Installing Minecraft – Enigmatica 2 – How to

Posted on March 5, 2021July 31, 2022 by darkjester

Installing Minecraft and setting it up ready to play a large modpack like Enigmatica 2 can be a challenge, In this guide we will take you through installing Minecraft to get yourself up and running.

Note: To play E2 or E2E you will need at least 8GB of RAM, if you do not meet this minimum requirement maybe a smaller modpack or Vanilla Minecraft is more for you, we recommend 16GB for the best experience.

Download Required Files

To get started you will need to download and install:

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: Downloaded Files — Downloaded Files

Installing Java

Uninstall any older versions of Java you may have installed
Double click on the new Java executable you just downloaded and follow the on screen prompts

Installing MultiMC

Open the MultiMC .zip you downloaded and drag the MultiMC folder to the location where you want to install Minecraft.

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: MultiMC Install — MultiMC Install

Create a shortcut for MultiMC by right clicking on MultiMC.exe and selecting Create Shortcut
Put the shortcut wherever you want to allow easy access to the MultiMC Minecraft launcher

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: MultiMC Shortcut — MultiMC Shortcut

Setting up MultiMC

Run MultiMC.exe – Shortcut and start the setup process
Select your language
Set the memory allocated to Java for Minecraft to run. Use the values in the table below based on your system RAM

Total RAM (GB)	Min RAM allocation(MB)	Max RAM allocation (MB)
8	4096	6656
12	4096	8192
16	4096	8192

Note: There is no need to allocate more than 8192 MB of ram to Java unless using a Shader and Resource Packs

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: MultiMC Java Settings — MultiMC Java Settings

Once you have finished the initial setup click on Add Instance
Name the group you would like the Minecraft Instance (Server) to be a part of
Select Import from zip

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: MultiMC Import Modpack — MultiMC Import Modpack

Click on Browse and pick the Enigmatica .zip file you downloaded, click on OK.

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: MultiMC Select Modpack — MultiMC Select Modpack

The modpack you selected should download and install

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: MultiMC Modpack Install — MultiMC Modpack Install

Once that has completed click Settings and go to Java
You will see the memory settings you set earlier and a box for JVM arguments
Set the JVM arguments to the recommended settings below:

-version:1.8+ -XX:+UseG1GC -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=2147483646 -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M
NillerMedDild – Setting up the modpack.md (gist.gitgub.com)

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: MultiMC Java Arguments — MultiMC Java Arguments

Next click on Accounts in the same window

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: MultiMC Add Account — MultiMC Add Account

Select Add
Enter your Minecraft account details

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: MultiMC Mojang Account Details — Mojang Account Details

MultiMC will download some library files from Mojang

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: MultiMC Mojang Library Files Download — Mojang Library Files Download

You are now ready to play Minecraft Enigmatica 2
Double click on the Minecraft instance you have just setup to launch Minecraft

Minecraft Enigmatica 2: Minecraft Loading — Minecraft Loading

If you have at least 16GB of RAM and want to make your Minecraft experience even better check out our guide to setting up a Shader and Resource Packs here.

Last updated: July 31st, 2022