The Way To Setup Minecraft Server On A Mac Half 1 Setup Server

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These instructions are primarily based on the official mac instructions at minecraft site.



For those who don’t need a lot help, go there. But when you like footage, start here.



That is the first part of a 3 part tutorial:



- Part 1: Setup Server- Part 2: Setup Native Client- Half 3: Setup Internet Consumer



Part 1: Setup Server



Obtain the minecraft server jar file.



Create a listing called ‘server’ and drag the jar file in there.



Make a command file



To make it simple to start out your server, we are going to create a ‘start.command’ file. Double clicking this file will launch your server.



Open TextEdit (/Applications/TextEdit).



Set the format to plain text.



Copy in the following text.



Make certain to vary the minecraft_server.jar to match the identify of the jar within the listing (in my case minecraft_server.1.7.4.jar).



Save it in the identical directory as your jar file.



Make this command executable by opening a terminal (/Functions/Terminal) and typing



chmod a+x



with a space after it. Drag and drop the beginning.command file into the terminal window after which press enter.



Double click the beginning server to begin the server.



If all works a brand new server window will open and you will notice a number of errors about lacking recordsdata and directories - don’t worry this is okay.



Congrats! You’ve setup the server. Subsequent we're going to configure Time Capsule so your server runs for everyone on your network.



In case you ran into problems, examine this troubleshooting section for fixes.



Troubleshooting server setup



Unable to entry jarfile error



If you bought ‘Unable to entry jarfile’ when double clicking the start.command file,



the filename in your start.command file doesn’t match the jar file identify on disk.



Fix this by opening the beginning.command file



and altering the filename to be correct (be sure you get the numbers, in my case, 1.7.4 included in the file name).



Wealthy-textual content-format error



If your textual content file retains wanting to rename itself start.rtf, it’s since you haven’t made the textual content file ‘plain textual content format’. Go over the instructions again above, and make this file plain text format.



Configure Time Capsule



Earlier than any purchasers can hook up with our server, we have to configure Time Capsule to keep a static native IP deal with, and inform it what port number our server is going to be working on.



You may need your mom or dad for this step (as a result of it will require Time Capsule password).



Open System Preferences > Community



Click the advanced button in the decrease right hand corner. And then the ‘TCP/IP’ tab.



The place it says Configure IPv4, change that choice to ‘Using DHCP with guide address’.



Change the IP address to 10.0.1.x, the place x could be any quantity from 1 to 100.



Word the handle you type here: 10.0.1.x. You are going to want it later once we setup the Airport Utility



Hit Okay and return to ‘System Preferences.



You may have to avoid wasting your adjustments earlier than leaving the ‘Network’ preferences first. That’s Ok.



Now go to the ‘Sharing’ part of System Preferences and guantee that Internet Sharing is on.



Do that by first clicking on ‘USB Ethernet’



After which double clicking ‘Internet Sharing’ on the left hand aspect. When it asks you if you really wish to allow Internet Sharing say ‘OK’.



Now, open up AirPort Utility and edit your Time Capsule settings.



Click the Time Capsule image after which the ‘Edit’ button in the decrease right.



Go below Network and ensure the choice Router Mode is ready to DHCP and NAT. Now, click the + button beneath the Port Settings.



Type in the following:



- Description: Minecraft Server (or no matter you wish to name it)- Personal IP Deal with: The address you chose for the 4th step.



Change all the pieces with the word port in it to 25565.



It ought to look one thing like this now.



Now hit ‘Update’ and replace the Time Capsule.



Okay. At this level you have to be good. You've got a server. minecraft server list You might have a router that knows about your server and won’t try to change your IP tackle. Next we're going to setup the native client. And then after that the web client.

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