The sandbox game Minecraft is particularly popular. Millions of gamers try their hand at building virtual reality from scratch.
Installing and configuring Minecraft
You can download a demo version of Minecraft for free on the official website of the game. The paid version costs $ 20 and opens up a number of opportunities for experienced players that are not so important for beginners.
When configuring the program, you need to register on the central server minecraft.net. After that, you can select the language settings, set the mouse sensitivity and screen resolution in game mode.
Despite its phenomenal popularity, Minecraft was developed relatively recently. The Minecraft.net server was launched in 2010.
Garena Plus
Garena Plus is one of the simplest network games services. In order to play Minecraft on the network, you need to install the Garena Plus agent, register in the system. Then you need to go to the "Games" section, select "Minecraft Network". The system will provide a list of available servers. Select the appropriate one, click on the "Open room" button. Further, "Garena Plus" will offer you to choose a suitable race, character, card, etc.
Hamachi
Hamachi is a tool for creating a virtual local area network. It is often used to launch multiplayer games. For the server to work properly, it is necessary that all players of the virtual network have the same version of Minecraft and Hamachi.
After installing Hamachi, the program will ask you to connect to the network and assign a "virtual" IP to your computer. The local network, server will be configured. Having the key to the server, you can invite other players to the network game. The advantage of working with Hamachi is that you own the virtual server, which means you can set the rules for your own community.
There are add-ons and mods that can significantly diversify the Minecraft gameplay. Thus, generators allow you to improve energy supply, and tomahawks - to kill monsters on the "boomerang" principle.
Player search
There are many communities of Minecraft players. The largest Russian resource where you can find rivals is PTZ (see Resources). On it you can pick up online players and invite them to join your server.
Most community sites post player ratings. It is advisable to offer TOP players to compete: this way you can quickly master the strategies and techniques of Minecraft. Often contests with cash prizes are held on the portals of Minecraft players.
