How to Access the Essex Home Ed Minecraft Server

To get a copy of minecraft onto your PC, you can download it here: https://minecraft.net/download

You have to pay just under £18 for a full account but my kiddies feel that's great value and, to be fair, they do get a lot of hours out of it.

To set it up, you can unzip the downloaded file using winrar (or an equivalent unzipping software) from here: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm (actually, on second thoughts, I don't think you do need to unzip minecraft, I'm thinking of the mods! I will still leave this part in though as it's a useful bit of info if you do need unzipping software)

If you have done this, or already have a minecraft PC account, then send me your username, so you can be added to the whitelist (players that are allowed to join the server). Email me via the Home Ed group please, just search your Home Ed egroup's emails for minecraft and I should pop up.

Once running, log into minecraft with the account you've purchased.

Select Multiplayer from the screen that loads.

Select Add Server

Type in the following details into the boxes that open: 

              Server Name: Essex Home Ed Minecraft Server

              Server Address: eheminecraft.zapto.org

When you select Done the Multiplayer screen should ping and show the server with green bars besides the number of players.

If this is all there, select Join Sever and play away! 

If there are any problems however, feel free to email us and we will do what we can to help.