How to Create a Minecraft Server Using Hamachi

Make sure you have the latest versions of Minecraft and Java. The easiest way to do this for Minecraft is to double-click Minecraft Launcher and wait for it to be updated if necessary. For Java, open Internet Explorer, go to https://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp, click Agree and Continue and follow the on-screen instructions.

• If you don’t see anything, Java has been updated to the latest version.
• Since most new browsers do not support Java, using Internet Explorer is the best way to ensure that there are no errors at runtime.

Open the Minecraft server folder. Double-click the folder to do this.

Double-click the hosts file. When you do this step, the hosts files will begin to be unzipped inside the folder.

• Make sure you double-click the server run file that looks like a gear on a white background and not text.

Accept the terms of use of the Minecraft server. After the “eula” file appears, double-click it to open it with Notepad, then remove the false from the “eula=false” line and type true . You can then press Ctrl + S to save your changes and close Notepad.

• The edited “eula” file should now show the line “eula=true” instead of “eula=false”.

Double-click the hosts file again. This is the step where the server continues to be unpacked.

Close the “Minecraft server” window when the download is complete. When you see “Done” in the bottom line of the window, click the X in the upper-right corner of the window. At this point, you can freely configure Hamachi.

Make sure you have the latest versions of Minecraft and Java. The easiest way to do this for Minecraft is to double-click Minecraft Launcher and wait for it to be updated if necessary.

• As of April 2020, the latest Java version is Version 8 Update 251. You can download it from the Java website by visiting https://java.com/en/download/ and clicking the Java Download button free of charge.

Double-click the Minecraft hosts file. When you do this step, the hosts file will begin to be unzipped inside the new folder.

Accept the terms of use of the Minecraft server. After the “eula” file appears, double-click it to open it with TextEdit, then remove the false from the “eula=false” line and type true . You can then press ⌘ Command + S to save your changes and close TextEdit.

• The edited “eula” file should now show the line “eula=true” instead of “eula=false”.

Double-click the Minecraft hosts file again. The files will continue to be unzipped inside the folder.

Close the “Minecraft server” window when the download is complete. When you see “Done” in the bottom line of the window, you can click the red circle in the upper left corner of the window to close it. At this point, you can freely configure Hamachi.

Open Hamachi. Open Start

(on Windows) or Spotlight

(on Mac), type hamachi , click or double-click LogMeIn Hamachi in the search results.

• When using a Mac, Network is the menu item at the top of the screen.

Click the “Power Button” icon

. This button is located at the top of the Hamachi window. This is the step to enable Hamachi and display the login window.

Sign up for a Hamachi account. Click the Sign up link in the upper right corner of the window, then enter your email in the “email” text box, type your password in the “password” text box, retype the password in the “retype password” box, and click Create account .

Click the Network tab. This tab is at the top of the Hamachi window. A drop-down menu will appear.

Click Create a new network… . It’s in the drop-down menu. This is the step that shows the pop-up window.

Enter the server name. In the “Network ID” text box, you can type whatever name you want to give your server.

• If you set the server name to match one already used by someone else, Hamachi will notify you that the name has been taken.

Enter the password for the server. Type the server password you want to set in the “Password” text box, then retype the password in the “Confirm password” text box.

Click Create . This button is at the bottom of the window. This is the server creation step.

Paste (paste) the Hamachi IP address into the server directory. Here’s how to make the server use Hamachi:

• Right-click (or hold Contrp -click) the IP address at the top of the Hamachi window.
• Click Copy IPv4 address
• Rename the text file “server.properties” in the Minecraft server directory to “serverproperties”.
• Double-click the “serverproperties” file, then confirm or click the desktop text editor application.
• Click to the right of the line “server-ip=”.
• Press Ctrl + V (on Windows) or ⌘ Command + V (on Mac).
• Save the file again by pressing Ctrl + S or ⌘ Command + S , then close the text editor.

Go online. Right-click (or hold Contrp -click) the server name, then click Go online in the drop-down menu.

• If you see Go offline in the drop-down menu, the server is already online.

Invite friends to the server. If you want to invite some friends to the server, they will need to download and install Hamachi before performing the following steps:

• Open Hamachi.
• Click on Network
• Click Join existing network…
• Enter the server’s name and password in the “Network ID” and “Password” text fields, respectively.
• Click Join

Run the hosts file. Double-click the Java server file in the Minecraft Server. This is the step that opens the command line window of the hosts file.

• You also need to make sure that the Hamachi server is running before continuing.
• To self-administer, type /op username (where “username” is your Minecraft username) into the text field at the bottom of the server run window and press ↵ Enter .

Open Minecraft. Open Minecraft Launcher by double-clicking or clicking the Minecraft icon with the grass cube, then clicking PLAY at the bottom of the window.

Click Multiplayer . This option is located in the middle of the main menu.

Click Add Server . You will see this option at the bottom of the window.

Enter your server name. In the “Server Name” text box, type the name of the server that appears in Hamachi.

Paste the server’s address. Click the “Server Address” text box, then press Ctrl + V (on Windows) or ⌘ Command + V (on Mac). You should see the IPv4 address you copied earlier here.

Click Done . This button is at the bottom of the window. This is the step that tells Minecraft to start looking for servers.

Server selection. When the server appears in the search results, click on the server name once to select it.

Click Join Server . This option is located at the bottom of the window.