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center-26860500Code Connection for MinecraftUser GuideIntroductionThank you for installing Minecraft: Education Edition (M:EE) and Code Connection for Minecraft. We have created this document to help guide you through your experience as well as answer any frequently asked questions you might have.Code Connection for Minecraft is an application that connects Minecraft: Education Edition to a third-party coding experience. In-game, the Agent character acts as a sidekick for each player and carries out these commands. For the purposes of this guide, we will be referencing the Scratch programming language and the ScratchX website where players will build their code.InstallationCode Connection for Minecraft can be installed on Windows 10 or MacOS devices. Below are the installation instructions for each platform.To install Code Connection for Minecraft on Windows 10:Download the latest version of the application here: CodeConnection_Setup.msiIf prompted, select “More Info” and “Run Anyway”Install with default settingsCode Connection for Minecraft should place a Code Connection icon on your desktop. It will also appear in your Start Menu as “Code Connection” under a folder titled “Minecraft Education Edition”.To install Code Connection for Minecraft on MacOS:Download the latest version of the application here: CodeConnection_Setup.pkgSelect “Continue” and “Install” as you progress through the menusWhen installation is complete, the application appears as “Code Connection” in your Applications folder.Getting StartedNow that you have installed Code Connection We need to connect the Minecraft: Education Edition client to the ScratchX coding application. Code Connection acts as the bridge between these two applications. Use the instructions below to connect the two pieces of software and place an Agent in the world.Launch a browser window and enter the following URL: When ScratchX launches you will likely get a warning shown below, select “I understand, continue”.Launch Minecraft: Education Edition and start a world.Launch Code Connection for Minecraft.When you launch Code Connection, you will get a screen that asks you to copy a command into Minecraft: Education Edition.If the connection is successful, you will see Code Connection change to a message showing “You are connected to (IP Address)” that shows ScratchX and Minecraft: Education Edition are now connected to each other.#6 will only be necessary the first time you launch Code Connection! For subsequent launching of Code Connection, you can accomplish this by simply typing “/code” to launch via a slash command.Your Agent will also appear in your world with the username “(Username).Agent” as shown in the image below.FeaturesOkay, so you have Minecraft: Education Edition running a world of your choosing, you have Code Connection for Minecraft working, and ScratchX is open and available. So now what do you do? There is a ton of support for Scratch available through their website at . Here are some basics that can get you started.To execute single commands, you can click on the command of your choice. For example, to have your Agent walk forward, simply click the top code block in the image below.If you want to string commands together, place them in the Scratch window and lock them together. For example, to have the Agent move forward three spaces and till soil for farming, you would execute the following code.The Agent has one characteristic that is important to point out. The Agent carries its own inventory that can be collected and used. To transfer items between a player’s inventory and the Agent’s inventory, right click on the agent (similar to how you would operate a chest). For example, in this image we are giving the Agent inventory to execute a series of commands for farming.Once the Agent has the inventory you want, you can execute your code. Here is the Agent using the seeds and water bucket in its inventory to execute a farming program. ................
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