Students using 1.20.81 unable to join each other's worlds

Paul Devoto · May 9, 2024

I am teaching a Minecraft-based class to a group of students using Minecraft PE (not education edition). As of about three weeks ago, they can no longer join each other's worlds. Do you know of a change that may be causing this to happen?

For several years before this we have not experienced this problem. It did start prior to all students being on the current version of Minecraft, but it's still happening after updating all the devices. There are about 5-7% of the devices that are able to join worlds, but it seems like a random occurrence.

Also, many of the devices freeze upon loading the start screen. If they tap "Play" within about 1 second, it will load the world's screen. If they take longer than about a second, it freezes and they need to restart the app.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Paul

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Gerardo CG

Hi there Paul, my name is Gerardo, and I'm an Xbox player. I'll be happy to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.

If this issue is occurring with the mobile version of Minecraft (Minecraft Pocket Edition), as you mentioned, it is advisable to contact the game developers, Mojang. They are responsible for ensuring the proper functioning of the game on mobile devices.

You can reach out to them through the following link:

https://help.minecraft.net/hc/requests/new

I appreciate your understanding and I wish you good luck!

Kind regards,
Gerardo.

WattyNuela

Hello Awheelock, this is Manuela. I'm an Independent Advisor and community user like you, ready to assist with this.
Not a Microsoft employee.

I'm sorry to hear your students are experiencing this unexpected situation with Minecraft education edition. In situations like this, the recommended action is to reach out to the dedicated game support. You can do it by visiting the next link:

https://educommunity.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/art...

In case you need to know when it's necessary to reach Microsoft support or the dedicated game support, please visit this article:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/...

Grapeuv

We did all that and still unable to join each other. We can only join each other in party chat.

Grapeuv

We can invite each other but unable to join and it usually says unable to join player or in some cases the game crashes for the person who tries to join.

Scp1096

Our versions are the same and I dont believe either of us are in beta. We were both able to join another friends world but for some reason we cant join each others worlds. Someone please help

Students using 1.20.81 unable to join each other's worlds