Decentraland Explorer Versions
Decentraland has several “Explorer” or “Client” versions
- Web Browser client
- Legacy “V1” client
- New “V2” client
As of December 2024, the V2 client is still in a public “Alpha”. It has great graphics and performance, but it still has a number of issues that make some venues in the Conference Center not work properly, so we recommend for now using the Web Browser or V1 client.
Also note that people in the V2 client won’t see people in the older clients and vice versa, and the Decentraland “Crowd” scoreboard at 0,0 and the
For all these reasons….
Use the Web Browser or the Legacy Installed Client
To use the Web Client:
The Web Client is the easiest and simplest to use.
To use a Web Browser client, do the following:
- Use the correct url to go to the desired location:
For example for the Chess Tournament use:
https://decentraland.org/play/?position=4%2C106
For the Unity Cafe:
https://decentraland.org/play/?position=4%2C106 - If you see a page with a “Continue with MetaMask”, click on that
- You may be asked to log into MetaMask. if so, do so . If you are registered for a Tournament, be sure to use the Ethereum address you will use to play.
- In the popup “Open Decentraland Launcher”” click “Cancel”
- On the “Continue on Desktop” popup, click: “Continue with outdated web version”
- Click the red “Jump into Decentraland“
HOWEVER — The Web Browser might occasionally get into a “flashing” mode probably due to being low on memory. Reducing the draw distance can help. So can reducing what else you have open in the browser. The Brave browser seems to exhibit this less problem than Chrome. This might be a reason to prefer the legacy installed client …
To use the Legacy Installed Client (version 0.1.55)
If you don’t have the old installed DCL Client handy, you can:
- Download its installer here:
https://dclconf.com/content/3DChess/Install-Decentraland-V1.zip - Unzip the zip file
- Run the extracted “Install-Decentraland.exe” installer
- When it asks you to log in, be sure to use the wallet address you you wish to use when playing.
- It can be confusing to run the Legacy installed client and other clients at the same time, so if logging in is giving you trouble, look to see if you need to close the web browser client or the V2 client.