| | 1 | = Getting Started With the Game = |
| | 2 | **NOTE:** ''OptiFine'' mod doesn't play nice with the ''Fairy Lights'' mod (it also introduces a number of other glitches). **Make sure OptiFine is ''unselected'' when you run the game** otherwise your client ''will'' crash. In the near future OptiFine will be removed from ''MadMartian Mod''. |
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| | 4 | You can download Java 8 from [https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-jre8-downloads.html Oracle Java 8 Downloads] |
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| | 6 | == Prerequisites == |
| | 7 | Please make sure you have Java version 8 installed, it must be the 64-bit version as well. If you already have a newer version of Java installed then you **still must install Java version 8** and there is an extra setup step involved. |
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| | 9 | == Download, Install and Run == |
| | 10 | 1. Download the launcher, try the JAR first, most operating systems let you run this directly. If that does not work, and if you're on Windows, then download the Zip |
| | 11 | 1. Run the launcher by double-clicking it, wait for it to load. |
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| | 13 | If you already have a newer version of Java installed, and if you have finished installing Java 8 alongside the newer version, then complete the following steps in the launcher: |
| | 14 | 1. Click on ''Options'' in the lower-right area of the window [[br]] [[Image(launcher-options-button.png)]] |
| | 15 | 1. In ''JVM path'' enter the path on your hard-drive that points to the installation directory of Java 8 [[br]] [[Image(launcher-options.png)]] |
| | 16 | 1. Click ''OK'' |
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| | 18 | = FAQ = |
| | 19 | The game starts and then crashes / quits before I can get to the menu screen, now what?:: |
| | 20 | Do a ''Force-update'' by right-clicking on ''MadMartian Mod'' in the list in the upper-left area of the window, then choose ''Force update'', if that doesn't work then use the ''Hard force update'' option [[br]] [[Image(launcher-force-update.png)]] |
