Plan files on your computer
In the desktop app, Ctrl+S saves your plan as a .mcplan file in Documents, MC Planner. Find it with Show in folder, load it again or use it in the Minecraft mod.
For Desktop app · Windows, macOS, Linux · Updated
Save your whole plan as one file on your computer: for a backup, another computer or the Minecraft mod.
Save the plan file
Press Ctrl+S, or File → Save plan file…. The file has all plans, pinboards, settings and versions.
Find it
"Plan saved to …" shows where it went: the MC Planner folder in your Documents. Press Show in folder to open it in Explorer or Finder.
Where and how it's named
- Folder:
Documents\MC Planner(on macOS and Linux:Documents/MC Planner). - Name: the world's name, with the date and time.
- Every save makes a new file. Nothing is overwritten.
Pinboard images
Include pinboard images in the File menu puts the pictures from your pinboards into the file. It gets bigger, but the boards work on another computer too.
Load a plan file
File → Load plan file…, then pick a .mcplan file (or an older .json export). You choose whether it replaces your plans or adds to them. More: Plan files.
In the Minecraft mod
The mod finds the files in Documents\MC Planner by itself. Pick one on its Choose a plan screen: Plan files in the mod. Plan files in the mod need your own plan.
In the browser, Ctrl+S downloads the file instead: Browser or desktop app.