How to setup Minecraft 1.8.9 on RaspPi2

[rpiMike]

New Minecraft 1.12 thread (21/07/17) :

viewtopic.php?f=78&t=186547

New simplified tutorial (22/04/16) :

Tutorial Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVpGh0zFInM

1 Make sure you have the latest Raspbian Jessie :

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

2 In Menu\Preferences\Raspberry Pi Configuration :

Set overclock to High(1000MHz) (for Pi2, ignore for Pi3)
Set GPU memory to 64Mb
If your using Pixel - disable the Splash Screen
Reboot

3 Install the experimental OpenGL Driver, sound & glxgears demo

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sudo apt-get -y install xcompmgr libgl1-mesa-dri && sudo apt-get -y install libalut0 libalut-dev && sudo apt-get -y install mesa-utils

4 Enable ‘GL Driver’

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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.

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

7a Install launcher :

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java -jar Minecraft.jar

Login with Minecraft email and password

If you've got the latest Minecraft.jar click 'edit profile' and select use release - 'release 1.8.9', then 'save profile'
Click Play to install game
You will then receive an ‘Unsatisfied link error’
Close launcher

7b 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

8 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/ )
9 Copy run script

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cd ~/Minecraft/ && wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/jkhr58apwa7pt1w/run.sh && sudo chmod +x run.sh

10 Edit run.sh, update MINECRAFT_LOGIN, MINECRAFT_USERNAME and MINECRAFT_PASSWORD (may need "" for special characters) to your own
11 From Terminal use ./run.sh

Change options in Minecraft to reduce render chunks to 2, this should avoid running out of memory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8wzgsQN_iM

Hopefully Minecraft should run


Old Tutorial for reference :

Make sure you have the latest Raspbian Jessie :

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
(was using 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' but caused problems with 18/3 Raspbian Jessie)
sudo apt-get install raspi-gpio

Add the experimental GL driver :

sudo apt-get install xcompmgr libgl1-mesa-dri

In Raspberry Pi Configuration :

Set overclock to High(1000)
Set GPU memory to 128Mb

Using ‘sudo raspi-config’ from terminal :

Enable ‘AA GL Driver’
You must now reboot to enable the driver.


Check OpenGL is working :

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
glxgears (should run at approx 60 fps)

Download Minecraft :

https://minecraft.net/download
download minecraft.jar (under show all platforms)

mkdir ~/Minecraft
mkdir ~/Minecraft/Natives
mv ~/Downloads/Minecraft.jar ~/Minecraft
cd ~/Minecraft

Install launcher :

java -jar Minecraft.jar

Login with Minecraft email and password

If you've got the latest Minecraft.jar click 'edit profile' and select use release - 'release 1.8.9', then 'save profile'
Click Play to install game
You will then receive an ‘Unsatisfied link error’
Close launcher

Update lwjgl in Minecraft :

Replace /home/pi/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar with :
http://orienteer.webspace.virginmedia.c ... 150209.jar

Replace /home/pi/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar.sha with :
http://orienteer.webspace.virginmedia.c ... 09.jar.sha

Download 2 libraries to ~/Minecraft/Natives :
http://orienteer.webspace.virginmedia.c ... iblwjgl.so
http://orienteer.webspace.virginmedia.c ... bopenal.so

Save run.sh to ~/Minecraft :
http://orienteer.webspace.virginmedia.c ... aft/run.sh
chmod +x run.sh
Edit run.sh, update MINECRAFT_LOGIN, MINECRAFT_USERNAME and MINECRAFT_PASSWORD to your own
From Terminal use ./run.sh

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

The following should get the sound working :

sudo apt-get install libalut0 libalut-dev

Change options in Minecraft to reduce render chunks to 2, this should avoid running out of memory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8wzgsQN_iM

Hopefully Minecraft should run

[KiwiKid]

Thanks for this write up & YouTube video!

Couple of questions:

1. Can you give details of the LWGL build/where those custom versions came from?

2. How stable is this if you turn all the visual details etc down?

[EricSander]

Super, it works. Thank you for sharing this with us.
In the run.sh script i hat to put my password in "", because it contains some special characters which the script didn't like.
Next I will try to run 1.9

[rpiMike]

KiwiKid, I've added a link to the lwjgl build instructions that I used. I only reduced chunks to 2 and reduced sky detail, I've run it for about 4 hours without any issues.

Eric, thanks for the reply, glad it worked.

[Sindybad]

I have worked out how to install the OptiFine mod
Runs on average at a good 20 frames per second


How to install the OptiFine mod for better performance:
Assuming you have completed the tutorial above(and installed Minecraft 1.8.9):

Go to http://optifine.net/downloads
And download “OptiFine 1.8.9 HD U H3”

Go to your downloads

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cd ~/Downloads

And run optifine installer

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java -jar OptiFine_1.8.9_HD_U_H3.jar

Click install.

Now launch Minecraft

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cd ~/Minecraft
java -jar Minecraft.jar

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

Install asm:

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cd ~/Minecraft
mkdir Libraries
cd Libraries

Download asm-5.0.4-bin.zip from http://forge.ow2.org/project/showfiles. ... se_id=5660
Move it to the Libraries folder

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cd ~/Minecraft/Libraries
mv ~/Downloads/asm-5.0.4-bin.zip .

Unzip it

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unzip asm-5.0.4-bin.zip

Now download my updated run.sh:

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cd ~/Minecraft
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/0r5trow18vi5vls/runOptifine.sh?dl=1 -O runOptifine.sh

Fill runOptifine.sh with your Minecraft login details
Edit MINECRAFT_LOGIN, MINECRAFT_USERNAME, MINECRAFT_PASSWORD and MINECRAFT_UUID:

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nano runOptifine.sh

Change permissions of file:

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chmod 700 runOptifine.sh

Now run it:

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./runOptifine.sh

When Minecraft has launched, turn everything down to low in the video settings (and turn on things like fast math)
Close Minecraft(It might crash if you open a world now)
And relaunch it:

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./runOptifine.sh

Thanks for reading!
P.S. rpiMike, you can include this in the original post if you want

[Malman35]

Do you have to buy minecraft or is it free the way you said? Sounds cool though.

[rpiMike]

You need to have at least have bought the Minecraft PC/Mac/Linux version from http://www.Minecraft.net, currently UK £17.95. This will get you a minecraft login which is required for use on the Pi.

[Sindybad]

Do you have to buy minecraft or is it free the way you said? Sounds cool though.

You can play Minetest for free if you want: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3837
I have tested it on the raspberry pi and it works

[willmarks1984]

Sorry for the silly question, but will these instructions work for a Raspberry Pi 3?

[rpiMike]

Yes, I have this working on a Raspberry Pi 3

[ConradG13]

Sorry, how do I get the java launcher? when I open a folder, there are no programs to run it on.

[rpiMike]

Sorry, how do I get the java launcher? when I open a folder, there are no programs to run it on.

Once you've downloaded Minecraft.jar and placed it in the ~/Minecraft folder you should then type

java -jar Minecraft.jar

this should run the Minecraft launcher

[SamDoesPi]

Sorry for the silly question, but will these instructions work for a Raspberry Pi 3?

It should be faster on the RPi 3 as it is the latest model.

[rpiMike]

Running on the Raspberry Pi 3 :

https://youtu.be/GXFMo8psp-U

Using Optifine achieving about 30 fps, thanks Sindybad

[CockPitt]

Great job. Minecraft running on the Raspberry Pi 3 looks pretty smooth. Very impressive. Is it possible to connect to servers with the Pi?

[rpiMike]

Yes, it is possible to connect to Minecraft servers.

[Glitch_head]

How is the progress on getting it to work with 1.9? Is the performance worse or better in multiplayer?
Also could you build a preset image with everything setup on it? Im really interested in these 3 questions would love if you could answer them thanks!

[ChickenPillow]

Hello, Ive managed to set up minecraft and can play perfectly. The problem is there is no sound, in the Terminal thing it says it cant find the sound. How do I fix this? The video i saw had sound working and its not my pi, just minecraft. Thanks.

[MicahTheManiac]

I've looked online to see if overclocking a Raspberry Pi at 1000 is safe. I found a bunch of stuff i don't understand, i have never overclocked anything before. When I go into the config it says overclocking could damage my Pi, so is overclocking at 1000 safe? If it isn't how long can my Pi run with it on and how can I reset it.

[rpiMike]

Hello, Ive managed to set up minecraft and can play perfectly. The problem is there is no sound, in the Terminal thing it says it cant find the sound. How do I fix this? The video i saw had sound working and its not my pi, just minecraft. Thanks.

I think this should fix the sound :

sudo apt-get install libalut0 libalut-dev

[rpiMike]

I've looked online to see if overclocking a Raspberry Pi at 1000 is safe. I found a bunch of stuff i don't understand, i have never overclocked anything before. When I go into the config it says overclocking could damage my Pi, so is overclocking at 1000 safe? If it isn't how long can my Pi run with it on and how can I reset it.

Yes, overclocking the Raspberry Pi 2 to 1000 MHz is safe.

[rpiMike]

How is the progress on getting it to work with 1.9? Is the performance worse or better in multiplayer?
Also could you build a preset image with everything setup on it? Im really interested in these 3 questions would love if you could answer them thanks!

1.9 seems too intensive for the Pi 3. It does start but constantly reports - can't keep up. May have to wait for Optifine to be updated to 1.9.

[rpiMike]

Short video of Minecraft 1.9 on Raspberry Pi 3 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuuXFvkrxDo

[cada]

1.9? great I think I'll need to get a heatsink for our pi3. The CPU gets finger burningly hot during a minecraft session. Also sound started working after I installed the Optifine stuff.

[alguien]

I cant enable opengl. if i enable it i dont see anything on the screen. Why is this? Im using a raspberry pi 2