Sooner or later, every Minecraft player gets the idea to create their own server. The reasons for this can be completely different: someone is corny tired of playing alone, while someone, on the contrary, wants to narrow their social circle and protect their creations from inappropriate players. This article will describe in detail how to start the Minecraft server, configure it for a comfortable game, and also give a number of tips for those who have problems with the launch. All information below is relevant only for computers running Windows.
The first step is to install the server files, for this you need to go to the official website of the game and follow the link “downloads / downloads”, where the distributions of the game and server are located. The downloaded executable file with the extension “exe” must be placed in a separate folder (its name can be anything). Then run the installation file and wait a couple of minutes. At this time, the necessary files will be unpacked, and the server configuration file will be created - later we will consider how to configure the Minecraft server using it. After the server starts for the first time, a random world for the game will be generated in the World folder. If you want to play with friends in an already created world, then delete the contents of this folder and transfer your saves from it in a single game to it (as a rule, the saves are located on the users / AppData \ roaming \ .minecraft \ saves path).
After the above steps you will not need to perform any operations other than how to start the server. Minecraft uses the default settings. What if you want to play in non-standard mode or remove some restrictions? Proceed as follows: before starting the Minecraft server, change the settings manually. To do this, stop the server and open the folder in which its files are stored. Operations will be performed with the server.properties file (do not forget to make a backup), which opens with any
text editor, for example, a standard notepad.
It does not make sense to list all the variables, so let's focus on the most important and often used ones: the server name is entered in the level-name line, the gamemode line changes the game mode (0 - survival, 1 - creative). Optionally, you can disable the damage caused by players to each other (pvp = false). If you are going
to play on the local network, change the parameter to false in the line online-mode. Now there is nothing left but to start the Minecraft server and check that it works correctly.
If after completing the necessary actions you do not start the Minecraft server, there are several ways to correct the situation. First, delete all the mods from the server folder and check the stability of the clean server. If it starts, then you will only need to connect the mods in turn and find out which one violates the server’s performance. If a clean server does not start, then you should
update Java on the computer. Very often it is disabling Java auto-update that makes the server unable to start. It does not hurt to check the antivirus in case the server is blocked for reasons of system security. If this does not help, try removing the server with the game and reinstalling them again. Now that you know how to start the Minecraft server, you can enjoy the game with your friends by setting your own game rules.