Essential Mod, Multiplayer Without Servers Or Minecraft Spyware?

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  • čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
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    =Summary=-
    In this video i show you how to use Essential to play your singleplayer worlds with your friends! But the question many people seem to have is: Is it safe? Well i talked to Spark Universe, creator of Minecraft Bedrock Add-on's and got some awsners
    #forge #minecraft #moddedminecraft
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    Essential Privacy Policy:
    essential.gg/privacy-policy
    Mojang Encryption:
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Komentáře • 563

  • @Cygnus_MC
    @Cygnus_MC  Před 23 dny +30

    Join the discord:
    discord.gg/cygnusmc

    • @Mai.Calico
      @Mai.Calico Před 23 dny +1

      thanks for helping it get shut down quicker

    • @NinetyEight418
      @NinetyEight418 Před 23 dny

      Does essential work with cracked minecraft?

    • @JuhoSprite
      @JuhoSprite Před 23 dny

      Anyone wanna play essential rn? Id love to have a quick session speedrunning the game

  • @redstonewizard08
    @redstonewizard08 Před 23 dny +626

    Essential is a really cool mod lol, glad to know it's safe too. (Yes I know it's always iffy online, STAY SAFE EVERYONE)

    • @Voindex
      @Voindex Před 23 dny +3

      hey you are here? im rom ratty supporters, thanks for the guides at modding

    • @tomikun8057
      @tomikun8057 Před 23 dny +8

      You can't be sure it's safe though, its closed source.

    • @ThatOtherPerson-fi8jn
      @ThatOtherPerson-fi8jn Před 23 dny

      @@tomikun8057 I seems about as safe as any online service

    • @jumpaxa
      @jumpaxa Před 22 dny

      @@tomikun8057 its open source now

    • @GamingGeek
      @GamingGeek Před 22 dny

      @@tomikun8057It is now source available meaning you can audit the source code and compile it yourself to verify that it matches bit for bit with the jars we provide

  • @Sytex6452
    @Sytex6452 Před 23 dny +555

    We need a video about portium and how to forwardium it.

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 23 dny +132

      Best joke on the entire channel

    • @Sytex6452
      @Sytex6452 Před 23 dny +8

      ​@@Cygnus_MC ik, right?

    • @xanderplayz3446
      @xanderplayz3446 Před 23 dny +4

      Actually Tailscale would be cooler. Awesome service.

    • @niceEli
      @niceEli Před 22 dny

      @@xanderplayz3446Canadian product mentioned :D

    • @evhan
      @evhan Před 22 dny

      ​@@xanderplayz3446 or simply use e4mc. I would not be comfortable using tailscale with randoms

  • @scpredmage
    @scpredmage Před 22 dny +71

    Seeing as COPPA makes it illegal to collect the data of children under 13 without parental consent, and this includes the data needed to do the bare minimum tracking needed for a user account, the friends list feature alone kinda necessitates the "no under-13s" check box, not to mention the cosmetics needing an account to track ownership.
    For the record, COPPA is why EVERY website has a 13 years-old age requirement to make a user account.

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 22 dny +5

      Yep i mention this in a bit less depth later on

  • @beastbomber2316
    @beastbomber2316 Před 21 dnem +100

    The cosmetic store is probably needed to be able to pay for their own servers and databases that make essential work. I see the store as a way to support them while getting a cool item that doesn't change the game in an unfair way.

    • @SamiTheAnxiousBean
      @SamiTheAnxiousBean Před 17 dny +7

      imo the cosmetic items just don't look that good, they clash with the actual game way too much

    • @kaiproductions7639
      @kaiproductions7639 Před 15 dny

      Well good thing they dont force you to buy em. Infact im pretty sure you can disable the store if you hated it so much. Just wish th is youtuber had mention that​@@SamiTheAnxiousBean

    • @Kiyosandwicheater
      @Kiyosandwicheater Před 15 dny +1

      I love it, and the free items are pretty good too

    • @FlushDesert22
      @FlushDesert22 Před 13 dny +6

      @@SamiTheAnxiousBean Can't believe I found a Minecraft purist in the wild.

    • @SamiTheAnxiousBean
      @SamiTheAnxiousBean Před 13 dny +2

      @@FlushDesert22 one thing is being a purist, the other Is wanting models and textures to actually look like they fit into the game in a mod that is just meant to improve multiplayer

  • @tinypixiebread
    @tinypixiebread Před 23 dny +136

    The P2P connect is literally the best feature any mod could ever give, and again, made by the community

    • @FlushDesert22
      @FlushDesert22 Před 13 dny +4

      It's wild to me that it isn't a built in feature in Java Edition already. Bedrock has it, Legacy console had it. Why not Java?

    • @NoSmoke1
      @NoSmoke1 Před 6 dny

      ​@@FlushDesert22because Microsoft hates Java

  • @Wonky2
    @Wonky2 Před 23 dny +243

    Microtransactions rub me the wrong way too, but it still seems like a pretty decent piece of software otherwise, at least for people who want the simplest way possible to open a server and use fancy cosmetics. For others, there's always e4mc and Customizable Player Models ;)

    • @redstonewizard08
      @redstonewizard08 Před 23 dny +11

      @@Wonky2 don't forget Figura, although that requires some Lua knowledge

    • @NicoTheCinderace
      @NicoTheCinderace Před 23 dny +31

      I personally see it as a way for them to make money because it's a free mod.

    • @RaziMemeGod
      @RaziMemeGod Před 23 dny +6

      ​@@NicoTheCinderacethey already make plenty of money rolling out Bedrock addons

    • @neirenoir
      @neirenoir Před 23 dny +21

      The thing is Essential uses TURN servers. TURN servers are cheaper to run than a full blown dedicated Minecraft server, since you will be using the host player's machine to run all the heavy logic, but you and your friends are still piggybacking on their servers' connection, and bandwidth isn't free. Essential is different from a regular mod where you download it and that's it.

    • @BirbIrl
      @BirbIrl Před 23 dny +2

      @@redstonewizard08 Figura doesn't require lua knowledge if you use presets!

  • @ivan_was_taken
    @ivan_was_taken Před 23 dny +218

    I do have a server, though essential is a no brainer for all my friends because if we want to do anything that is not on the vanilla smp then we are gonna need essential as my pockets only have enough money for one server.

    • @notme8232
      @notme8232 Před 23 dny +11

      I don't have to worry about that, since my server is self hosted and I can just switch it to a modded version whenever I want

    • @juneorbrehm8162
      @juneorbrehm8162 Před 23 dny

      I have a java oracle server set-up and it does everything

    • @thebluehero7319
      @thebluehero7319 Před 23 dny

      ​@juneorbrehm8162 learning Linux terminal was so worth it man. 24gb of RAM for free! I can't believe Oracle Cloud isn't more widely talked about in the Minecraft community.

    • @tomikun8057
      @tomikun8057 Před 23 dny +6

      oracle offers 24gb ram, 200gb hdd storsge, 4 cores, and no data limits on their free tier vms, 24/7/365

    • @ivan_was_taken
      @ivan_was_taken Před 23 dny

      @@tomikun8057 there are a ton of things to consider when choosing the server. DDOS protection, compatibility with the simple voice chat mod, customizability, ease of use, access to the control panel, white list, black list, not having to log in to a main server or the website to start it up and being able to have the server running non stop INDEFINITLY, location, customer support, and the fact that I already own a server to name a few.
      I also got an affiliate link for Shockbyte hosting which i can advertise on my channel so that is a good bonus.

  • @hosps
    @hosps Před 22 dny +27

    Its crazy how before this video released they made their source code publican available so people can actually see the authenticity of it all

    • @sylv256
      @sylv256 Před 22 dny +8

      it's visible-source so you can't modify it or redistribute it

  • @hobobobo3204
    @hobobobo3204 Před 23 dny +33

    I'm really glad you came up with this conclusion, I absolutely adore the essentials mod and would have been heartbroken if I had to stop using it to protect me and my friends privacy

  • @abatueks
    @abatueks Před 23 dny +73

    2:45 forge logo on the nether

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 23 dny +25

      Dude i saw thay too while editing, i was confused

    • @lord_derp
      @lord_derp Před 22 dny +8

      holy crap you're right

    • @sylviejunkie
      @sylviejunkie Před 22 dny +6

      dude thats funny asf

  • @birb4415
    @birb4415 Před 18 dny +12

    I will never understand why people get actually angry at a FREE and quite frankly insanely good mod (or game) having a COSMETIC ONLY shop. Like, this can't be easy to run, let alone for entirely free. People seem to be fine paying for a patreon or kickstarter, but can't handle completely OPTIONAL cosmetics in their free to play game (or mod).
    Either way, nice video, thanks for taking one for the team and reading the horrors that normally is the TOS.

    • @kaiproductions7639
      @kaiproductions7639 Před 15 dny

      You could also just disable it lol

    • @davidmccall4024
      @davidmccall4024 Před 9 dny

      I feel like it's more of the bad taste that kind of stuff has left in people's mouths.

  • @yes.elevens3688
    @yes.elevens3688 Před 23 dny +102

    It really makes Java into bedrock, cosmetics and a friends list.

    • @nicktyrin4401
      @nicktyrin4401 Před 22 dny +10

      And micro transactions lmao

    • @Avozl
      @Avozl Před 22 dny +14

      at least im not paying 6$ for a stolen minecraft skin that can be gotten for free lol

    • @KanderTheCat
      @KanderTheCat Před 22 dny +10

      A good version of bedrock

    • @krisdreemur918
      @krisdreemur918 Před 21 dnem +4

      Bedrock but with java bugs instead of bedrock ones

    • @Lord_Drakostar
      @Lord_Drakostar Před 20 dny +1

      ​@@krisdreemur918plus java mods woo 🎉

  • @Quirin.R96
    @Quirin.R96 Před 23 dny +20

    I use the essential mod a lot of the time to play together with friends, sometimes vanilla, sometimes modded, and have done so for probably a year or two, and it works beautifully. I also very much dislike most ingame shops, but Essential is a special Case. The items they sell are purely cosmetic and, except for, if i'm right, a small, green "SALE" text near the wardrobe button, you don''t get nagged to buy stuff, you don't get any popups, and it doesn't dehance (opposite of enhance?! xD) the gameplay in any way, and if you want, you can even switch all cosmetics off freely, hiding everones.
    I think, for an ingame Shop, Essential has done it really well, and, even if I don't intend on buying anything in the near future, the stuff there is mostly really high quality and not to bad, so I'm glad that its there, so the devs can at least get some compensation / reward for their good work if people have some spare money.
    Conclusion: I like the Essential Mod, and I think it is very much exactly what it says on the box: Essential! (Booooo *gets hit with tomato*)

  • @adamantris2
    @adamantris2 Před 23 dny +81

    the cosmetics store is really the main reason why i prefer e4mc over essentials. i am also a big fan that only the host needs to install the mod for it to work! so can't wait for the video about that one

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 23 dny +18

      Next week lad!

    • @wedoalittletrolling723
      @wedoalittletrolling723 Před 23 dny +5

      but forge/fabris is required, how tf is a vanilla client going to play with modded host? i mean i suppose clients with mod API can still connect to vanilla server so it probably works similar
      also does it have some p2p features like forwarding packets between peers instead of host first and stuff like host migration?

    • @Raum2901
      @Raum2901 Před 23 dny

      ​@@wedoalittletrolling723 I think so, what it basically does is giving you an address once you open a server to LAN, nothing more, nothing less, i played with friends with that mod and it works quite well

    • @oliverreader2954
      @oliverreader2954 Před 23 dny

      @@wedoalittletrolling723 as long as you are only using client-side mods, any vanilla client can connect to a e4mc host.

    • @UnknownGamer40464
      @UnknownGamer40464 Před 23 dny +1

      I like world host because it's like e4mc but has a friend system as well

  • @wxrm
    @wxrm Před 9 dny +4

    To be fair, the marketplace is a non-issue. There's nothing wrong with developers making money off a high-quality mod. It'd be a different story if they were locking the mod behind a paywall, but the mod itself is completely free, and the cosmetics are 100% optional. I'm not the biggest fan of it myself, but I can't fault them for it.

  • @djazburke476
    @djazburke476 Před 22 dny +14

    the cosmetic store is a good thing actually, the mod creators can be earn some money for the work they put in while not requiring people to spend their money to use the mod and the player gets some nifty clothes or whatever

    • @Dark-Z
      @Dark-Z Před 22 dny +8

      I am looking at these comments and it annoys me how much people are dissing on the mod devs trying to make a living off of such a great software, Like marketplace on bedrock is one thing, causing Microsoft to make free mods harder to make, but the one on essentials is completely harmless.

    • @odiplol
      @odiplol Před 16 dny

      ​@@Dark-Zbut in my opinion it should be disablable, i use e4mc instead cause i dont like all the branding and cosmetics and new buttons, and just want to play some vanilla mc w friends

    • @Dark-Z
      @Dark-Z Před 15 dny

      @@odiplol Well, he doesnt say it in the video (even though he should) but there is a text noting that cosmetics are able to be disabled in the options. There's nothing wrong with using an open source option like e4mc here where it may give a more vanilla-like feel, but I just don't get why everyone thinks that it's so bad for essentials to have cosmetics (especially ones that can be disabled), as they are simply a way of donating to the creators that give a bit of reward back to the player.) I use essentials quite often, and other than small red notification marks, the cosmetics aren't pushed on you too hard. I do thing that the existence of both essentials and e4mc is good, as it prevents either from trying to push crap like the marketplace has and make them too monetized.

    • @odiplol
      @odiplol Před 15 dny

      @@Dark-Z yeah im not saying cosmetics are bad, but in my opinion i dont like them, but even the UI feels more corporate and less like the block game ive come to know

  • @Asumji
    @Asumji Před 21 dnem +4

    Ok so the whole playing with people is cool and all but what amazes me about essential is all the framework they provide for other mods like Elementa (a framework for all kinds of gui rendering) and Vigilance (an easy-to-use config gui framework) just makes getting into modding a ton easier. Not entirely sure how it is for the broader community but me, being a hypixel skyblock player, can state that basically the entire modding scene here lives off essential which while forcing people to install that mod without much of a use for it makes modding magnitudes easier to enter

  • @yZiv_
    @yZiv_ Před 23 dny +31

    e4mc: Allow us to introduce ourselves

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 23 dny +7

      Next week buddy ❤️

    • @DRAGNIL68
      @DRAGNIL68 Před 22 dny +2

      Lmao I use e4mc for luna pixel modpacks becouse they make your game crash if they detect essentials

    • @Greedy-Allay
      @Greedy-Allay Před 22 dny

      @@DRAGNIL68 Ah so now I know what that mod does lol

    • @5ersx
      @5ersx Před 22 dny +1

      @@Cygnus_MCWell uhh, I’d it safe?

    • @outrowed
      @outrowed Před 22 dny

      @@DRAGNIL68 Is it intentional or just a bug?

  • @Kicsivazz
    @Kicsivazz Před 23 dny +9

    For the free stuff, I believe they are compatible with the emotecraft and you can load your own emotes for sure. I do not think you can get capes and other cosmetics the same way though, but at least you can just download emotes and use them if you wish.

  • @Lim95
    @Lim95 Před 22 dny +2

    i love how this mod is just turning java into bedrock with easy multiplayer and cosmetics

  • @catergamer1
    @catergamer1 Před 23 dny +3

    perfect timing, i was considering getting essential because me and my friends wanted to play a mod our server host can't and won't support

  • @Crafterchen2
    @Crafterchen2 Před 22 dny +1

    I think the cosmetics store is fair. Devs need to eat too and the wardrobe is just _existing_ not _intruding_ . I'm also very pleased to hear that this seems to be trustworthy Software, developed in good faith. That is waaay to rare.

  • @lacosst0
    @lacosst0 Před 23 dny +53

    I'm not sure why you didn't mention that, but Essential mod is open-source (possibly partially), and also has some cool utils for mod devs (Essential is really popular in Hypixel Skyblock mods communities)

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 23 dny +24

      The open source stuff happened as i was talking to Spark Universe. And it didnt really have any inpact to the story

    • @carlodrift
      @carlodrift Před 23 dny +33

      No, it isn't.
      They've released the client code, but it's not open-source.
      And the server code (the most important and critical) is still private

    • @naraera
      @naraera Před 23 dny +25

      source-available isn't the same as open-source. beware of the difference!

    • @BirbIrl
      @BirbIrl Před 23 dny +14

      @@naraera it's not even fully source available i'd say! only client sided code. With source available software i'd expect the service to run if i self hosted it, like made my own essential node for people to redirect their mc traffic to in case the servers stop being supported or it becomes a subscription server or anything
      You're unfortunately at the mercy of the mod owner. you have no control over the software, you can only check the client software for malware.
      Also because it's illegal to modify the source, it leads to a world where essential updates, and every mod that uses it as dependency could possibly break - making every mod maker bend themselves to it, because the makers of essential dont even have an issues page for mod makers to say "hi you broke this mixin and every mod that uses it no longer works, could you fix it thx", they have to work around it.

    • @lacosst0
      @lacosst0 Před 23 dny

      @@BirbIrl I think you forget that Essential is still paid-cosmetics mod. If they released server-side code, then someone will just fork it and make "Free essential" mod, which will 100% lead to scamming (at least with viruses)

  • @TheTrueVor
    @TheTrueVor Před 22 dny

    First video I saw from you , and man… The quality of the information that you gave it to us is impeccable and easy to understand ! Thank you !

  • @GamingMoose1736
    @GamingMoose1736 Před 23 dny +8

    Great video, keep up the good work!!

  • @The_Hydration_Police
    @The_Hydration_Police Před 21 dnem +2

    I don’t even use this for the world hosting, I use it for the messaging and friending features. It’s nice to have a messaging system in game

  • @thepi
    @thepi Před 22 dny

    Great video! Loved the small dive into the networking bit and happy to see someone who reads the privacy policy. I thought I was the only crazy one out there.
    I don't know if essential still provides this, but back when I got into modding, they used to bundle a couple of open source libraries (Elementa and Vigilance) with them. You could choose to just build these libraries into your mod, or you could make your mod dependent on essential. I used to use both the libraries they provided. Pretty much all the mods for hypixel skyblock depended on essential when I used to play it. As for the cosmetics, they were a fun way to have something unique on your character in skyblock lobbies for me, but I don't think I ever actually purchased anything. A few cosmetics were free at some point, and I just claimed those. For multiplayer, I just use a vpn (not the kind that sponsors youtubers) to play with my friends instead of using essential, and I have moved on to using other libraries for the features that Elementa and Vigilance provided, just due to preference.

  • @Corndog52
    @Corndog52 Před 17 dny

    this video stuck out in my feed bc of the products in your description, i could just as easily say ‘why is there a store in my mcyt?’ felt this vid did a pretty good job of covering any questions someone might have about this mod tho

  • @Trent2Luigi
    @Trent2Luigi Před 19 dny +1

    Im so glad to have a video that clears this up, I got so much flack for mentioning this mod and defending it.

  • @joshuamoodley-ne7bc
    @joshuamoodley-ne7bc Před 20 dny +1

    Thank you for making this video, it takes a lot to convince my dad to let me get minecraft mod, this should be enough to convince him, and I also have an anti-virus, so if worse comes to worse, that should do the job.

  • @Abyss_Studios_Official
    @Abyss_Studios_Official Před 20 dny +1

    I got really scared when I saw the title lol glad to know it’s safe

  • @SpaceGuy101
    @SpaceGuy101 Před 10 dny

    Hi, i've used essential once or twice now and wondered how it worked. So as someone quite technical, actually having setup my own turn server once, I want to thank you for explaning that even thought it probably was it hit to watchtime.

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 10 dny +1

      No it was not to hit watchtime, it was to fully explain how it works as there are a lot of claims of it beeing unsafe. Thank you for the compliment but i urge you to not generalize creators that way. My goal is to inform, not to make money or be famous

    • @SpaceGuy101
      @SpaceGuy101 Před 9 dny

      @@Cygnus_MC You're right i should not have generalized.

  • @TprocNet
    @TprocNet Před 23 dny +4

    ISP Here
    Network Address Table is a bit different
    You did a great explanation of Layer 3
    STUN sounds like it might be utilising or a adapted form of UPnP (Universal Plug n Play) Allows software in the LAN to open ports (in the background)

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 23 dny +1

      Beeing someone with no background in network, i take that as a big compliment

    • @GamingGeek
      @GamingGeek Před 23 dny +1

      STUN is separate from UPnP and does not require it enabled on your router (which is good because when we were using it in the early days of Essential, we found that it didn't work for a lot of people due to it being disabled or not supported at all)

  • @ar_chbtw
    @ar_chbtw Před 20 dny +1

    About your e4mc preference, it seems really good and i would use it IF it wasnt for my friends being kinda bad at tech and essential being so much easier to understand and convenient.

  • @Hybred
    @Hybred Před 23 dny +61

    I don't like that Essentials has a marketplace feature that you have to pay real money for cosmetics and emotes. I just want a friends list and inviting system without the bloat.

    • @real4kGaming
      @real4kGaming Před 23 dny +21

      They never say you have to pay for that stuff

    • @real4kGaming
      @real4kGaming Před 23 dny +20

      Like there's no requirement to buy everything, it's just there for those who wanna support. It's not free to run a mod like Essentials

    • @Hybred
      @Hybred Před 23 dny +14

      @@real4kGaming I'm aware, but emotes are stupid and again it's just bloat to the game and my keybind list. I can always unbind it and try to ignore it but point is it shouldn't be there, I just want a multiplayer mod but people add all this extra stuff to them that's outside the scope. Essentials basically turns Java into Bedrock edition

    • @alakaspoon1458
      @alakaspoon1458 Před 23 dny +24

      ​@@Hybrednot outside the scope as they need some means to support themselves for their work. You think it was easy to code such a system that players like u and i can play with friends for free? Everyone knows the world doesn't work like that. No one is forced to pay, only those who want to and can.

    • @theaverage1962
      @theaverage1962 Před 23 dny

      society will look at an 10 dollar bland optifine cape and think its fine but when it comes to something actually cool for 8 dollars its an issue

  • @Sopsy_Hallow
    @Sopsy_Hallow Před 23 dny +2

    i dont really care about the shop tbh, got some fun emotes from free credits but usually turn cosmetics off entirely which is an option. maybe the existence of it didnt bother me because i was introduced to it as "giving java bedrock features like social stuff and multiplayer worlds" and for a mod that is supposed to be like bedrock to have a shop just didnt seem that odd ig? it did what it said to do, make the game more like bedrock lmao
    honestly, i think the shop would be bad if the mod was incompatible with other customisation mods, but afaik it isnt, it works with figura at the very least, which can do emotes and custom cosmetics very well. i know some people might hate it on principle or for bloat but eh

  • @Bestontiyo
    @Bestontiyo Před 23 dny +2

    Essential is java trying to get bedrock feature that java doesn't have, purchase able cosmetics, friend list system, the ability to play with your friend without owning a server, it's all bedrock feature that java doesn't have, even the UI is exactly the same with bedrock, but it felt less scummy, it's a great mod, i think the last bedrock feature that is still missing is a marketplace but i know java player won't be happy about it if they make feature like that... 😂

  • @pijamita
    @pijamita Před 21 dnem +1

    Great video, great research, great thumbnail. Im commenting for the engagement

  • @albertnotdx
    @albertnotdx Před 22 dny

    12:20 ok that boykisser fanart caught me off guard lmao

  • @Night_Stary
    @Night_Stary Před 21 dnem

    I feel like most people that use Essential, are skyblock players, myself and my bf included. I do like the cosmetic stuff, it's pretty neat. They have some really goofy emotes that I like and it's always fun to use them with friends. I do use the server creation feature to play vanilla with my bf at times and it's also nice to have that.

  • @hybridizedhere
    @hybridizedhere Před 10 dny

    Normally microtransactions tend to rub me the wrong way but essential does it effectively in a way that isn't annoying and doesn't effect actual gameplay. Also the cosmetics they sell look better than bedrock cosmetics. It allows them to keep stuff running and my friends get to annoy me by spending money on block game

  • @thinkseal
    @thinkseal Před 23 dny +5

    I never needed to check that box idk why it may be that I used it before they added it

  • @synccyt_
    @synccyt_ Před 15 dny

    I absolutely love the essential mod and have been using it for a while now. It helps SO MUCH.

  • @Zodaxa_zdx
    @Zodaxa_zdx Před 18 dny

    cute pebble thing, I like it, ESSENTIAL really was kinda sketch but I went down the same rabbit hole too. Just as secure as the people you trust with your public IP are...
    Side note being able to opt out of basically everything essential does, including the entire mod for some reason??? is really cool if you don't like any feature they do

    • @TheRafessor
      @TheRafessor Před 18 dny +1

      The reason you can opt out of the whole mod is that Essential also contains a bunch of libraries other mod makers are using, and their users may not want to use the Essential Mod 🙂

  • @lasercraft32
    @lasercraft32 Před 15 dny +1

    If Bedrock is allowed to sell cosmetics and gestures for money, then imo a mod should be able to as well. Its stupid either way, but if Microsoft gets away with it, its fair game (especially since its just optional cosmetics and not actual content).

  • @EliaszekEN
    @EliaszekEN Před 22 dny

    this truly was an essential port forward amirightguys

  • @Borkyius
    @Borkyius Před 4 dny

    Do this day i wear the Axolotl Suit a friend gifted me.
    It's so darn cute.

  • @Samstercraft77
    @Samstercraft77 Před 22 dny +3

    never gonna put a mod that has things like an installer, auto-update, and microtransactions, cause e4mc exists and i also prefer to self-host on my own hardware, especially when i can do it anywhere from my phone lol

  • @thomwalks
    @thomwalks Před 23 dny

    i was using minecraft server jars before I found essential, and now I'm still using them! essential is a fire mod, i like that it has cosmetics too.

  • @biblebot3947
    @biblebot3947 Před 23 dny +3

    You can use world host, e4mc, or cloudflared without the bloat, security vulnerabilities, and micro transactions

  • @gildedshieldproductions6901

    Since essential does run their own servers it makes sense they have a cosmetic store.

  • @x4dam
    @x4dam Před 8 hodinami +1

    This is wild

  • @raskzak3313
    @raskzak3313 Před 18 dny

    the reason why essential asks for your age and that you accept the terms of conditions is because it's a service, not a product like other mods

  • @UnstabilityBig
    @UnstabilityBig Před 6 dny

    Essential is cool but World Host is Essential but without all of the extra stuff. Oh and your friends can join without them downloading the mod so thats cool

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 6 dny

      Yee i covered worldhost not that long ago, even interviewed the dev

  • @SamiTheAnxiousBean
    @SamiTheAnxiousBean Před 17 dny +1

    The thing i dont like about the Essential mod is that 1. it forces a ugly ass UI onto your game
    2. paid cosmetics and bedrock like shop system that just bloat the mod resource size
    If there was a seperate version of the mod without the shop and custom UI i would be using it
    instead i just use a game server vpn such as radmin to correct with friends via LAN ports, it also allows my friends with offline clients to play with me aswell

    • @kaiproductions7639
      @kaiproductions7639 Před 15 dny +1

      No need for a separate version it's built in. I haven't used in a bit (no friends lol), but I think there was 3 options. Full hud (the ugly one) minimalist, and no hud. Though you can just check yourself

  • @Dirtbikeboy87-hl3pb
    @Dirtbikeboy87-hl3pb Před 19 dny

    Bro is a tech teacher
    Reading all the terms and conditions

  • @MidNightMagician
    @MidNightMagician Před 11 dny

    I'm gonna be honest I didn't know you could host servers on essentials. I just use it because of the screenshot manager in game.

  • @morepenguins6247
    @morepenguins6247 Před 23 dny

    9:00 no way ICE (I C E??) version of the essential log bottom left thats cwazy

  • @kstelakis
    @kstelakis Před 20 dny

    just finished studying computer networks II for uni and wanted to chill with some yt and my man starts talking about NAT, ports and IP adressess, I cant escape this shit

  • @Daezatic
    @Daezatic Před 20 dny +1

    The store is genuinely not that serious. You don't see it often unless you click on it or there's new features. It's not predatory in any way.

  • @Kecske_Gaming
    @Kecske_Gaming Před 21 dnem

    You can also use mods like e4mc to host your world if you dont need the extra features from essential

  • @M0ffMaid
    @M0ffMaid Před 10 dny

    essential..? like the spigot plugin? heh.. i get that reference, thats smart..

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 10 dny

      I desperately wanted to include that as a joke

  • @TheGoldenGear
    @TheGoldenGear Před 22 dny

    This mod is everything I always wanted from Java since no one wanted to pay realms and servers that let you host private survival worlds are very limited.

  • @officialkowai
    @officialkowai Před 22 dny

    "Essential Mod: Multiplayer Without Servers, Or Minecraft Spyware?" Grammarrrrr :( good video tho!!

  • @Manavine
    @Manavine Před 23 dny

    I did see the exception for capes, but I guess that's why they do wings, not capes, because for most it's just capes but cooler

    • @GamingGeek
      @GamingGeek Před 22 dny +1

      We have capes, just not any paid ones as that would violate the commercial usage guidelines
      The capes we have sometimes require you to complete an action to unlock them such as joining our Discord server or playing with a friend on the latest version of the game

  • @TestAccount666
    @TestAccount666 Před 22 dny

    Good to know Essential is actually safe.
    When I decompiled it, I ran away as far as I can.
    Reason is the fact that they download a downloader that downloads and executes an installer.
    Which isn't what a normal software does

  • @Yedelos
    @Yedelos Před 22 dny

    i think the main problem people have with essential is that it automatically installs for you if you have a mod that needs it. in modpacks i don't think this is a problem (you still have to accept the tos) but with individual mods (especially for legacy 1.8.9 modding) people say they find it invasive. on legacy 1.8.9 modding, so many people (including me) include it in their mods because of its useful features, especially for mixin. essential could solve this by having mods require the bare container mod but not including it to auto-download

  • @The_Deep_Blue
    @The_Deep_Blue Před 22 dny

    i'm pretty sure there's a mod for essentials out there which lets you get all of these storefront items for free, which basically lets you "pirate" it

    • @GamingGeek
      @GamingGeek Před 22 dny

      This will only be visible to you, not other players using the mod like it would be if you were to claim/purchase the cosmetics
      It also tends to break every now and then due to changes we make so you would sometimes end up with a broken game if you were to use it

  • @guard13007
    @guard13007 Před 21 dnem

    The fact that their terms includes "if we change this, there will be an opt-out" makes it instantly unacceptable.
    Opt-out is not consent. Opt-out is "we will make this change as secretly as possible, and since you can't instantly opt-out, we can sell your data before you get a chance to stop us".

  • @mrface120
    @mrface120 Před 23 dny +1

    ive been using this mod for years and its the best mod I've installed

  • @BirbIrl
    @BirbIrl Před 23 dny +10

    7:44 yes. Yes they are doing scummy tactics. they offer bonuses if you buy in bulk, it shows it riight there lmao
    There is barely any reason to have a secondary currency rather than make every item have it's price in USD and be one time purchases but to make money
    unless you care about per transaction fees for certain providers, then in that case, having a secondary currency that ISNT 1:1 with usd. aka, even tho one coin is 0.8 cents, if you buy in bulk, suddenly it's worth 0.7 cents and so on.
    It's a dark pattern. This is intentionally done to get more money out of the user.

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 23 dny +4

      Huh i didnt think of it that way, thanks for that!

    • @wiss_yt
      @wiss_yt Před 23 dny +1

      ahhhhh you beat me to it

    • @BirbIrl
      @BirbIrl Před 23 dny +3

      You could say the shop and the scummy secondary currency is only there to keep the servers running, but the company isn't registered as a non profit either - so it's for profit.
      and that's very important. it's a project that exists to make money.
      It's also a pile of bloat that breaks compatiblity with other mods because of how many redundant features it has.
      What ends up happening is a mod creator makes a mod and someone sends over an issue like "hi this mod breaks with essential"
      "it's not my fault, they broke (X) mixin, have them fix it/fork it if the project is dead"
      annd womp womp you can't because 1: they have all rights reserved 2: their github issues are closed
      It's incredibly annoying having projects like this.
      Another important thing to mention is that the mod is made to pull in as many players- no, CUSTOMERS to it as possible, advertising itself as, to quote from the middle of their main page "The Best Way To Play Minecraft". It preys on new users who don't know any better and just want the first thing available with a GUI
      Are any of these things immoral? No, but it's enough for me to not recommend the project. You can do good things like sodium, create, iris, distant horizons without being a for profit company that tries to stand above everything else. Figura is probably the best example i can think of right now where yes, it has it's own server and infrastructure - but it's entirely free and community driven with *great* success.
      And when the owner turned out to be a piece of shit, the project just imploded over a week and rebuilt to work perfectly fine again without having to support *[redacted things the terrible former owned did]*
      And lets be honest, all this marketing, all this bloat - is for a glorified hamachi.

    • @GamingGeek
      @GamingGeek Před 23 dny +1

      @@BirbIrl "It's also a pile of bloat that breaks compatiblity with other mods because of how many redundant features it has." Do you have any examples of mods we break compatibility with? I can get any issue you're aware of added to our bug tracker so that they can be resolved
      We're happy to fix any issues that arise with Essential, even if they're caused by other mods doing naughty things. There's plenty of bug fixes inside Essential for other mods and the more the merrier

    • @BirbIrl
      @BirbIrl Před 22 dny

      ​@@GamingGeek joke answer: it consistently breaks not so essential with every update
      Real answer,
      To note: Valkyrien skies (forge) was like broken on 1.16 for half a year, not sure if it works now. The ui elements are the worst to deal with with how much screen space they take and how difficult they are to deal with, even with the configuration. Immersive portals have also been an issue my friend kept updating me about (forge)
      There's just something really frustrating dealing with it if you just wanna play with friends. It'd be much better if there was a light version of this mod that only does the server relaying that everyone cares about without messing with the skin addon customizations stuff- oh wait that's e4mc whoops

  • @AdjectiveBlazkowicz
    @AdjectiveBlazkowicz Před 21 dnem

    I dont mind a cosmetic store in a mod so well thought out. Also if they have their own servers, then they need to pay for them somehow. I hate microtransactions but I am completely ok with this.

  • @zeskverta
    @zeskverta Před 23 dny +1

    I dislike the Marketplace for a completely different reason for the fact that why should I buy myself a premade asset for my avatar that I don't have full freedom to customize with when I can just literally make my own with any sort of Custom Player Model mod, or even just replicate them on my actual skin for the actual 2d clothing that doesnt have anything sticking out
    that's my only gripe with it, I only use the wardrobe just to quickly swap skins with

    • @KanderTheCat
      @KanderTheCat Před 22 dny

      Particles + you can use them on normal skins unlike bedrock

  • @FQQD
    @FQQD Před 23 dny

    I dont know why, but I personally like the cosmetics and see it as a feature. I almost never use Essential for the hosting, just as a general social mod with different accounts, skins, cosmetics, Discord RPC etc.

  • @nett_the_tree
    @nett_the_tree Před 20 dny

    Any extra payments or microtransactions in general kinda suck, at least its only cosmetic stuff that doesn't really impact gameplay. I like it when the microtransactions are only the equivalent of online merch than turning a game into a pay-to-win. Pay-to-win is where you start to loose me on microtransactions. I shouldn't have to pay extra for a game after buying it to have a better gaming experience.

  • @_zapper
    @_zapper Před 22 dny

    You can host your minecraft world from your own PC without any additional software.
    Just open your world to LAN and port forwarding your public IP with port 25565 (TCP & UDP).
    Share your public IP to your friends.

    • @2fifty533
      @2fifty533 Před 22 dny

      or use e4mc which doesn't require any port forwarding and only needs to be installed on the world owners computer, much easier imo

  • @dawglmao
    @dawglmao Před 23 dny

    24 HOUR GANG!

  • @VuNam_MCVN
    @VuNam_MCVN Před 23 dny +1

    Rip The Weekly Thing

  • @Charliehotdog79
    @Charliehotdog79 Před 23 dny

    The only iffy part (personally and legally) is the microtransactions. I feel that the stuff should be at least also unlockable by play time or something like achievements per world.

    • @JaydenHolland-wo4fd
      @JaydenHolland-wo4fd Před 23 dny +1

      If they did that we wouldn't have the essentials mod.

    • @Charliehotdog79
      @Charliehotdog79 Před 23 dny

      @@JaydenHolland-wo4fd To be honest, It's just the legality I'm primarily worried about. Any goodie-two-shoes can just report it to Mojang and get the mod removed.

  • @xolotelx
    @xolotelx Před 23 dny

    Generally, I just ignore the shop other than the free capes they put out every time Minecraft updates

  • @PaperHatLad
    @PaperHatLad Před 22 dny

    Rad, good news.
    Fun fact: the shop's first 2 pricing options are identical to fortnite

  • @tri--light
    @tri--light Před 23 dny +1

    my left ear enjoyed this slightly more than my right ear did

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 23 dny +1

      Howso

    • @yZiv_
      @yZiv_ Před 22 dny +2

      @@Cygnus_MC Because Mozart (2x speed) was more enjoyable than the bible (chinese)

  • @idontevenknow4614
    @idontevenknow4614 Před 12 dny +1

    thanks for this video, ive used this mod a few times before then saw someone say it was unsafe and my brain decided to anxiety stomach ache combo me for the last week about it but this video quelled my fears lol, i only ever installed the jar version as extra installers made by random ass people are always weird and a no go for me

  • @Bltck
    @Bltck Před 23 dny +1

    nice video

  • @abhimanyulakra3619
    @abhimanyulakra3619 Před 22 dny

    At this point even our phones are spying on us, so it really doesnt matter if the mod is safe or not

  • @mateowoetam
    @mateowoetam Před 23 dny +1

    I need an open source version of this without cosmetics and telemetry.

  • @fisch37
    @fisch37 Před 22 dny

    The cosmetics shop is a bit iffy, but I understand why it has to be there. TURN servers are expensive. They need to maintain their infrastructure and that costs solid $$$, especially when they have TURN as well as STUN. Without selling customer data they could either rely on donations (which is famously unreliable) or make an ingame shop

  • @DracoVanReign
    @DracoVanReign Před 22 dny

    It's pretty cool

  • @JuhoSprite
    @JuhoSprite Před 23 dny

    I love this mod! I wonder what you have to say about it-

  • @bacalhau_seco
    @bacalhau_seco Před 23 dny +4

    5:05 thats some cool stuff, i personally dont have pfsense but i do have a pi hole server and searx server.

  • @camdyn5
    @camdyn5 Před 10 dny

    my and my buddys have a mc server with essential and its amazing

  • @samk9150
    @samk9150 Před 23 dny +1

    Here before this vid blows up

  • @dumby2175
    @dumby2175 Před 20 dny

    I just use it because it's required for certain skyblock mods like skytils

  • @DidIJustDoThat
    @DidIJustDoThat Před 23 dny

    I actually really like the cosmetic store. I don't know why there is so much hate towards it, I mean the capes are awesome and animations are really fun to use too.

  • @epiconyoutube
    @epiconyoutube Před 5 dny

    i believe the way they make money is with the cosmetics

  • @MrPromethium0157
    @MrPromethium0157 Před 21 dnem +2

    The issue with this mod is very simple: CLOSED SOURCE!

  • @sandstorm5909
    @sandstorm5909 Před 6 dny

    How did bro make an interesting marketing ad about a minecraft mod 💀

    • @Cygnus_MC
      @Cygnus_MC  Před 6 dny

      @sandstorm5909 this isnt an ad. Why would it be an ad? This is independent content, not linus tech tips

  • @NickAc
    @NickAc Před 22 dny

    Can't wait for Marius to come threaten with a lawsuit

  • @blackpurpelcat10
    @blackpurpelcat10 Před 23 dny

    Could you do a video on world host? I haven't seen it brought up and I think people might like a mod that just host the world and nothing else. Other then that great video!