How to setup Minecraft 1.12.1 on Raspberry Pi 3 [now obsolete and replaced with a successor]

[[deleted]]

Thanks soooooooo much it works!
[took me awile though ]

[[deleted]]

So how dose one get it faster than lesss than 1 fps...

[DarkPlatinum]

So how dose one get it faster than lesss than 1 fps...

Did you really rename yourself deleted??

It sounds like your not using the opengl driver. Make sure to use the glxgears to see if your getting the correct fps.

[rpiMike]

So how dose one get it faster than lesss than 1 fps...

As DarkPlatinum said, did you do steps 3 to 5 and get glxgears running at close to 60fps?

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I beleve I have it working now! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Wouldent have been able to do this without the help
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can one play with somone on a phone computer ect?

[HawaiianPi]

can one play with somone on a phone computer ect?

Minecraft Java Edition will run on Windows, Mac and Linux computers, and Mojang offers free server software, so there are many out there (I run my own Minecraft 1.12.2 "Creeper Pie" SMP server on a Raspberry Pi 3B+). One computer can also host a LAN game for other computers on the same network (although you'd probably need something more than a Pi as the host).

Minecraft PE (Portable Edition) for phones and tablets (as well as the Windows 10 version) is different, and not compatible with Java Edition. With the "Better Together" (Bedrock) update, Minecraft PE, Win10, and a few other platforms were made compatible for cross-platform play. But those play on different servers than Java Edition.

So the answer is no on phones, but yes on computers (provided they are running the same version of Java Edition).

Since the final version of the 1.12 series is 1.12.2, most 1.12 servers will be running that, so it might be tricky finding a server for 1.12.1, although LAN games should work. I believe there were instructions for running 1.12.2 on the Pi somewhere (buried in this thread, or in another thread). If multi-player is something you're interested in, running 1.12.2 Java Edition would be preferable.

[RaspbianDK]

Hi. Thanks for the guide. After some trouble i got it working! Its very cool.

[DarkPlatinum]

Hi. Thanks for the guide. After some trouble i got it working! Its very cool.

Heh heh, it is pretty cool, but dont expect groundbreaking results! If you want higher fps, download an 8x8 resource pack, it bumps up the fps slightly. Also turn down your render and enable optifine settings; fast math etc.

[gounthar]

Thanks for the tutorial, I was able to install MineCraft for the kiddos!

[DarkPlatinum]

Thanks for the tutorial, I was able to install MineCraft for the kiddos!

Raspberry Pi are cheap ok minecraft playing devices, and they don't break the bank!

[Steven57]

Set up with 1.13.2 Minecraft and Optifine
When try to run I get this:

Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM warning: Using incremental CMS is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release
[20:41:39] [main/INFO]: Loading tweak class name net.minecraft.launchwrapper.VanillaTweaker
[20:41:39] [main/INFO]: Using primary tweak class name net.minecraft.launchwrapper.VanillaTweaker
[20:41:39] [main/INFO]: Calling tweak class net.minecraft.launchwrapper.VanillaTweaker
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/objectweb/asm/ClassVisitor
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2671)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:3075)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:412)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader.registerTransformer(LaunchClassLoader.java:88)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.VanillaTweaker.injectIntoClassLoader(VanillaTweaker.java:16)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:115)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:28)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.objectweb.asm.ClassVisitor
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
... 8 more




ideas????

[rpiMike]

No versions of 1.13.x will work due to a library lwjgl3 not being available on the Pi.

Any help getting lwjgl3 built on the Pi would be appreciated:

https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl3/issues/206

[HawaiianPi]

Don't mean to be a wet blanket, but Minecraft 1.13.2 is still laggy on a proper gaming PC. It's not as bad as the initial 1.13 release, but I seriously doubt a Pi could run it (regardless of lwjgl3). Even the non-GUI server was too much for my little Pi (3B+), which is why the Creeper Pie server is still on 1.12.2 and I have a quad-core i7 with 8GB of RAM running my 1.13.2 server (and even that struggles at times).

[rpiMike]

The fun is in trying to get it working

I was shocked, amazed, elated when I first got full java Minecraft running on a Pi2 !

[DarkPlatinum]

Don't mean to be a wet blanket, but Minecraft 1.13.2 is still laggy on a proper gaming PC. It's not as bad as the initial 1.13 release, but I seriously doubt a Pi could run it (regardless of lwjgl3). Even the non-GUI server was too much for my little Pi (3B+), which is why the Creeper Pie server is still on 1.12.2 and I have a quad-core i7 with 8GB of RAM running my 1.13.2 server (and even that struggles at times).

If only the Pi could run and play MC-PE... if only...

[DougieLawson]

If only the Pi could run and play MC-PE... if only...

MC-PE is what's shipped with Raspbian. The reason you don't recognise it as MC-PE is that it's the original early version hacked for the RPi by Mojang from 2012 with no updates ever. Microsoft dropped it when they bought out Mojang.

There's nothing you can do to get over that.

[DarkPlatinum]

If only the Pi could run and play MC-PE... if only...

MC-PE is what's shipped with Raspbian. The reason you don't recognise it as MC-PE is that it's the original early version hacked for the RPi by Mojang from 2012 with no updates ever. Microsoft dropped it when they bought out Mojang.

There's nothing you can do to get over that.

Microsoft just made me sad

[DarkPlatinum]

If only the Pi could run and play MC-PE... if only...

MC-PE is what's shipped with Raspbian. The reason you don't recognise it as MC-PE is that it's the original early version hacked for the RPi by Mojang from 2012 with no updates ever. Microsoft dropped it when they bought out Mojang.

There's nothing you can do to get over that.

Microsoft just made me sad

[leafs444]

How to setup Full Minecraft 1.12.1 (with Optifine) on Raspberry Pi 3

Edit : 21/8/2017 Added video tutorial link
Edit : 20/8/2017 Updated to 1.12.1, Optifine 1.12.1 HD U C5

Please note :
Do this at your own risk.
If you have any doubts use a spare SD card.
The OpenGL drivers are experimental - they may not work with all screens. If unsure make sure you can ssh onto the Pi from another machine to turn back off.
Most likely to have success with OpenGL drivers if using Raspberry Pi 3 with heatsink, genuine 5.1 volt 2.5 amp power supply with heavy duty 2 core power cable, 1080p screen.
This should also work on the Pi2.

This tutorial was tested using Raspbian Stretch with Desktop - release date 2017-08-16

Video tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTRYomiQMAY

1 If you need to update an existing version use

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade

If you get any questions or prompts during raspbian update press ‘q’ ‘enter’

2 In Menu\Preferences\Raspberry Pi Configuration :

System Tab - set Splash Screen to Disabled
Performance Tab - set GPU Memory to 64Mb
- if using Pi2 set overclock to High(1000MHz)
Reboot

3 Enable ‘GL Driver’ from a terminal window

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sudo raspi-config

This will start the config utility. Select 'Advanced Options', then select 'GL Driver', then select 'Enable' (latest utility requires selection of 'GL (Full KMS)' ), then select 'Yes' to reboot and enable the driver.

4 Install OpenAL Audio & glxgears demo

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sudo apt-get -y install libalut0 libalut-dev && sudo apt-get -y install mesa-utils

5 Test driver using glxgears

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glxgears

This should run at about 60 fps.

6 Download Minecraft

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mkdir ~/Minecraft; mkdir ~/Minecraft/Natives; cd ~/Minecraft && wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/Minecraft.jar

7 Run launcher :

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cd ~/Minecraft && java -jar Minecraft.jar

Login with Minecraft email and password
If your using a newer Minecraft.jar click 'edit profile' and select use release - 'release 1.12.1', then 'save profile'
Click Play to install game
You will then receive an error
Close launcher

8 Copy libraries

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cd ~/Minecraft/Natives && wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/4oxcvz3ky7a3x6f/liblwjgl.so && wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/m0r8e01jg2og36z/libopenal.so

9 Update lwjgl

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cd ~/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl/2.9.4-nightly-20150209 && rm lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar; wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/mj15sz3bub4dmr6/lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar

( based on Roger Allen's tutorial : http://rogerallen.github.io/jetson/2014 ... etson-tk1/ )

10 Download “OptiFine 1.12.1 HD U C5” from http://optifine.net/downloads

11 Install Optifine

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cd ~/Downloads && java -jar OptiFine_1.12.1_HD_U_C5.jar

Click install.

Run launcher

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cd ~/Minecraft && java -jar Minecraft.jar

Select the OptiFine profile and click play. The launcher will crash

12 Copy run script

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cd ~/Minecraft/ && wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/ca37tzxxc9hvsyd/runOptifine1_12_1.sh && sudo chmod +x runOptifine1_12_1.sh

13 Edit runOptifine1_12_1.sh

Update MINECRAFT_LOGIN, MINECRAFT_USERNAME and MINECRAFT_PASSWORD to your own (may need "" for special characters)

14 Start Minecraft from terminal window

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./runOptifine1_12_1.sh

Change options in Minecraft to reduce render chunks to 2, this should avoid running out of memory.
Turn everything down to low in the video settings (and turn on things like fast math)
Suggest running in the default sized window for best performance - full screen may crash.

https://youtu.be/2sREfySmRNU

Hopefully Minecraft should run

Some additional Pi tweeks :

Add an additional 16Mb :
Add the following to /boot/config.txt

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total_mem=1024
gpu_mem=64

Test before and after using :

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vcgencmd get_mem arm
vcgencmd get_mem gpu

If your running a 1080p screen drop the resolution down for a larger Minecraft window :
list modes :

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xrandr

and do one-shot resolution setting at runtime with:

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xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1280x720

If you want to attempt getting a new version of Minecraft working :

1 Install required version using java -jar Minecraft.jar - and allow to crash
2 Scroll up in terminal window and find last ../jre/bin/java command, scroll across and find ‘-cp ’, copy this path list until ‘ net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch’
3 Paste this text into the cp= in the run.sh script

This is all great, but can you update the guide to 1.12.2?

[Frederk]

When i try

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./runOptifine1_12_1.sh

i get this error:

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./runOptifine1_12_1.sh: 52: ./runOptifine1_12_1.sh: /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-8-oracle-arm32-vfp-hflt/jre/bin/java: not found

EDIT: I didnt have it installed but now I get a new error:

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Error: Could not find or load main class net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch

[rpiMike]

Are you using the latest Raspbian Stretch with Desktop?

[Frederk]

No, im using raspian lite with openbox as WM

EDIT: It was because it thought that my username was pi. I had to change it in the cp path

[rpiMike]

Don't think it will work on Raspbian Lite. You'll need the GL Driver which isn't installed on Lite, may be other things missing.

[DarkPlatinum]

Also how are you going to play on lite? there is no GUI?