This happens if the minecraft launcher can't get access to the minecraft servers. If you play the game from the website first, then you will get access to an offline version through the launcher
According to the documentation, to play offline you must actually BE offline and have no internet connection. Only then does the option to play offline appear.
If you have access to an account that has bought Minecraft, which is hard to do for free, then you can play in-browser and download the launcher to play offline.
Buy the game, download the portable launcher, then run it once to download the game files. Once the game files are downloaded, you can play it offline. Anyway, you can't get Minecraft for free legally.
The Minecraft launcher needs to go online to download the game the first time you log in on any given computer. After that, you can play Minecraft on that computer without being connected to the Internet.Multiplayer won't work offline, though.If a new version of Minecraft is released, you must go online to download the update. You can still play the old version offline before you do this.
In order to download Minecraft - legally - you must buy it as a registered user. It is a one time purchase of $26, and once bought you can even play offline! Once you have it bought, login to account wait for the files to download. After you finish this up, you can then exit Minecraft and login (password at this point is not needed if you wish to play offline) and reopen Minecraft and login. You have the option of playing offline. Click it, and you are now playing offline!
No, you do not. Once you launch the Minecraft launcher, you simply click on log in, it will tell you it couldn't connect and asks you to either try again or play offline. Note that playing offline means you don't get to use your custom skin, if you have one.
Um... did you try logging in? You still need to log in.
Visit the minecraft website, then buy the game. After you have done so, download it onto your desktop. Note: The download only downloads the launcher, not the game itself. Next, open the launcher, and log in. once it is done downloading, you are done! note 2: Once you have downloaded all the game files, you now can play in 'offline mode'. Simply leave your password blanck, then hit 'Play Offline'. Servers cannot be joined while offline.
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Download the launcher at minecraft.net/download to play Minecraft.
Let minecraft do its auto update or check the minecraft news!