03-09-2010, 05:27 AM
In this short tutorial i will show you how to run your own Minecraft server using minerCPP custom server software.
1. First you need to downlaod minerCPP you can do that here.
2. Now you need to extract the files form the ZIP file
Once you extract the files you will see two files minerCPP.exe and zlib1.dll.
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3. Now run minerCPP.exe and close it (this will create additional files).
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4. Now open server.CFG with notepad (or any other text editor)
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and edit those lines:
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after you done that save the file.
5. it's time to set your self as the owner of the server. You can do this by editing the users.txt (yorname:255):
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use lower case only!
after you done that save the file.
6. Now run minerCPP.exe and your done. To connect to your server use the adrees that is stored in external_url.txt.
If your server does not show on the server list or if users can't join your server, check your firewall and router settings for port forwarding help see this site.
1. First you need to downlaod minerCPP you can do that here.
2. Now you need to extract the files form the ZIP file
Once you extract the files you will see two files minerCPP.exe and zlib1.dll.
3. Now run minerCPP.exe and close it (this will create additional files).
4. Now open server.CFG with notepad (or any other text editor)
and edit those lines:
Code:
# SERVERNAME
name=Custom Server! < Type here the name of your server
# WELCOME MESSAGE
motd=Welcome to my server! < Type here the motd of your server
# PORT
port=25565 < Server port edit this only if you know what are you doing
# MAX PLAYERS
max=16 < Maximum numbers of players
# PUBLIC
public=true
# VERIFY NAMES
verify-names=true
# BACKUP INTERVAL - MINUTES
backup=30 < Backup interval (in minutes)
# PHYSICS - WATER
water=false
# PHYSICS - LAVA
lava=false
# PHYSICS - SAND
sand=falseafter you done that save the file.
5. it's time to set your self as the owner of the server. You can do this by editing the users.txt (yorname:255):
use lower case only!
after you done that save the file.
6. Now run minerCPP.exe and your done. To connect to your server use the adrees that is stored in external_url.txt.
If your server does not show on the server list or if users can't join your server, check your firewall and router settings for port forwarding help see this site.