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Is there a way to legally obtain a copy of Minecraft to join "offline" servers with?
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Yes! If you already have a legal copy of the game (one that you paid for), Prism Launcher allows you to use an offline account (usually used for singleplayer when your internet is down), which lets you use any username. This is probably a feature in other launchers too.
You can set it to true and use EasyAuth to allow offline players to join. This means online players get online UUIDs, and offline players have to log-in using commands and are given an offline UUID. You can also set up a global password, if you trust players won't log-in as someone else.
There's also EasyWhitelist for a name-based whitelist (by default I think whitelists are UUID-based, which probably don't work with offline players).
I see. EasyAuth seems a very nice idea. I'm not too acquainted with mc mods, however. I planned on researching how to host the Valkyrien Skies mod. Do you know if it's possible and straightforward to have have these two mods work in unison? (I host the mc srv on Ubuntu Server 23.)
Sorry for the late response. I don't think the mods should be conflicting, just put them both in the mods folder and see if that works. IIRC Valkyrien Skies is required on both the client and the server.
I see, thanks. Now I must hope a legal-gray-area offline launcher supports mods, too.
You make it sound easy of installing the mods by just putting them in the mods folder. I hope it's also as straightforward if I don't have a GUI.