Re:Last Call to Migrate Mojang Accounts
by wlesieutre on Monday May 08, 2023 @03:57PM
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They make money by renting servers, self hosting is a relic from the olden days and Microsoft would prefer you just signed up for Realms
Sure, but even the purchase itself is painful. Having to navigate to an account management screen (which one? There are wrong ones that will be of no help) and change some XBox setting (LOL WTF?) to get local-network multiplayer working is just adding insult to injury, the core problem is that doing anything with Microsoft accounts including trying to give them money is bizarrely complicated in a way that zero other services I've ever used has been.
Re:Last Call to Migrate Mojang Accounts
by wlesieutre on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:09PM
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Aah, I can't speak to the Xbox experience at all, I've only used the Java edition on PC where they give you a jar for the server and you run it somewhere
Oh no, this is for the Java PC version, hence the "WTF?" at the option being buried in XBox settings (in the MS account management settings screens in a web browser, not while trying to do this on an XBox, which device we don't even own, all this was taking place on desktop and laptop computers)
Re:Last Call to Migrate Mojang Accounts
by wlesieutre on Monday May 08, 2023 @05:48PM
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Can’t say we had that problem but maybe GDLauncher is taking care of it
I believe it only happens when the age on an account is under 18. Also requires a Microsoft family account with parental controls to enable chat for <13. Some restrictions of this type can be modded out of the game, though IIRC the restriction on multiplayer is not possible to bypass due to servers checking each login with Mojang servers.
leetcode doesnt actually test for those competencies
I think you can use a different launcher.
Yeah, lie about the age indeed.
At this point it's just really a pain to make a server and have some of my sons friends join it. The parents need an MS account, then need to associate with the kid, they need to approve things that seems like you want to show their kids a gory horror film. It's like MS is the parent, or MS thinks I'm a bad parent. Come on, I'm the parent, I'm perfectly capable of guiding my kid online.
I don't do it anymore.
I mean, they did get my money so I guess why should they care, but I have no idea how people without an actual computer science degree and mumble years of experience un-fucking broken computer horse-shit manage to get through the process.
[EDIT] Oh, advice to any parents considering embarking on this: just lie about your kid's age. Don't try to use their child accounts. It makes the whole thing a much bigger pain in the ass.
And while I'm at it, may as well ask: anyone got a good list of allowlist addresses for Minecraft? I lock down my kids' laptops (you know, like a responsible parent is supposed to) but modern Minecraft is so full of friggin' spyware that it can't even launch without connecting to a bunch of never-seen-before IP addresses every time it starts, which means I have to go put in a pin multiple times to allow those new addresses every single time.