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Getting Started

Jan Dalheimer edited this page Apr 10, 2014 · 11 revisions

Installing

  1. Go to multimc.org
  2. Choose the download link for your OS
  3. Once downloaded, extract the archive to anywhere
  4. Launch
  • Windows: Double click MultiMC.exe
  • Mac OSX: Double click MultiMC.app
  • Linux: Double click MultiMC (in the root where you extracted, not bin/MultiMC)

Initial setup

  1. Once launched, you will be prompted for which version of java to use.
  • You should use a 64bit Java if you are on a 64bit OS
  • If your version of Java does not show up, please file an issue [here](Reporting Issues)
  1. You will be presented with this screen:

Explanation:

  1. Create instance/Copy instance
  2. Instance folder/Mods folder/Reload instance list
  3. Check for updates/Settings
  4. Bug reports/Information
  5. It's a fluffy kitty :3
  6. Accounts
  7. Instance actions (available once an instance has been selected)
  8. News
  9. Mojang service status (button to the right refreshes)

Adding an account

  1. Start by clicking on the face in the top right corner and then Manage Accounts
  2. Click Add and then enter your Mojang login credentials before clicking Ok
  3. You can add multiple accounts. If you do you might want to select one as default.

Creating an instance

  1. Click on the top left button
  2. Chose a name for the instance, which version of Minecraft it should be and an icon
  • You can also add custom icons from the icon dialog
  1. Click Ok
  2. MultiMC will now download all necessary files. This may take several minutes.

Adding Forge/LiteLoader

This might not be available on all versions of Minecraft

  1. Select an instance, Edit Mods, Version tab, Install ...
  2. Wait for the version list to load and then select the version to install

Adding mods

  1. Select an instance, Edit Mods, Loader Mods tab or Core Mods tab (pre-1.6 only)
  2. Add and select the mod(s) to add