First we play on other people’s servers, and then the thought comes to our mind: why don’t I make my own?
And really, why not? Of course, you can immediately go look for paid hosting, order a couple of dozen slots and try to promote your server. But what if you do not have money or you are not going to pay for hosting because of the principle? Then feel free to create a server on your own computer, if, of course, you have good internet and good hardware. We will not consider how to install a standard Minecraft server, because most of them have been using Bukkit servers for a long time. So we will not lag behind life.
So, we will not complicate your work and immediately offer ready-made server assemblies, the link to which is below, and it will be very simple for you to configure your server and will not need to search and configure a bunch of plugins.
But if you want to persevere and want to create a server from scratch, then download the empty server, which you also have with us. First you’ll have to start it by selecting a shortcut depending on the bit depth of your x64 or x86 operating system (you can find out these parameters by going to the properties of the folder on my computer). After starting the server, all the necessary files will appear and you can close it. Next, you need to edit the server settings to your values by opening the server.properties file. You will see something like this:
#Minecraft server properties
#Thu Jul 04 18:26:08 2019
generator-settings=
allow-nether=true
level-name=world
allow-flight=false
server-port=25565
level-type=DEFAULT
level-seed=
server-ip=
max-build-height=256
spawn-npcs=true
white-list=false
spawn-animals=true
hardcore=false
texture-pack=
online-mode=true
pvp=true
difficulty=1
server-name=Unknown Server
gamemode=0
max-players=20
spawn-monsters=true
generate-structures=true
view-distance=10
motd=A Minecraft Server
Let’s see what this means and the most important settings. So…
- generator-settings – flat world seed generation settings
- allow-nether – parameter of transition to the underworld
- level-name – world name
- allow-flight – server flight settings
- server-port – server port
- level-type – world type parameters
- level-seed – grain (special combinations for generating the world)
- server-ip – server ip address
- max-build-height – a parameter that limits the world to a height, after the border of which it will not be possible to break and install blocks, except for destruction using TNT.
- spawn-npcs – parameter allowing or prohibiting the appearance of NPC on the server
- white-list – line to turn on and off the white sheet (players who can log into the server)
- spawn-animals – parameter responsible for spawn animals
- hardcore – enable hardcore mode, in which after death it will be impossible to log into the server
- texture-pack is the name of the texture pack that will be used by players located in the server directory
- online-mode – using this line you can enable or disable authentication of accounts coming to the server
- pvp – enable or disable pvp mode on the server
- difficulty – difficulty setting from 0 to 3
- server-name – server name
- gamemode – game mode of any player who logs on to the server, you can change it with the / gamemode command and numbers from 0 to 2
- max-players – the maximum number of players hosted by the server
- spawn-monsters – spawn monsters parameter
- generate-structures – sets the generation parameter to treasuries, villages and other structures
- view distance
- motd – a string that will be displayed when connected to your server and responsible for information about it
What should be changed first?
Well, firstly, you must change the name of the server, the information and, of course, the name of your world. When you name your world, you will need to change the name of the folder with the map to the one you entered in the level-name line. Now your map will be the server world. You can configure other parameters at your discretion, but if you are not a professional, do not touch those parameters whose value you are not very clear. You must also give yourself an admin panel to use admin privileges by entering the command “op your nickname” in the console, or register it in the ops file, in the server folder.
You also have the opportunity to upload plugins to your server in order to add authorization, basic commands, private and other plugins at your discretion. You can download mods for the server from us.
Now you have to give the ip address to your friends and you can find out by entering the query “find out your ip” into any search engine and opening the first link. But what if you want the ip address not from numbers, but from letters? Then the no-ip.org service will come to your aid, on which you have to register, to foreign mail, download the program, and there is a clear and intuitive interface.
Well, we examined the basic concepts of how to make the Minecraft server on your computer as fast as possible, it remains only to configure the plugins and you can begin to play.
