Dynmap requires your Minecraft server to be running either Bukkit, Spigot, or PaperMC. A server set up with the official Minecraft server will not work. This guide is for installing Dynmap on PaperMC but setting it up Bukkit and Spigot should be similar. If you don’t have PaperMC server setup, check out this guide: Setup a PaperMC Minecraft Server . Step 1. Download Dynmap Click here and download the latest version of Dynmap by clicking on the download button next to the version. Read more

On windows a Batch file simply a text document with the file extension .bat rather than .txt. Step 1. Create a new file To create a batch file, simply right click and hover over New then press Text Document. Step 2. Set the file name to end with .bat With the new file created, enter the name run.bat. You should get a warning confirming you want to change the name extension, press yes. Read more

You’ve setup your server with playit.gg and are ready to play. You or another player might be getting the Unknown host this error when trying to connect. This error happens because the computer asks your ISP (Internet Service Provider), what the IP is, and the ISP is silly and reports it being unknown. The Fix You need to update your computer DNS server. How to update the DNS depends on what operating system you’re running. Read more

When hosting a server from home, you may notice that some players get kicked due to timeout. This happens when the minecraft server is unable to provide data to the player fast enough. There are two ways to fix / improve this: Increase your upload speed & reliability. Are you on WiFi? Use an Ethernet cable, most internet performance issue are due to bad WiFi. Unless you have the latest WiFi 6 router and are on 5Ghz with line of sight, Ethernet is the best way to go when hosting a server at home. Read more

By default your computer will often be configured to ask your ISP (Internet Service Provider), how to translate a domain name to an IP address. This can sometimes be problematic as many ISPs do not offer all the features which are now standard. This can break Minecraft Java addresses and even cause SSL errors. If you’re getting strange errors on the internet, it might be a good idea to try updating your DNS server. Read more

For this guide we’ll be using tmux. To get started, run the tmux command in your terminal. You terminal should look like Now inside of the tmux session run the playit program ./playit-0.9.3 If you’re unable to run the playit program see * How to run playit.gg on Linux With the playit program now running you can use the following keyboard combinations Ctrl-b + d to put the tmux session in the background Ctrl-b + c to create a new window to run another program (like the Minecraft Server) Ctrl-b + 0 to view the first window, similary Ctrl-b <num> will let you go between windows If you press Ctrl-b + d and put the tmux session in the background, you can always get it back by running the command Read more

If you’re running on a Ubuntu or Debian based operating system to you can use apt. curl -SsL https://playit-cloud.github.io/ppa/key.gpg | sudo apt-key add - sudo curl -SsL -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playit-cloud.list https://playit-cloud.github.io/ppa/playit-cloud.list sudo apt update sudo apt install playit Playit also releases raw binaries that you can download and run. You can download the latest version of the playit.gg program from playit.gg/download. When you try to run the program, you might get errors like Read more

When making a Minecraft server there are a lot of options. This guides currently covers setting up a Survival Multiplayer Server without mods. We’ll be releasing more guides in the future on how to start a server with mods. Create a Vanilla Survival Multiplayer Server (MSP) Follow these steps and you should have a public Minecraft Java server up in no time. 1. Download and install Java You can download the latest version of Java from Oracle. Read more

PaperMC is a Minecraft Server that lets you run plugins! It’s based on Spigot which is based on CraftBukkit, there’s a long history :). It’s a good Minecraft server choice that balances performance and features. Let’s setup our server! Step 1. Download PaperMC Click here to visit the PaperMC Download page. Click the latest build (the build with biggest number) to start the download. Step 2. Setup run.bat for PaperMC Move the downloaded paper-VERSION. Read more

There’s a lot of different Linux distributions so you’re solution might vary. * Updating DNS in Ubuntu * Updating DNS by editing “/etc/resolv.conf” * Updating DNS by editing “/etc/systemd/resolved.conf” Updating DNS in Ubuntu On the top right of your desktop, open the drop down and select either Wired Settings or WiFi Settings. Next press the gear icon next to the connection. A window should pop up, nagivate to the IPv4 tab, disable Automatic in the DNS row and put 8. Read more