May 1st 2024
Recently we have launched a Blueberry Technologies Minecraft
server. We figured this would be a good way of practising server
management as well as have some fun with it. We are using
MSCS
to manage the server and we use it for ease of access as well
because we might be adding more worlds in the future.
The Good
I found that the plugins are a make or break scenario for the
server and it really improves on the player experience depending
on which route you take with them. Personally, I found that for
the survival side of things having a Vanilla+ world with basic
warp and tpa commands is really all that a server needs. We
achieve this through a plugin called EssentialsX which adds those
basic commands that most everyone is accustomed to.
The Bad(?)
To find a perfect solution for everyone is near impossible and
some people will prefer things rather than others but for the most
part it has been alright. There have been some issues with
updating the server and plugin support (mostly going from 1.20.4
=> 1.20.5/6 because of the recent changes to Minecraft also the
jump to Java 21) but nevertheless it has been a really nice
experience running our very own server from our own hardware
instead of outsourcing that from a host provider or something.
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