---Minecraft starter kit--- --Minecraft (singleplayer)-- 1.Open Minecraft If it pops up with an error message don't freak out. Just try clicking it 5-6 times fast or right click > open. 2.Type your desired username (will appear above your head in multiplayer) in the name slot. 3.Click the "Force update" box and click continue "enter game" 4.It will download the newest version of Minecraft. Also if there has been an update to Minecraft since your last play and you hit "force update" it will update your Minecraft to the newest version. Be warned though, if you have mods installed it will render them useless and you will have to re-install them. 5.Click single player and follow the instructions 6.Explore the world of Minecraft and figure out the various combinations of items to make tools and objects helpful in your quest to build! ---Minecraft Multiplayer--- --Hamachi-- 1.Install 2.Create new network 3.Connect to players that you will be playing with. (using their network names & passwords) (Use Hamachi to identify your ip if you are host or need to find host's ip) --Hosting a game-- 1.Run server (Will say 1.8,1.9,etc. Depends on what update it is) 2.Allow it to Run and wait until it says "Done" 3.Close the Minecraft server window/tab/thing 4.Open the folder where you have the server and find the file named "server" which is a "PROPERTIES" file, open with notepad or other typing program 5.You have to change the ones named "online-mode" and "server-ip". Change "online-mode" to equal false Example:online-mode=false Change "server-ip" to match your ip address Example:server-ip=43.674.37 6.Save the file and close it 7.Run Minecraft server and wait for it to say "Done" 8.Minimize server and open Minecraft 9.Follow "Joining a game" steps to join server --Joining a game-- (After host has server running & you are connected to host via Hamachi) 1.Open Minecraft and select Multiplayer > Direct connect > Server address then enter the host's ip address 2.Click join/enter after they have the server running and you have entered their ip address ---Problems--- If you run into any problems contact me on youtube. I will try to keep alternate server downloads up to date with Minecraft version updates!