mcgalaxy Server Creation Guide: How to make a server

[Venk]

Before we start:

* Welcome to the MCGalaxy guide. Before reading onward, please do note that this guide is initially made for MCGalaxy version 1.9.0.6, as such, some of the things stated below may not work in either past versions. If not, tell me and I will update it. *

Starting the server

Starting the server and actually making it so it's online is the most crucial thing you're going to need to do in this guide. Everything else will be informative and/or optional.

To start the server, make sure you download your release from here, keeping in-mind I will be using 1.9.0.6 to explain things. Once downloaded, you will need to extract the contents into a folder somewhere.

Once complete, you will then need to run either MCGalaxy.exe or MCGalaxyCLI.exe. This will open up a GUI/CLI menu allowing you to edit the server.

Next, you will need to port forward. If your router does not support UPnP portforwarding, you can find a guide on how to port forward here. If it does support UPnP port-forwarding then proceed to read on further. Upon opening the GUI, click the properties button. A menu like this should open (yours will likely be different):

Next, you will need to enter a port in the port box (or keep it as 25565) and then click Server Port Utilities. Another GUI menu should pop up, here you will need to enter the previous port number into the box and then click Forward. If the forward was successful, you will receive a green Ports forwarded successfully using UPnP message. If not, then you will need to port forward manually by visiting the link above.

Once you've done that, click out of that and press Save to save your progress. Voilà! Your server is ready to play. It should be around the bottom area of the server list, if it isn't try refreshing.

Configuring your server

Editing server properties is probably the most fun part of starting a server, you have full access to features and you can toggle things you want enabled/disabled on the server. To do this, you need to open up that folder we were talking about earlier and navigate to the /properties folder. In here there will be 8 files that you can edit customize. You can also edit things from the GUI, but this gives you a bit more options to choose from.

The only one you really need to check out is server.properties, if you've never edited a .properties file, you can open it in any text editing program. A guide is already waiting for you inside the file.

A great way to display information is via the use of text files. You can modify the text files by going to the /text folder. Here you can edit things like the server welcome message, rules, news etc. All files can be opened via text editing software as well.

Using the console

The console is used as a way of executing commands without having to be in-game. It also bypasses permissions so you can use any command from any rank with ease, though keep in mind, some commands purposely disable use from the console. Using commands is similar to in-game, which uses /[command]. If a / or ! isn't present at the start, it will be treated as a chat message.

You should probably give yourself the superop or nobody rank to get full control of the server. See below for more information on assigning ranks.

Ranks

Ranks are the assortment of players into hierarchical groups. To modify ranks, you will need to open the properties menu and then click on Ranks. Here you will be able to edit permission levels and colours etc.

To rank a player to a specific rank, you will need to use /rank [username] [rank]. This will give them access to all the commands and permissions the specified rank has.

Commands and Permissions

Commands are a great way of doing things in-game, but if everyone has the same permissions, the server could be come anarchic quite fast. One of the commands you will need to become familiar with is /cmdset which is the nobody rank by default. Using your console knowledge from before, typing /cmdset cmdset [rank name] will allow the rank of your choice and above to execute it from in-game. You can either keep the permissions as is (not recommended) or you can modify the permissions to your choosing.

You can allow specific ranks to use a command by using /cmdset [command] +[rank name], this will allow the rank to use the command even if they are not above the default command rank. You can also do /cmdset [command] -[rank name] to prevent a specific rank from using the command. And lastly for setting command permissions is /cmdset [command] [rank name] [extra permission number] which will allow the rank specified and above to be able to use the command's extra permission.

A full list of commands can be found via /commands all all and each are colour-coded to their respective rank colours. Information can be found for each command using /help [command].

Levels (or worlds/realms/maps)

Levels are a world that players can visit/build on. By default the main level will be called main, but you can change that later by doing /main [level].

Most MCGalaxy servers support overseer levels which allow players to have their own private world that only they can build in. To allow this, just set the /overseer command to the lowest rank you want to be able to use the command. This will allow people to use /os map add and /os go as well as other overseer commands.

To create a new level that isn't a realm world, you can type /newlvl create [map name] <width> <height> <length> <theme> <seed> (the ones in angled brackets are optional).

If you're unhappy with the map size, you can change the size via /resizelvl [map name] [new width] [new height] [new length]. Keeping in mind, that decreasing a level size may remove blocks.

Levels can be renamed via /renamelvl [map name] [new map name] and can be deleted via /deletelvl [map name].

Conclusion
There you have it, you now know everything you need to about setting up your very own MCGalaxy server.

Something not making sense? Still confused about something? I'm usually around the community and am quite happy to help. You can find me on Discord via @Venk#2020 or on ByteIRC via #PuissantRoyale.

[stein38302]

Could this be different if I have a chromebook?

[AndrewPH]

1 minute ago, stein38302 said:

Could this be different if I have a chromebook?

You have to run it using mono in the terminal, at which point I tell you to not host a server on a chromebook

[stein38302]

58 minutes ago, AndrewPH said:

You have to run it using mono in the terminal, at which point I tell you to not host a server on a chromebook

But I can still make a server on a chromebook right?

[ScrantonWorkBus]

7 hours ago, stein38302 said:

But I can still make a server on a chromebook right?

You can, but Andrew EDIT: still advises against hosting on a Chromebook.

[stein38302]

Ok then

[Cjnator38]

You could technically do it, but it's not recommended. You could try eddynet or any other available CC server hosting sites

[henry242]

if you have at least 4GB of ram on your chromebook, have an x64 processor and the linux feature enabled, you can make a perfectly usable, if not unstable server. you proabably want to make it whitelist only, since chromebooks can't handle a ton of updates (don't ask me how i know this), and limit drawing commands. if you're on sleep mode, the server won't run

[UnknownShadow200]

10 hours ago, henry242 said:

if you have at least 4GB of ram on your chromebook, have an x64 processor and the linux feature enabled, you can make a perfectly usable, if not unstable server. you proabably want to make it whitelist only, since chromebooks can't handle a ton of updates (don't ask me how i know this), and limit drawing commands. if you're on sleep mode, the server won't run

What specifically do you mean by it can't handle lots of updates?

[henry242]

like cuboid, map creation, etc.

[wassimrebai]

Yes its commands!

[Tou]

is there a version for mac or is this tutorial exclusive to windows

[Destin242]

Step 1: Port forward

Step 2: Port forward

Step 3: port forward

 

[DeetPlayer]

Ummm. . .

How many time does the server take to get a classicube url??

[20RogerE]

is it same on acer computer?

[icanttellyou]

1 hour ago, 20RogerE said:

is it same on acer computer?

If it is a ordinary computer yes it is, but if it is a chromebook there is extra stuff you need to do.

[DragonGod]

I realy need to know how to make your own skin

 

[Panda]

This is a bit antiquated since I created this during puberty for MCForge, but hopefully this helps deter users from creating any more "Pls help want 2 make surbur" posts. Don't ask me why you can't find or download MCForge... it is obsolete and you shouldn't be using it.