FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

Hello all, I am sure this question has come up a lot but I am yet to find an answer.

Let me be honest, I am a computer idiot when it comes to many things. One of those things is creating a server

Can someone please, Please I beg of you.

Give me a step by step on how to create a Public Server, and get it on the public server list. And how do I close it and reopen it, and say it crashes how do I reopen it.

I know nothing about this. Please would someone help.

FYI: I use windows vista.

Thank you to anyone who helps me, I really hope someone does. And don't just paste the wiki I looked I need more steps, and one of the articles where deleted.

In simplified form.

Download the minetest (version 0.4.7)

Create a world.

Open a port on your modem or reteador (if necessary). Port number 30000.
(Search the internet for videos that teach this, there are many)

Open your file "minetest.conf" this inside your game folder.

Add the following lines in your configuration file "minetest.conf"
server_announce = true
My server = server_name
server_description = The server que I made. (optional)
server_address = xx.xx.xxx.xxx
server_url = <URL to server webpage or forum topic> (optional)

To find your ip number from the website http://www.meuip.com.br

Open the game. Enable the option: Public. Run your server on port 30000. Ignore the area of ip (blank)

If everything is correct. Your server will appear in http://minetest.net/servers

Search the Internet for more tricks.

I hope it helps. Good luck
Be happy!

once i do that..will i become a host of my own server...and what do i put as the xx.xx.xxx.xxx

Element wrote:once i do that..will i become a host of my own server...and what do i put as the xx.xx.xxx.xxx

To find your ip number from the website http://www.meuip.com.br

that wedsite is not in english..and will it work for minetest 0.4.7-72b9b0f-fixes

seems to be very simple to understand.
The number of ip is evident in red on the site, but if you're seeing another IP number of this site, sorry. google translator can help.

Element wrote:that wedsite is not in english..and will it work for minetest 0.4.7-72b9b0f-fixes

Here is an english website http://www.whatismyip.com/

Or you can just google "what's my ip".

Do NOT put your ip in the server_address option, it will cause problems if you change your IP.
That option is only meant if you have a domain name that points to your IP

so if i dont put in the ip...i will have created a server

I understand. I I applied it on my server. you need a domain. I'm just a walkthrough esplicando oversimplified. I believe he will search after a first impression of your own server.

what do you mean by first impression

brunob.santos wrote:you need a domain

You don't

it did not work for me

Hello. I am currently working on a home multiplayer server, and I got it up and running. However, it will not show up in the public serverlist. Is server_announce = true mandatory?

SAMIAMNOT wrote:Hello. I am currently working on a home multiplayer server, and I got it up and running. However, it will not show up in the public serverlist. Is server_announce = true mandatory?

Yes, you also need to edit the name, description and you need your build to have cURL enabled.

Thanks. What's cURL?

SAMIAMNOT wrote:What's cURL?

Please refer to curl.haxx.se/

So, will cURL need to be up and running for the server to be public? And if cURL is necessary ,why isn't it in the documented in the wiki?

SAMIAMNOT wrote:So, will cURL need to be up and running for the server to be public? And if cURL is necessary ,why isn't it in the documented in the wiki?

It is an optional dependency -- you don't need it in order to run a server. You do need it for announcing it to the server list and hosting a remote media server, though.

Oh.
Okay. Thanks!