How You Can Setup Minecraft Server On A Mac Part 1 Setup Server

These directions are based on the official mac directions at minecraft site.

When you don’t need a lot assist, go there. But when you want pictures, begin here.

That is the primary a part of a three part tutorial:

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

Part 1: Setup Server

Obtain the minecraft server jar file.

Create a listing referred to as ‘server’ and drag the jar file in there.

Make a command file

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

Open TextEdit (/Functions/TextEdit).

Set the format to plain textual content.

Copy in the following text. MINECRAFT

Make sure to change the minecraft_server.jar to match the identify of the jar in the listing (in my case minecraft_server.1.7.4.jar).

Reserve it in the same 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 start.command file into the terminal window after which press enter.

Double click the beginning server to start out the server.

If all works a new server window will open and you will see several errors about lacking information and directories - don’t worry this is fine.

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

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

Troubleshooting server setup

Unable to entry jarfile error

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

the filename in your begin.command file doesn’t match the jar file title on disk.

Repair this by opening the beginning.command file

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

Wealthy-textual content-format error

If your text file keeps eager to rename itself begin.rtf, it’s since you haven’t made the textual content file ‘plain textual content format’. Go over the directions once more above, and make this file plain textual content format.

Configure Time Capsule

Earlier than any shoppers can hook up with our server, we have to configure Time Capsule to maintain a static local IP tackle, and inform it what port number our server goes to be operating on.

You may have your mother or dad for this step (as a result of it would require Time Capsule password).

Open System Preferences > Community

Click on the advanced button in the lower proper hand corner. And then the ‘TCP/IP’ tab.

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

Change the IP handle to 10.0.1.x, where x will be any quantity from 1 to 100.

Be aware the handle you type right here: 10.0.1.x. You are going to wish it later after we setup the Airport Utility

Hit Ok and return to ‘System Preferences.

You may need to avoid wasting your modifications before leaving the ‘Network’ preferences first. That’s Okay. Minecraft Servers

Now go to the ‘Sharing’ part of System Preferences and make it possible for Web Sharing is on.

Do this by first clicking on ‘USB Ethernet’

And then double clicking ‘Internet Sharing’ on the left hand side. When it asks you if you actually need to enable Web Sharing say ‘OK’.

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

Click on the Time Capsule image after which the ‘Edit’ button in the lower proper.

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

Type in the next:

- Description: Minecraft Server (or whatever you wish to call it)- Non-public IP Deal with: The handle you chose for the 4th step.

Change every little thing with the phrase port in it to 25565.

It should look something like this now.

Now hit ‘Update’ and replace the Time Capsule. MINECRAFT

Ok. At this level you have to be good. You might have a server. You might have a router that knows about your server and won’t attempt to change your IP handle. Subsequent we are going to setup the native shopper. After which after that the web consumer.