Anyone here play Minecraft?

[chilldy]

I run a fairly decent server with a great community and everyone here is welcome to join if you want. You're free to visit and look around. To build you must post your in game name here and I'll add you to the list.

Server IP: server.chilldymcs.com
Website: ChilldyMCS

 

[DietSalem]

Add Mentholcraft to the list and I might stop by. What kind of server? I'm not too into creative servers, and I don't like servers where stuff is given out too much. If everyone's running around with diamond on survival the admins are generally abusin'.

 

[chilldy]

Our server is survival although we have players that subscribe which allows them creative mode. We run plugins that separate creative players from survival players as well.

Also one of the big rules even I stand by is we don't hand out free stuff to anyone.

Mentholcraft - You've been added.

 

[DietSalem]

I'm not sure I'll stick around with vip creative. That never works out. We'll see. Hope I like it.

 

[chilldy]

Yeah, just give it a shot. Look around. You're free to build where ever you want outside of the major city. I've been hosting the server for almost two years now.

 

[Governa]

I do! I'll take a look. I'm 'Governa'.

 

[Loveridden]

My son soooo badly wants to play this game, he watches videos of it - but we have windows xp and apparently that is not new enough for the game to work on....

 

[Governa]

My son soooo badly wants to play this game, he watches videos of it - but we have windows xp and apparently that is not new enough for the game to work on....

Actually it works fine under XP as long as your machine isn't too old. If have the latest version of Java VM, 2GB RAM and something better than integrated graphics then it will run fine. Just tweak the graphic settings to low detail and it will run smoothly. Give it a shot!

 

[chilldy]

You've been added. Governa

 

[Governa]

You've been added. Governa

ahh cheers mate!

 

[Loveridden]

Thanks Governa, I am looking into this

 

[Governa]

Thanks Governa, I am looking into this

It's a great indie game, great price too, he will love it!

 

[Loveridden]

I'm gonna need to get another gb of ram. We do have a graphics card. It says our windows xp home edition is 2002. Might be too old, i don't know lol

 

[Governa]

XP is fine and 1GB of RAM is really cheap nowadays. Go for the max amount of RAM you can afford, it's the cheapest and most effective upgrade you can do to an ageing computer.

 

[Loveridden]

Actually, we just had to get a new computer. That one was going on 10 yrs old and broke down. I got a refurbished dell for a good price. It has 2 gb of ram and can go up to 8 gb. I am wondering if I can put in a stick of ram from the old tower into it to add more ram? It has a very big harddrive, but I am concerned about the video card. I think it will probably work but it could be laggy. Do you think it will be laggy with this video card? Tommorow is my son's bday so we are considering purchasing Minecraft tonite or tommorow for him.

Vid card: Nvidia GEforce 6150 le

Also we have this processor: AMD Athlon Dual Coil Processor 4450b 2.30 ghz
system type: 32 bit

Thanks for any advice you may have!

If we DO have to get a new video card, we can't afford an expensive one...

 

[Governa]

It might lag a bit since it's integrated graphics but if you set Minecraft's gfx quality to 'low', the render distance to 'tiny', etc it should run smoothly enough.

Do make sure you are running the latest version of Java and the latest gfx driver for your card.

You can get cheap dedicated gfx cards off eBay these days, don't worry.

 

[Loveridden]

Thanks Wish us luck

 

[Governa]

Keep us updated! Good luck and wish him a happy birthday all the way from Portugal!

 

[Loveridden]

We got Minecraft set up and my son is loving it, thanks for your help!!!

Working great with a change of settings, won't need to get a different video card after all

 

[Ladypixel]

Huh. My kid's been trying to get me into Minecraft for a long time now (she was an alpha tester). I keep running into Minecraft people everywhere I go. Maybe I'll have to succumb one of these days, but the last thing I need is Yet Another Hobby.