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hello a friend of mine and i want to play a multiplayer game on minetest and i i dont know how to make a server( i cant find the minetestserver that was supposed to come with it please help can some post the minetestserver or help thanks in advance

http://minetestwiki.co.cc/index.php?title=Running_your_own_server ?

i dont know where minetestserver....and i cant change my ip address

jonb123 wrote:i dont know where minetestserver....and i cant change my ip address

Hi jonb123,

You will need to compile the game from the source to get the minetestserver.

Unless you can find one already compiled I tend to just compile from source so I'm not sure if one has already been compiled for ubuntu and available for download.

You can find the source and the instructions to compile here: https://github.com/celeron55/minetest

I think I should update that wiki page as it does give across the impression that the server already exists by default which it doesn't, I did just copy that page from the official wiki and was meaning to edit it anyway.

i found minetestserver(in command line) how do i change my address (it is different than on my linux)... i would really like to play with my friend on minetest

jonb123 wrote:i found minetestserver(in command line) how do i change my address (it is different than on my linux)... i would really like to play with my friend on minetest

Why should you change your ip address? Your friend just connects to your address (find out what is it in this page).

i get a connection time out(after 10 seconds)and i cant connect to anyone esle's room(world)

so how do i make a server?

Are you sure that you've read the wiki page carefully?

I'm sure I have(I use port 80 opened) and it is not working

and port 30000 and i cant get it to work

I'm sure I have(I use port 80 opened) and it is not working

Well port 80 is a no brainer as it's a

jonb123 wrote:I'm sure I have(I use port 80 opened) and it is not working

You probably won't be able to use port 80 without some tinkering as by default its reserved for hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP).

Your best just opening the default MT port (30000) you will have to open this in your firewall rules, or just use a service like remobo or whatever that should do it for you.

i did that and my friend got it and their C++ keeps crashing my guess is he has a corrupt registry and he is running vista(widows)