FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

by **SmellyBut** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 08:13

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.

by **kaeza** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 08:14

https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=2870

by **BrunoMine** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 01:49

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!

by **Element** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 03:19

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

by **BrunoMine** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 17:47

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

by **Element** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 17:53

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

by **BrunoMine** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 22:05

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.

by **nolan** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 22:07

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/

by **CraigyDavi** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 09:42

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

by **sfan5** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:12

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

by **Element** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 13:17

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

by **BrunoMine** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 17:54

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.

by **Element** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 22:28

what do you mean by first impression

by **sfan5** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 13:32

brunob.santos wrote:you need a domain

You don't

by **asdfref** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 19:25

it did not work for me

by **SAMIAMNOT** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 20:10

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?

by **Calinou** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 21:08

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.

by **SAMIAMNOT** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 23:16

Thanks. What's cURL?

by **SegFault22** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 05:08

SAMIAMNOT wrote:What's cURL?

Please refer to curl.haxx.se/

by **SAMIAMNOT** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 02:11

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?

by **Calinou** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 07:44

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.

by **SAMIAMNOT** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 23:35

Oh.
Okay. Thanks!

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