (which I should make more clear), I want friends that don’t have a bought account to join my server that has online-mode=false. Is this possible? Or another way they can join without an account.
Yes, by downloading a pirated version that you need.
You can get it back with mods thankfully.
Just adding to this, this is because when online mode is enabled, the UUID is given to the server from the Minecraft authentication server. When it is disabled, the UUID is generated from the username.