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This methodology is beneficial if you and your boyfriend are on the same community (ie. each computer systems are related to the internet using the identical router). Open Minecraft, click on Singleplayer and enter the world you need shared. before you point your finger at me Press ESC and click on on Open to LAN, select your desired settings, and click on Begin LAN World. You'll immediately see a message stating the following:Native recreation hosted on port 12345Take be aware of the port quantity, proven here as example 12345 (Trace: If you might want to see it once more, press T and you will see it there in the chat history). As long as this world stays open and working, it is going to be out there for connection. If you need to exit the world and/or shut Minecraft, you might want to Open to LAN once more subsequent time you play.Open Minecraft on your boyfriend's pc and click on Multiplayer. Minecraft should mechanically detect and display a listing of open worlds in your native community. In case your world seems on this listing, choose it and click on Join Server. It is best to now be playing in the same world. Anyone else who's on the same network and wants to join merely must enter Multiplayer, and the world should appear in their lists as well.If the world didn't seem on this checklist, you can attempt connecting directly to the host. Click on Direct Connect and it will ask you for a server deal with. For this method, the tackle should be written in two components:[Local IP of host]:[host port number]The port number we have already got, from above. The native IP might be discovered by utilizing the host laptop to open this page. It is going to look one thing like this: 123.45.0.6. Upon getting these two numbers, type them into the Server Tackle box as such:123.45.0.6:12345and click on Be part of Server. If this technique has worked, you must now be playing in the identical world. Again, anybody else who is on the identical network and desires to affix merely must type the above deal with into their Direct Connect display.If none of this has worked at all, or somebody needs to affix your server from outdoors your local network, consider using Methodology 2 listed below to set up a standalone server.Method 2: Standalone ServerThis methodology is useful if you want someone to be able to hook up with your server from anyplace on the earth.Begin by downloading minecraft_server.jar from the official minecraft website. Place it in an empty folder somewhere on your pc and open it. It can generate a couple of recordsdata round itself, together with one called eula.txt. Open this file and follow the directions inside to view Minecraft's End Person License Agreement, and end by changing the road eula=false to eula=true and saving the file. Now when you open minecraft_server.jar you may see the world being created, and when it is executed, it'll tell you so. So long as that program is open and running, your server might be obtainable for connection.Any computer in your LAN will be capable of connect to this server now. Simply open minecraft, login and head into multiplayer. Click Direct Join and type within the LAN handle (found right here) of the pc the place the server is working (the "host"), and hit Be part of Server. To connect using a computer exterior of the local network, use the host's exterior IP handle as a substitute (found here). To connect with a server working on your own laptop, simply use the IP 127.0.0.1.Troubleshooting- If clicking Join Server does not undergo on the primary attempt, give it a pair extra tries.- Be sure you've got Java put in and configured in your pc. You possibly can download Java here, and in case your server still does not open correctly, Java configuration directions may be found here or right here.- Try changing your firewall settings (XP, Vista/7). The applying you are adding is minecraft_server.jar, the port is 25565 (or port range 25565-25565), and you want this on both TCP and UDP protocols (you might have to add a rule for each).- Strive port forwarding on your router. In case you have access to your router, open your router configuration webpage (um, what?) and find the Port Forwarding section (could be listed beneath Purposes and Gaming). Use the same ports and protocols as above.- Attempt setting the server to offline mode. Close the server for a second. Go into the folder the place Minecraft_Server.exe is sitting, and discover the server.properties file (could merely seem as server). Open this with Notepad and change on-line-mode from true to false. Put it aside, shut it, and start the server again.- Try connecting the computer systems directly to one another, via ethernet cable. This one will work as a final resort, and is helpful for laptops or desktops that are pretty shut collectively. If you are choosing up wireless web or have a second ethernet port in your computer, you won't even need to sacrifice your web connection.- As an alternative of connecting by placing in your LAN address in the server IP box, put in "localhost" (with out the quotes) within the server IP box and try to attach.- ThreeMinecraft provides :25565 on the tip by default. So lengthy as you do not change the port, adding it explicitly is redundant. - Keaanu Apr 9, 2011 at 6:30Technical be aware, if you are connecting 2 computers collectively instantly (and not using a hub change or router) you want a crossover cable slightly than an ordinary ethernet cable. - Kurley Apr 9, 2011 at 8:15- 5Good troubleshooting section. +1 - Stu Pegg Apr 9, 2011 at 8:58- 4@Kurley Not essentially. Many trendy community playing cards will detect a direct ethernet connection over a "straight" (non-crossover) cable and make the required pinout crossover internally. - SevenSidedDie Sep 19, 2011 at 23:Fifty nine- 1Can you replace this? The answer to this question (considering the entire thing, not simply the title) is different and simpler now that Minecraft can self-host a LAN session.