A: You can only use servers that use custom authentication plugins or are in offline mode.

Q: I keep getting 'Failed to verify username' when connecting to multiplayer servers.Whoever is running the server needs to ensure that they have TCP port 25565 (or whatever port they are using) open to the internet. A: This is usually either a firewall or NAT problem.Q: I can't login to my friend's server/I get Connection Timeout errors.Try using Jarfix to re-associate the filetype. A: Sometimes windows doesn't correctly bind JAR files to be executed by Java.Q: Nothing happens when I start the launcher.

Restart Minecraft to ensure you are seeing the latest skins for yourself and your friends.

A: To reduce load on the server, the client caches skins.

Q: When I change my skin, it stays the same in-game.

Username must match the one you picked on the site for skins to work.

Set a skin and/or cloak if you want one.

The gameplay is praised for its open world, sandbox style. “Mineshafter” is a hacked and edited version of the popular online game “Minecraft.” “Mineshafter” is not supported by Mojang, the company who developed and released “Minecraft,” and is generally frowned upon by players who purchased “Minecraft.”īoth games center on gathering materials and crafting tools to survive in different environments. “Mineshafter” is a free alternative to using the main “Minecraft” online services that allows users to customize their characters with skins and capes, but these are only visible to other “Mineshafter” users. The game’s system requirements are available from the developer’s website at under the Playing Minecraft section. The computer running Mineshafter must still meet the Minecraft minimum system requirements to play the game. If it still does not work, download Jarfix from to re-associate JAR files with Java. If Mineshafter does not open or tries to open as an archive, first verify that Java is installed on the computer. After logging in to a server, a message asks the user to reconnect to the server once to establish an account. Mineshafter requires that users to play on servers that have open authentication, which means that only some Minecraft servers are available for Mineshafter players to use.

This does not have to be an existing user name and password, because Mineshafter does not try to authenticate users. Run the program and enter a user name and password to start the game.

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