You normally have to buy minecraft first. There are cracked clients but those wont work with normal servers. I think there is a way to allow them in server settings but it means player skins wont be loaded and everyone would have the same skin. Idk if there are any other differences.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
Wouldn’t it be more in the spirit of this community to use a free and open source alternative to Minecraft like Classicube?
github.com/ClassiCube/ClassiCube
I discovered this one recently. As the name implies, it’s a reverse-engineered clone of early versions of the game. It has extremely low hardware requirements, which allow the client to run on virtually anything.
Here’s a list of supported server software:
www.classicube.net/server/host/
If you use MCGalaxy, then players will even be able to join your servers through their web browser.
Gamers_mate@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
Awesome a will have a look into it. I chose minehut so I didnt have to host the server on my pc. I will check out the server software as well since classicube looks interesting.
knokelmaat@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
As I said in the other comment, another option is the open source Luanti (formerly MineTest). It is a base “engine” for which you can install different community made games. There are games that attempt to copy Minecraft as completely as possible (with survival mode etc.): content.luanti.org/packages/?type=game
Voxelibre and mineclonia seem promising.
Gamers_mate@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
I will have a look into that as well. Btw while I was on minehut to check if they supported classic cube servers I noticed something odd. They have no reject cookies option which is illegal. Image
knokelmaat@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
There’s also minetest I believe, which is an open source Minecraft clone, but without compatibility with the actual game.