I thought I was computer literate. I can use all the standard PC and Mac programmes and I can edit a Wordpress website. I'm not daft but the world of Minecraft has me baffled.
I want to set up a small, closed server for my son and his friends (different areas of UK) to play together. I'd like him to have some Mods (for anyone else baffled, Mods are added functions that you buy as a pack and somehow attach to Minecraft).
I have tried (oh how I've tried) to set up a home-based server but hours (and hours and hours) later I've admitted defeat. I'd now like to use a hosting company but...
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The smallest servers (for under ten users usually) don't seem to allow Mods (or do they - it's hard to tell)? One says "Vanilla Minecraft" whatever that is. If they do allow Mods, how to I add them once I've bought the server package?
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Which Mods would allow him to do the cool stuff without bankrupting me? (I keep reading about needing The Forge pack but others say other incomprehensible things). I've also heard about mods that protect what they've built from destruction by the others.
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Could he sign in from anywhere (like you would on email with e.g. Hotmail) or does it have to be from the computer he usually uses?
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Finally, if he built a world and we wanted to to end the server contract, could we remove the world from the server to keep what he's built - basically are the buildings attached to his Minecraft account or are they on the server and lost if we stop paying?!
If anyone can tell me EXACTLY what I need to do, in plain English, and which Mods I should get, you'll be a hero to me and my son!
To complicate things he prefers to play on the Mac but we do have a Windows laptop which he'd play on if that's the best way forward.
Please, please help!