Casey LissApr 10, 2024

The hurdles I'm jumping through to get Declan to be able to play on a Minecraft server that I'm hosting, using his Switch, are truly asinine.

This is user-hostile from top to bottom, inside and out.

And all this started because he put HOURS into building something locally on his switch that just ✨disappeared ✨.

Show threadCasey LissApr 10, 2024
1) He needs a Nintendo Switch Online account to do so
2) *I* have a Nintendo Switch Online account, and am trying to convert to a family plan, but Nintendo's website refuses to let me.
3) He **also** needs an Xbox account, despite us never having owned an Xbox
4) The Switch edition of Minecraft doesn't allow you to enter arbitrary IPs, so at the very least I need to add a DNS record to pihole and at the most I may need an entire faux server that masquerades as a real one
Show threadJohn SiracusaApr 10, 2024
@caseyliss You’d better hope he doesn’t start asking you to install mods.
Show threadcharlesesmith
@siracusa @caseyliss Challenge: discern the difference between the legit mod sites and the ones that just install malware.
Apr 11, 2024 at 12:41amIvory for Mac
Show threadChancerubbageApr 11, 2024

@charlesesmith @siracusa @caseyliss

I would honestly quite surprised if any Mods were available on the Switch or any console version of Minecraft. PC versions are another matter entirely.

Being able to install mods really really really drive a lot of gameplay, however, it is an aspect of gamer culture Apple would really need to learn to embrace if they ever wanted to attract gamers, and it’s so anathema to Appkes culture. Perhaps safe vetted mods.